Great Women Animators – Ongoing international directory of historical and contemporary female* animators

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Elzbieta “El” Muskietorz

https://elaspicer.wixsite.com/portfolio/animation Elzbieta is the director of Flame, screening at

Émilie Mercier

Contemporary French digital/traditional animator and director

Emily Hubley

American animator and filmmaker, daughter of Faith and John

Emma Calder

British traditional animator practicing since the 1980s.

Emma Da Swaef

b.1985, Belgian contemporary stop-motion animator

Eni Brandner

http://enimation.at/enimation/biography.html Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/user4325603 Eni Brandner is a European

Erica Russell

b. 1951, New Zealand born experimental and studio animator

Eunice Macaulay

b.1923, Canadian Academy Award winning animator and producer.

Eva Szasz

Canadian hand-drawn animator, practicing 1960s.

Evelyn (Eve) Lambart

1914-1999, Canadian stop-motion animator and technical director at the

Evelyn Jane Ross

UK-based contemporary claymation, stop-motion, hand-drawn and digital animator

Evgenia Gostrer

Russian-born, Germany based clay and experimental contemporary animator

Evie Metz

https://www.eviemetz.com Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/eviemetz Evie Metz is an award-winning

Faith Hubley

1924-2001, traditional hand-drawn and experimental American animator, known for

Fernanda Frick

Contemporary Chilean animator, illustrator and director

Flávia Godoy

Contemporary Brazilian 2D Animation Artist

Florence Miailhe

b.1956, French traditional and experimental under-the-camera animator

Florentine Grelier

Contemporary French experimental animator

Frances Adair Mckenzie

Contemporary Canadian digital and stop-motion animator

Francine Desbiens

b.1938, French-Canadian traditional animator practicing 1970s-90s

Gaia Alari

Italian, contemporary traditional hand-drawn and clay animation

Gail Noonan

Canadian experimental and traditional stop-motion animator, practicing 1980s-currently.

Gal Haklay

Contemporary Israeli director, concept artist, background artist and 2D

Girlin Bassovskaja

Estonian stop-motion duo Jelena Girlin (b.1979) and Mari-Liis Karula

Gisèle Ansorge

1923-1993, French sand animator with her partner and collaborator

Giulia Martinelli

Contemporary designer, experimental animator and animation director from Italy,

Gloria Ciceri

Italian 2D motion graphic designer and illustrator based in

Grace Nayoon Rhee

Korean-born, LA-based experimental animator using traditional techniques

Guoinne Leroy

b.1967, Belgian stop-motion and CGI animator and producer

Hana Kukal

1960-2020, Czechoslovakia/Canada, practicing since 1985 - animator, director, storyboard

Hayley Morris

Contemporary American stop-motion and commercial animator

Heather Colbert

Contemporary UK stop-motion animator using puppetry.

Helen Hill

1970-2007, American stop-motion and experimental animator, activist and artist

Helena Smith Dayton

1879-1960, American pioneer of stop-motion puppet and clay animation

Hermína Týrlová

1900-1993, Czech stop-motion animator practicing 1920s-1980s.

Hyun Min Lee

Contemporary Disney studio animator.

Imge Özbilge

b.1987, Contemporary Belgian animator, multi-disciplinary artist

Inés Sedan

Argentina-born contemporary hand-drawn traditional animator

Irena Dodalová

1900-1989, Czech experimental and stop-motion animator and collaborator of

Irene Iborra

Barcelona-based stop-motion and clay animator with collaborator Eduard Puertas

Iria López

London-based freelance animator, using screenprinted images and handdrawn techniques

Iriz Pääbo

Contemporary Canadian animator and film director based in Toronto,

Irmgard Walthert

b.1984, traditional, stop-motion and digital contemporary animator from Switzerland

Isabel Herguera

Spanish-born contemporary experimental and traditional animator

Isabelle Aspin

Contemporary American experimental and hand-drawn illustrator, animator

Isabelle Favez

b.1974, contemporary Swiss qdigital narrative animator and filmmaker

Izabela Plucinska

b.1974, contemporary Polish stop-motion and clay animator.

Izibene Oñederra

b.1979, Spanish contemporary hand-drawn, traditional animator

Jackie Banks

1941-1995, American studio animator known for her work on

Jackie Cockle

b.1950, UK-based stop-motion studio animator, known for her work

Jadwiga Kowalska

b.1982, Polish-Swiss contemporary hand-drawn animator

Jane Aaron

1948-2015, American stop-motion animator known for her work on

Jane Cheadle

b.1979, Contemporary experimental stop-motion animator from South Africa, based

Janet Perlman

Canadian contemporary animator practicing since the 1980s

Janie Geiser

b.1957, American contemporary experimental animator and interdisciplinary artist, practicing

Jeanette Jeanenne

American contemporary hand-drawn animator, co-founder and director of GLAS

Jeanette Nørgaard

b.1984, Danish contemporary 2D animator.

Jenn Tran

b.1999 Vietnamese-Australian animator currently practicing

Jennie Thwing

US-based stop motion and experimental animator/educator

Jennifer Cardon Klein

b.1977, American studio animator with Warner Bros, Disney, Dreamworks

Jennifer Hager

Contemporary American Disney character animator

Jennifer Harlow

Contemporary American Dreamworks character animator

Jennifer Lee

b.1971, American animator and director, known for her feature

Jennifer Levonian

Contemporary American painter and stop-motion animator

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

b.1972, American studio animator and director, known for her

Jennifer Zheng

Contemporary animator/director based in London, UK using hand drawn

Jesi Jordan

Contemporary Canadian 2D traditional animator and artist based in

Jessica Ashman

Multidisciplinary artist

Jill Carter-Hansen

Australian stop-motion and experimental animator, known for her work

Jo Dery

Contemporary American stop motion animator, artist and educator

Jo Lawrence

British contemporary experimental animator

Joan Ashworth

British practicing stop-motion animator, practicing 1980s-current

Joan C. Gratz

b.1941, American animator known for her work with claypainting,

Joanna Davidovich

b.1983, American cartoonist, character designer and animator.

Joanna Lurie

French contemporary experimental and hand-drawn animator

Joanna Priestley

American hand-drawn contemporary animator, practicing since the 1990s

Joanna Quinn

b.1962, Award-winning British animator using a hand-drawn technique (practicing

Joanna Rytel

Swedish contemporary stop-motion animator

Jodie Mack

b.1983, Abstract/experimental contemporary animator from London, UK

Jody Kramer

Contemporary Canadian hand-drawn 2D animator, based in British Columbia

Jovanna Tosello

Contemporary Brazilian-American art director and animator based in NYC

Joy Batchelor

1914-1991, British-American traditional animator whose career spanned 1930s-1980s

Joyce Borenstein

b.1950, Canadian animator practicing since the 1970s, known for

Judith Klein

Canadian traditional 2D animator practicing in the 1970s

Juh Barbosa

Contemporary 2D Animator from Brazil

Julia Gromskaya

Soviet-born, Italy-based contemporary traditional animator

Julia Pott

Contemporary British animator, based in Brooklyn, NY using hand-drawn

Julia Veldman C.

Dutch contemporary hand-drawn/experimental animator

Julie Nelson

Contemporary CG Character Animator, lead animator for Roxanne Ritchie

Julie Zammarchi

American contemporary studio and freelance animator using traditional and

Karen Aqua

1954-2011, American traditional and experimental animator often implementing music

Karolina Glusiec

London-based, Polish hand-drawn contemporary animator

Kate Anderson

Contemporary UK-based studio and 2D animator

Kathleen Quaife

American studio animator, 2D traditional, practicing since the 1980s-now.

Kathryn Durst

Contemporary multi-disciplinary animator based out of Toronto, ON. Graduate

Kathy Rose

American experimental animator and artist, practicing since the 1970s

Kathy Zielinski

Contemporary American 2D/3D character designer and animator known for

Kazuko Nakumara

1933-2019, 1950s-70s Japanese studio animator

Kelly Gallagher

American contemporary experimental animator

Kim Collmer

US-German, contemporary practicing experimental animator

Kim Noce

Uk-based, Italian contemporary animator

Kirsten Lepore

American animator, best known for her stop motion short

Kristina Dufková

b.1978, Contemporary Czech stop motion animator

Kseniya Simonova

Ukranian sand animation artist, performer and illustrator

Laura Ginès

Barcelona-based experimental animator and educator

Laura Harrison

American contemporary experimental animator and painter

Laura Ibáñez López

b.1992, Contemporary Spanish experimental animator

Laurène Braibant

Contemporary French hand-drawn animator

LaVerne Harding

1905-1984, American pioneer animator who worked for Walter Lantz

Leah Shore

Contemporary NY-based experimental animator and artist (hand-drawn, traditional, stop-motion,

Lena von Döhren

b.1981, German-born, Switzerland based digital narrative animator

Lesley Keen

Contemporary UK experimental animator (working with 2D and 3D

Lesley-Anne Rose

b.1970, British contemporary stop-motion animator

Leslie Supnet

Contemporary experimental Canadian animator, based in Toronto, ON.

Lia Bertels

Contemporary Belgian experimental animator using hand-drawn and digital techniques

Liana Dognini

Italian-born contemporary experimental animator

Lianne Zannier

Contemporary Canadian animator and visual artist using traditional and

Lilli Carre

b.1983, Contemporary American illustrator, printmaker, comic book maker and

Lillian Friedman Astor

1912-1989, American pioneer studio animator who worked with Fleischer

Lillian Schwartz

b.1927, American pioneer experimental filmmaker and animator using 2D/3D

Lina Gagnon

Canadian 2D animator, known for her work with the

Lindsey Adams

Irish studio animator and director

Lisa Crafts

American animator and moving image artist, practicing since the

Lizzy Hobbs

Contemporary UK-based animator, using stop-motion and traditional techniques

Lora D’Addazio

Contemporary Belgian hand-drawn animator

Lorelei Pepi

Contemporary American animator focused on issues of gender, identity

Lori D.

Contemporary American 2D traditional animator, illustrator and educator

Lorna Cook

American Disney studio animator, practicing since the 1990s

Lotte Reiniger

1899-1981, German pioneer silhouette animator, best known for her

Lotti Bauer

b.1960, contemporary Swiss animation director and educator

Louise Bagnall

Contemporary Irish animator, Oscar-nominated for "The Late Afternoon", 2019

Luca Tóth

b.1989, Hungarian contemporary animator using 2D digital techniques

Lucinda Clutterbuck

Australian filmmaker, animator and educator practicing since the early

Lucrèce Andreae

Contemporary French 2D animator and character designer

Lula Gómez

Contemporary stop motion animator, from Argentina, based in Barcelona,

Lynn Dana Wilton

Canadian animator practicing for 20+ years, predominantly working in

Lynn Smith

b.1942, Canadian animator practicing since the 1960s (independent and

Lynn Tomlinson

Contemporary American animator practicing since the 1990s, using stop-motion

Madi Piller

Canadian experimental animator and filmmaker, using traditional film technology.

Magda Guidi

Contemporary Italian traditional hand-drawn animator

Maite Ruiz de Austri

b.1959, Spanish director, writer and animator specializing in children's

Maja Gehrig

b.1978, Swiss traditional and digital animator

Makiko Futaki

1958-2016, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator, known for her work

Małgorzata Pakalska-Bosek

b.1968, Contemporary Polish stop motion animator

Marcie LaCerte

Contemporary American nonfiction 2D animator.

María Álvarez y Elisa Morais

a.k.a. Sois de Traca, Spain/Lithuania collaborative 2D animators and

María Lorenzo Hernández

b.1977, Spanish character animator and educator

María Manero Muro

b.1986, Spanish contemporary 2D and stop motion animator

María Trénor

b.1970, Spanish stop-motion animator and filmmaker

Marie Paccou

b.1974, French contemporary animator using traditional hand-drawn techniques

Marie Vieillevie

French contemporary animator using traditional techniques

Marieka Walsh

Contemporary Australian sand animator and filmmaker

Marija Miletic Dail

b.1943, Croatian/Canadian studio animator for Hanna-Barbera, Universal and Marvel

Marina Rosset

b.1984, contemporary narrative and experimental Swiss animator using multiple

Mariola Brillowska

Polish-born, based in Germany, contemporary animator and artist, using

Marivi Rodriguez

Contemporary Spanish studio animator

Marjane Satrapi

b.1969, Iranian-French animation director, writer and comic artist known

Marjolaine Perreten

b.1990, traditional and digital contemporary Swiss animator

Marjut Rimminen

b.1944, London-based, Finnish animator practicing since the 1970s.

Martha Colburn

Contemporary American experimental stop motion animator

Martha Sigall

1917-2014, American studio animator and cel painter for Schlesinger

Martina Scarpelli

Italian contemporary animator using 2D techniques

Martine Chartrand

French Canadian paint-on-glass animator, practicing since the 1980s

Martine Frossard

Contemporary Canadian illustrator, animator and installation artist using traditional

Mary Beams

b.1945, American animator and artist, known for her work

Mary Ellen Bute

1906-1983, Pioneer American experimental sound, visual and film artist

Maureen Selwood

b.1946, Dublin-born, American animator and filmmaker, pioneer of early

Maya Erdelyi

Boston/LA-Based American contemporary animator using various 2D techniques

Megumi Kagawa

b.1959, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator since 1981

Melanie Cordan

Contemporary American studio character animator known for her work

Melody Wang

Contemporary Canadian traditional animator

Mercedes Gaspar

Contemporary Spanish stop-motion animator and director, practicing since the

Mercedes Sánchez-Agustino

Contemporary Spanish experimental animator, painter and animation researcher

Michaela Pavlátová

b.1961, Czech traditional 2D animator, practicing since the early

Michèle Cournoyer

b.1943, French-Canadian animator using hand-drawn techniques, practicing since the

Michèle Lemieux

b.1955, Contemporary French-Canadian illustrator, author and filmmaker known for

Michelle Derosier

Canadian First Nations animator, filmmaker, producer focusing on First

Michelle Kranot

Collaborator with Uri Kranot, 2D and experimental animators originally

Mildred (Millie) Goldsholl

1920-2012, American animator and producer (active 1950s-70s)

Miwa Matreyek

L.A.-based animator, director, designer and performer using installation-based techniques

Monique Renault

French/Dutch animator and educator using hand-drawn techniques, practicing 1960s-2000s

Mor Galperin

b.1991, Contemporary Israeli 2D animator

Nadja Andrasev

b.1978, Hungarian animator, film director and artist.

Nancy Andrews

Contemporary American animator, documentarian, practicing since the 1990s

Nancy Beiman

American studio animator who has worked for Disney, Warner

Nancy Edell

1942-2005, Canadian/American multi-disciplinary artist and animator

Nara Normande

Contemporary Brazilian animator using mixed stop-motion techniques

Nathalie Djurberg

Contemporary Swedish stop-motion clay animator, known for her collaborative

Neely Goniodsky

Seattle-based, Contemporary 2D animator and artist

Neta Holzer

Contemporary Israeli animation director, storyboard artist and animator

Nicole van Goethem

1941-2000, Oscar award-winning Belgian animator using traditional techniques

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

b.1984, Swedish contemporary stop-motion animator

Nina Gantz

Dutch contemporary stop-motion animator

Nina Sabnani

Contemporary artist, animator and storyteller practicing since the 1990s',

Nora Twomey

b.1971, Irish animator working with Cartoon Saloon studio, producing

Noriko Okaku

Japanese-born, London-based contemporary collage/stop motion experimental animator

Olesya Shchukina

Russian-born, Paris-based character animator using 2D techniques

Pamela Poltronieri

Contemporary Italian 2D animator and character designer

Paola Luciani

Italian contemporary 2D animator

Patrícia Figueiredo

b.1985, Belgian contemporary hand-drawn animator

Patty Peraza

American Disney animator practicing in the 1980s-onwards

Peggy Ahwesh

b.1954, American experimental filmmaker and animator

Petra Freeman

UK Animator, known for her paint-on-glass experimental animations from

Pia Borg

b.1977, Maltese/Australian contemporary experimental animator working in London and

Portlynn Tagavi

Contemporary American story artist and animator working with Pixar

Qianwen Yu

Contemporary Chicago-based stop-motion animator

Raquel Diana Rodríguez Lago

Contemporary Spanish studio animation producer and director

Regina Pessoa

b.1969, Portuguese animator practicing traditional animation since the 1990s

Reiko Okuyama

1930-2007, pioneer Japanese studio animator working from the 1960s-200s.

Réka Bucsi

b.1988, Hungarian contemporary 2D animator

Renata Gasiorowska

b.1991, Polish 2D experimental animator

Retta Scott

1916-1990, First woman to receive screen credit as animator

Rhoda Leyer

Canadian stop-motion animator practicing in the 1960s-70s

Rie Matsumoto

Contemporary Japanese studio animator and character developer

Rocío Álvarez

Spanish contemporary multidisciplinary animator using various traditional techniques

Rosalia Zelma

b.1938, Soviet Russian traditional animator practicing 1967-1992

Rosana Urbes

Contemporary Brazilian traditional animator, illustrator and storyboard artist

Ruth Hayes

US-based Contemporary animator and educator, practicing in experimental animation

Ruth Lingford

UK-born experimental animator and educator (practicing since 1980s)

Ruthie Tompson

b.1910, Disney studio animator known for her work on

Sabine Gruffat

Experimental contemporary American artist, animator and educator.

Sally Cruikshank

b.1949, American 2D animator and cartoonist, known for her

Sam Gurry

Queer & Non-Binary Interdisciplinary Contemporary American filmmaker/animator

Samantha Youssef

Contemporary Canadian animator and artistic director who also has

Sandra Brewster

Contemporary Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and stop motion animator

Sara Gunnarsdottir

Icelandic contemporary experimental animator