Animators
Ray Harryhausen
He won an
academy award for best visual effects for 1949 movie ‘mighty joe’. His final
work featured in the movie Clash of the titans, he soon retired after the
creation of that movie.
John Lasseter
John Lasseter is an American film
director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of
animation at Skydance animation. He was previously the chief creative officer
of Pixar animation studios, Walt Disney animation studios and Disneytoon
studios, as well as the principal creative advisor for Walt Disney
Imagineering.
He directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011). From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' (and its division Disneytoon Studios') films and associated projects as executive producer.
The films he has made have grossed more than $19 billion, making him one of the most successful filmmakers of all time.
Of the eight
animated films that have grossed more than $1 billion, five of them are films
executive produced by Lasseter. The films include Toy Story 3 (2010), the first
animated film to pass $1 billion, Frozen (2013), the 3rd highest-grossing animated
film of all time, as well as Zootopia (2016), Finding Dory (2016), and
Incredibles 2 (2018).
He has won
two Academy Awards, for Best Animated Short Film (for Tin Toy), as well as a
Special Achievement Award for Toy Story.
In November
2017, Lasseter took a six-month sabbatical from Pixar and Disney Animation
after acknowledging what he called "missteps" in his behaviour with
employees. In June 2018, Disney announced that he would be leaving the company
at the end of the year when his contract expired, but took on a consulting role
until then. On January 9, 2019, Lasseter was hired to run Skydance Animation.
Seth MacFarlene
Seth MacFarlane is an American actor,
screenwriter, producer, director, and singer, known for his work in animation
and comedy. He is the creator of the television series Family Guy and The
Orville and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland
Show. He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2 ,
and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
MacFarlane
is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation.
Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for several television
series, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, and Larry
& Steve. He made several guest appearances on television series such as
Gilmore Girls, The War at Home, Star Trek: Enterprise, and FlashForward.
MacFarlane
reached a US$100-million agreement with Fox to keep Family Guy and American
Dad! until 2012. The agreement makes him the world's highest paid television
writer. Seth MacFarlane is an American actor,
screenwriter, producer, director, and singer, known for his work in animation
and comedy. He is the creator of the television series Family Guy and The
Orville and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland
Show. He also wrote, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2 ,
and A Million Ways to Die in the West.
MacFarlane
is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation.
Recruited to Hollywood, he was an animator and writer for several television
series, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory, and Larry
& Steve. He made several guest appearances on television series such as
Gilmore Girls, The War at Home, Star Trek: Enterprise, and FlashForward.
In 2008, he
created his own YouTube series titled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon
Comedy. He won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including five
Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for
Film & Video Person of the Year.
MacFarlane reached a US$100-million agreement with Fox to keep Family Guy and American Dad! until 2012. The agreement makes him the world's highest paid television writer.
Walt Disney
Walter Disney was an American
entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer. A pioneer of
the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the
production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most
Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59
nominations.
Born in
Chicago in 1901, Disney developed an early interest in drawing. He took art
classes as a boy and got a job as a commercial illustrator at the age of 18. He
moved to California in the early 1920s and set up the Disney Brothers Studio
with his brother Roy. With Ub Iwerks, he developed the character Mickey Mouse
in 1928, his first highly popular success; he also provided the voice for his
creation in the early years. As the studio grew, he became more adventurous,
introducing synchronized sound, full-colour three-strip Technicolor,
feature-length cartoons and technical developments in cameras. The results,
seen in features such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio,
Fantasia (both 1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942), furthered the development
of animated film. New animated and live-action films followed after World War
II, including the critically successful Cinderella (1950) and Mary Poppins
(1964), the latter of which received five Academy Awards.
In the
1950’s, Disney expanded into the amusement park industry, and in July 1955 he
opened Disneyland in California. In 1965, he began development of another theme
park, Disney world.
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