Queer & Non-Binary Interdisciplinary Contemporary American filmmaker/animator
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Claudia Muratori
Contemporary Italian hand-drawn experimental animator
Magda Guidi
Contemporary Italian traditional hand-drawn animator
Gaia Alari
Italian, contemporary traditional hand-drawn and clay animation
Laura Ibáñez López
b.1992, Contemporary Spanish experimental animator
Ruth Hayes
US-based Contemporary animator and educator, practicing in experimental animation
Tamara Shogaolu
b.1986, Dutch animation director and new media artist, founder
Amanda Bonaiuto
b.1990, US-based experimental animator
Jennie Thwing
US-based stop motion and experimental animator/educator
Lindsey Adams
Irish studio animator and director
Carol Freeman
Contemporary Irish stop-motion animator using paint-on-glass techniques
Louise Bagnall
Contemporary Irish animator, Oscar-nominated for "The Late Afternoon", 2019
Hana Kukal
1960-2020, Czechoslovakia/Canada, practicing since 1985 - animator, director, storyboard
Sarah Ann Kennedy
British writer, director and animation academic practicing for over
Winona Regan
Contemporary American animator using digital and hand drawn techniques
Jennifer Zheng
Contemporary animator/director based in London, UK using hand drawn
Daron Nefcy
Contemporary American animator, producer and storyboard artist, creator of
Jovanna Tosello
Contemporary Brazilian-American art director and animator based in NYC
Sheila M. Sofian
Contemporary American animator producing documentary animations investigating social issues
Amy Lee Ketchum
Chinese-American Contemporary animator using stop-motion techniques
Lia Bertels
Contemporary Belgian experimental animator using hand-drawn and digital techniques
Aisha Madu
b.1992, contemporary Dutch-Nigerian animator and freelance illustrator
Nadja Andrasev
b.1978, Hungarian animator, film director and artist.
Imge Özbilge
b.1987, Contemporary Belgian animator, multi-disciplinary artist
Sine Özbilge
Contemporary Belgian animator, designer and multi-disciplinary artist.
Nina Sabnani
Contemporary artist, animator and storyteller practicing since the 1990s',
Lynn Dana Wilton
Canadian animator practicing for 20+ years, predominantly working in
Ula Bruno
Contemporary Polish graphic designer, animation creator, youtuber.
Giulia Martinelli
Contemporary designer, experimental animator and animation director from Italy,
Christiane Cegavske
Contemporary American stop-motion animator and sculptor, practicing 1999-now.
Bárbara Cerro
b.1985, Contemporary Argentinian animation director and independent filmmaker.
Tess Martin
Contemporary Dutch animator, using stop motion and traditional hand
Daria Kashcheeva
b.1986, Czech artist-animator-director, Academy award nomination for her short
Melanie Cordan
Contemporary American studio character animator known for her work
Martine Frossard
Contemporary Canadian illustrator, animator and installation artist using traditional
Adebimpe Adebambo
Contemporary Nigerian animator, designer, and blogger
Gloria Ciceri
Italian 2D motion graphic designer and illustrator based in
Neely Goniodsky
Seattle-based, Contemporary 2D animator and artist
Sharon Forward
American studio animator practicing since the 1990s.
Kathleen Quaife
American studio animator, 2D traditional, practicing since the 1980s-now.
Sayo Yamamoto
b.1977, contemporary Japanese anime director and storyboard artist.
Kseniya Simonova
Ukranian sand animation artist, performer and illustrator
Anna Firth
Contemporary experimental hand-drawn animator based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Alba Capilla
b.1991, Spanish contemporary animator using hand-drawn and digital techniques
Nathalie Djurberg
Contemporary Swedish stop-motion clay animator, known for her collaborative
Birgitta Jansson
1944-85, Swedish animator, best known for her short "Semesterhemmet"
Lorelei Pepi
Contemporary American animator focused on issues of gender, identity
Jennifer Harlow
Contemporary American Dreamworks character animator
Jennifer Hager
Contemporary American Disney character animator
Svetla Radivoeva
Contemporary American Disney character animator
Sarah Airriess
Contemporary 2D animator and artist living and working in
Neta Holzer
Contemporary Israeli animation director, storyboard artist and animator
Mor Galperin
b.1991, Contemporary Israeli 2D animator
Gal Haklay
Contemporary Israeli director, concept artist, background artist and 2D
Anat Costi
Contemporary Israeli animation director and creative practitioner focusing on
Marcie LaCerte
Contemporary American nonfiction 2D animator.
Dalila Rovazzani
Contemporary Italian illustrator, animator and designer artist.
Fernanda Frick
Contemporary Chilean animator, illustrator and director
Rie Matsumoto
Contemporary Japanese studio animator and character developer
Portlynn Tagavi
Contemporary American story artist and animator working with Pixar
Kathy Zielinski
Contemporary American 2D/3D character designer and animator known for
Cécile Carre
Contemporary French animator, character designer, visual developer and story
Heather Colbert
Contemporary UK stop-motion animator using puppetry.
Leslie Supnet
Contemporary experimental Canadian animator, based in Toronto, ON.
Kazuko Nakumara
1933-2019, 1950s-70s Japanese studio animator
Kathryn Durst
Contemporary multi-disciplinary animator based out of Toronto, ON. Graduate
Iriz Pääbo
Contemporary Canadian animator and film director based in Toronto,
Guoinne Leroy
b.1967, Belgian stop-motion and CGI animator and producer
Emily Hubley
American animator and filmmaker, daughter of Faith and John
Debra Solomon
American animator producing hand-drawn films since 1995.
Arisa Wakami
Contemporary Japanese animator using paint-on-glass, sand and stop motion
Cleo Harrington
British pioneering film animator, writer and illustrator, practicing since
Lianne Zannier
Contemporary Canadian animator and visual artist using traditional and
Lotti Bauer
b.1960, contemporary Swiss animation director and educator
Lena von Döhren
b.1981, German-born, Switzerland based digital narrative animator
Anete Melece
b.1983, Latvian-born, Swiss based narrative and experimental animator
Isabelle Favez
b.1974, contemporary Swiss qdigital narrative animator and filmmaker
Marina Rosset
b.1984, contemporary narrative and experimental Swiss animator using multiple
Irmgard Walthert
b.1984, traditional, stop-motion and digital contemporary animator from Switzerland
Marjolaine Perreten
b.1990, traditional and digital contemporary Swiss animator
Maja Gehrig
b.1978, Swiss traditional and digital animator
Julie Nelson
Contemporary CG Character Animator, lead animator for Roxanne Ritchie
Solweig von Kleist
France-based, German-born animator using painting and hand-scratched film among
Retta Scott
1916-1990, First woman to receive screen credit as animator
Michelle Kranot
Collaborator with Uri Kranot, 2D and experimental animators originally
Sayoko Kinoshita
b.1945, Japanese documentary animation filmmaker (collaborator with Renzo Kinoshita)
Megumi Kagawa
b.1959, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator since 1981
Delphine Hermans
b.1981, Contemporary Belgian 2D animator
Delia Hess
b.1982, Contemporary Swiss stop-motion and handdrawn animator
Makiko Futaki
1958-2016, Japanese Studio Ghibli animator, known for her work
Mary Ellen Bute
1906-1983, Pioneer American experimental sound, visual and film artist
Lucrèce Andreae
Contemporary French 2D animator and character designer
Ann Marie Fleming
Canadian writer, filmmaker and 2D animator practicing since the
Anne-Marie Sirois
b.1958, Canadian 2D animator practicing since the late 1980s
Lucinda Clutterbuck
Australian filmmaker, animator and educator practicing since the early
Jill Carter-Hansen
Australian stop-motion and experimental animator, known for her work
Sarah Watt
1958-2011, Australian 2D animator practicing since the 1990s
Veronika Soul
b.1944, Graphic designer and animator known for her work
Judith Klein
Canadian traditional 2D animator practicing in the 1970s
Rhoda Leyer
Canadian stop-motion animator practicing in the 1960s-70s
Nancy Edell
1942-2005, Canadian/American multi-disciplinary artist and animator
Cilia Sawadogo
Contemporary Canadian director, writer, 2D animator and educator practicing
Lina Gagnon
Canadian 2D animator, known for her work with the
Jody Kramer
Contemporary Canadian hand-drawn 2D animator, based in British Columbia
Michèle Lemieux
b.1955, Contemporary French-Canadian illustrator, author and filmmaker known for
Torill Kove
b.1958, Contemporary Norwegian-born Canadian film director and Academy-award winning
Clorinda Warny
1939-1978, Belgian-born, French-Canadian stop-motion animator, practicing in the 1970s-80s
Viviane Elnécavé
b.1945, Egyptian-born, Canadian traditional animator practicing in the 1960s-80s
Yoriko Mizushiri
b.1984, Contemporary Japanese 2D animator
Ana Pérez López
b.1990, Contemporary Spanish 2D, hand-drawn animator
María Manero Muro
b.1986, Spanish contemporary 2D and stop motion animator
Pamela Poltronieri
Contemporary Italian 2D animator and character designer
María Álvarez y Elisa Morais
a.k.a. Sois de Traca, Spain/Lithuania collaborative 2D animators and
Victoria Sahores Ripoll
b.1985, Contemporary Argentinian stop motion animator, director, puppet creator
Valle Comba Canales
Spanish contemporary stop motion animator/director and art director
Kristina Dufková
b.1978, Contemporary Czech stop motion animator
Alma Duncan
1917-2004, Canadian painter, designer and stop-motion animator practicing in
Aleksandra Dulic
b.1973, Contemporary Serbian Canadian painter, animator, media artist and
Jesi Jordan
Contemporary Canadian 2D traditional animator and artist based in
Jo Dery
Contemporary American stop motion animator, artist and educator
Lori D.
Contemporary American 2D traditional animator, illustrator and educator
Martha Colburn
Contemporary American experimental stop motion animator
Jane Cheadle
b.1979, Contemporary experimental stop-motion animator from South Africa, based
Vanda Carter
UK-based stop motion animator and filmmaker, primarily active in
Lilli Carre
b.1983, Contemporary American illustrator, printmaker, comic book maker and
The Brumberg Sisters
Valentina (1899-1975) and Zinaida Brumberg (1900-1983), pioneers of early
Sandra Brewster
Contemporary Canadian multi-disciplinary artist and stop motion animator
Małgorzata Pakalska-Bosek
b.1968, Contemporary Polish stop motion animator
Elizabeth Belliveau
b.1979, Canadian contemporary stop motion animator, printmaker, artist
Jackie Banks
1941-1995, American studio animator known for her work on
Suzanne Baker
b.1939, Australian animation director and Academy Award Winner
Yulia Aronova
b.1983, Russian contemporary 2D animator (Folimage studios)
Stella Aristakesova
b.1934-?, Soviet-Russian studio animator, known for Vasilyok, 1977
Nancy Andrews
Contemporary American animator, documentarian, practicing since the 1990s
Kate Anderson
Contemporary UK-based studio and 2D animator
Peggy Ahwesh
b.1954, American experimental filmmaker and animator
Shiva Ahmadi
b.1975, Iranian-American contemporary stop-motion animator
Miwa Matreyek
L.A.-based animator, director, designer and performer using installation-based techniques
Evgenia Gostrer
Russian-born, Germany based clay and experimental contemporary animator
Evelyn Jane Ross
UK-based contemporary claymation, stop-motion, hand-drawn and digital animator
Isabelle Aspin
Contemporary American experimental and hand-drawn illustrator, animator
Grace Nayoon Rhee
Korean-born, LA-based experimental animator using traditional techniques
Jennifer Levonian
Contemporary American painter and stop-motion animator
Virginia Curiá
b.1967, Spanish contemporary stop-motion, digital and clay animator with
Ruthie Tompson
b.1910, Disney studio animator known for her work on
Francine Desbiens
b.1938, French-Canadian traditional animator practicing 1970s-90s
Yvonne Anderson
b.1932, American animator and animation educator, known for her
Bea Tamargo
1940s Disney animator
Stella Harvey
1940s Halas and Batchelor animator
Elizabeth Case Zwicker
1930-2006, 1950's Disney animator and artist
Bee Selck
1908-1981, 1940s' Disney animator
Lora D’Addazio
Contemporary Belgian hand-drawn animator
Sabine Gruffat
Experimental contemporary American artist, animator and educator.
Kelly Gallagher
American contemporary experimental animator
Alexandra Hetmerova
Contemporary Czech traditional animator
Jadwiga Kowalska
b.1982, Polish-Swiss contemporary hand-drawn animator
Suzanne Gervais
b.1938, French-Canadian traditional animator practicing in the 1970s-90s
Gisèle Ansorge
1923-1993, French sand animator with her partner and collaborator
Alice Cohen
American contemporary stop-motion and experimental animator
Jodie Mack
b.1983, Abstract/experimental contemporary animator from London, UK
Laura Harrison
American contemporary experimental animator and painter
Amélie Harrault
b.1982, French contemporary hand-drawn and digital animator
Émilie Mercier
Contemporary French digital/traditional animator and director
Florence Miailhe
b.1956, French traditional and experimental under-the-camera animator
Laurène Braibant
Contemporary French hand-drawn animator
Chloé Mazlo
Contemporary French stop-motion and clay animator
Joanna Lurie
French contemporary experimental and hand-drawn animator
Florentine Grelier
Contemporary French experimental animator
Olesya Shchukina
Russian-born, Paris-based character animator using 2D techniques
Zina Papadopoulou
Greek contemporary animator and experimental filmmaker
Nina Gantz
Dutch contemporary stop-motion animator
Dahee Jehong
Korean contemporary handdrawn animator
Marie Vieillevie
French contemporary animator using traditional techniques
Renata Gasiorowska
b.1991, Polish 2D experimental animator
Mariola Brillowska
Polish-born, based in Germany, contemporary animator and artist, using
Beatrice Pucci
b.1979, Italian contemporary stop-motion animator
Virginia Mori
Italian contemporary artist and hand-drawn animator
Martina Scarpelli
Italian contemporary animator using 2D techniques
Réka Bucsi
b.1988, Hungarian contemporary 2D animator
Niki Lindroth von Bahr
b.1984, Swedish contemporary stop-motion animator
Joanna Rytel
Swedish contemporary stop-motion animator
Chintis Lundgren
b.1981, Estonian contemporary animation director
Mercedes Sánchez-Agustino
Contemporary Spanish experimental animator, painter and animation researcher
Raquel Diana Rodríguez Lago
Contemporary Spanish studio animation producer and director
Silvia Carpizo
Contemporary Spanish animator using experimental, stop-motion and hand-drawn techniques.
María Lorenzo Hernández
b.1977, Spanish character animator and educator
María Trénor
b.1970, Spanish stop-motion animator and filmmaker
Adriana Baradri
b.1986, Contemporary Spanish animation researcher, director and 2D animator
Rocío Álvarez
Spanish contemporary multidisciplinary animator using various traditional techniques
Izibene Oñederra
b.1979, Spanish contemporary hand-drawn, traditional animator
Isabel Herguera
Spanish-born contemporary experimental and traditional animator
Mercedes Gaspar
Contemporary Spanish stop-motion animator and director, practicing since the
Begoña Vicario
b.1962, Venezuelan experimental animator and educator, practicing since the
Maite Ruiz de Austri
b.1959, Spanish director, writer and animator specializing in children's
Iria López
London-based freelance animator, using screenprinted images and handdrawn techniques
Irene Iborra
Barcelona-based stop-motion and clay animator with collaborator Eduard Puertas
Carolina López
Spanish contemporary experimental animator and animation curator
Shira Avni
b.1974, Israel-born, Montreal based contemporary animator and educator using
Michelle Derosier
Canadian First Nations animator, filmmaker, producer focusing on First
Danielle Ash
Brooklyn-based contemporary stop-motion animator
Janie Geiser
b.1957, American contemporary experimental animator and interdisciplinary artist, practicing
Lynn Tomlinson
Contemporary American animator practicing since the 1990s, using stop-motion
Corrie Francis Parks
American contemporary experimental and traditional animation director and educator
Patrícia Figueiredo
b.1985, Belgian contemporary hand-drawn animator
Vicky Jenson
b.1960, animated film director, known for her work with
Lorna Cook
American Disney studio animator, practicing since the 1990s
Nora Twomey
b.1971, Irish animator working with Cartoon Saloon studio, producing
Brenda Chapman
Disney digital animator, writer/director of Brave
Jennifer Lee
b.1971, American animator and director, known for her feature
Anca Damian
Contemporary Polish documentary animator (digital and traditional techniques)
Marjane Satrapi
b.1969, Iranian-French animation director, writer and comic artist known
Julia Gromskaya
Soviet-born, Italy-based contemporary traditional animator
Liana Dognini
Italian-born contemporary experimental animator
Carla Pereira
Argentina/Spain Contemporary stop-motion clay animator
Madi Piller
Canadian experimental animator and filmmaker, using traditional film technology.
Noriko Okaku
Japanese-born, London-based contemporary collage/stop motion experimental animator
Jo Lawrence
British contemporary experimental animator
Sheila Graber
b.1940, U.K. based animator and educator known for her
Emma Da Swaef
b.1985, Belgian contemporary stop-motion animator
Agniezska Woznicka
Polish contemporary stop-motion animator
Hayley Morris
Contemporary American stop-motion and commercial animator
Lisa Crafts
American animator and moving image artist, practicing since the
Julie Zammarchi
American contemporary studio and freelance animator using traditional and
Pia Borg
b.1977, Maltese/Australian contemporary experimental animator working in London and
Jeanette Jeanenne
American contemporary hand-drawn animator, co-founder and director of GLAS
Inés Sedan
Argentina-born contemporary hand-drawn traditional animator
Špela Čadež
Slovenia based contemporary stop-motion animator
Suzie Templeton
b.1967, Academy Award winning British stop-motion animator
Joyce Borenstein
b.1950, Canadian animator practicing since the 1970s, known for
Marieka Walsh
Contemporary Australian sand animator and filmmaker
Cinzia Angelini
Italian-born, LA-based contemporary traditional, studio and digital animator
Samantha Youssef
Contemporary Canadian animator and artistic director who also has
Aliki Theofilopoulos
Contemporary American character designer, storyboard artist and studio animator.
Christine Jollow
b.1926-?, traditional animator for Halas and Batchelor Studios
Ami Thompson
Contemporary Japanese-born Disney character designer and animator
Melody Wang
Contemporary Canadian traditional animator
Dianne Jackson
1941-1992, British traditional studio animator
Girlin Bassovskaja
Estonian stop-motion duo Jelena Girlin (b.1979) and Mari-Liis Karula
Sarah van den Boom
French contemporary animator using traditional techniques
Leah Shore
Contemporary NY-based experimental animator and artist (hand-drawn, traditional, stop-motion,
Sharon Katz
Contemporary Canadian traditional animator and writer for Animation World
Signe Baumane
b.1964, Latvian-born, contemporary New York based animator and writer
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
b.1972, American studio animator and director, known for her
Izabela Plucinska
b.1974, contemporary Polish stop-motion and clay animator.
Jackie Cockle
b.1950, UK-based stop-motion studio animator, known for her work
Karolina Glusiec
London-based, Polish hand-drawn contemporary animator
Julia Pott
Contemporary British animator, based in Brooklyn, NY using hand-drawn
Helen Hill
1970-2007, American stop-motion and experimental animator, activist and artist
Catya Plate
Spanish-born American contemporary stop-motion animator
Kirsten Lepore
American animator, best known for her stop motion short
Shishi Yamazaki
b.1989, Japanese hand-drawn animator
Regina Pessoa
b.1969, Portuguese animator practicing traditional animation since the 1990s
Candy Guard
b.1961, London-based traditional animator, writer and producer
Marie Paccou
b.1974, French contemporary animator using traditional hand-drawn techniques
Michèle Cournoyer
b.1943, French-Canadian animator using hand-drawn techniques, practicing since the
Michaela Pavlátová
b.1961, Czech traditional 2D animator, practicing since the early
Ruth Lingford
UK-born experimental animator and educator (practicing since 1980s)
Petra Freeman
UK Animator, known for her paint-on-glass experimental animations from
Joanna Priestley
American hand-drawn contemporary animator, practicing since the 1990s
Marjut Rimminen
b.1944, London-based, Finnish animator practicing since the 1970s.
Rosalia Zelma
b.1938, Soviet Russian traditional animator practicing 1967-1992
Nicole van Goethem
1941-2000, Oscar award-winning Belgian animator using traditional techniques
Emma Calder
British traditional animator practicing since the 1980s.
Amy Kravitz
Contemporary American abstract animator and educator
Joanna Quinn
b.1962, Award-winning British animator using a hand-drawn technique (practicing
Joan C. Gratz
b.1941, American animator known for her work with claypainting,
Erica Russell
b. 1951, New Zealand born experimental and studio animator
Monique Renault
French/Dutch animator and educator using hand-drawn techniques, practicing 1960s-2000s
Mildred (Millie) Goldsholl
1920-2012, American animator and producer (active 1950s-70s)
Dóra Keresztes
b.1953, Hungarian illustrator, painter and traditional animator.
Lesley Keen
Contemporary UK experimental animator (working with 2D and 3D
Alison de Vere
1927-2001, British hand-drawn animator (career spanning 1950s-1990s)
Eileen O’Meara
Contemporary, traditional and studio animator practicing since the 1980s.
Faith Hubley
1924-2001, traditional hand-drawn and experimental American animator, known for
Vera Neubauer
b.1948, Czech-born, UK-based experimental and hand-drawn animator.
Janet Perlman
Canadian contemporary animator practicing since the 1980s
Sally Cruikshank
b.1949, American 2D animator and cartoonist, known for her
Eva Szasz
Canadian hand-drawn animator, practicing 1960s.
Kathy Rose
American experimental animator and artist, practicing since the 1970s
Candy Kugel
b.1951, American animator and producer known for her work
Vlasta Pospíšilová
b.1932, Czech stop-motion animator practicing in the 1960s-currently
Edith Vernick
American, Fleischer Studios animator and in-betweener in the 1920s-30s
Shirley Silvey
1927-2010, American studio animator known for her work on
Sylvia Moberly-Holland
1900-1974, American pioneer story artist for Disney studios
LaVerne Harding
1905-1984, American pioneer animator who worked for Walter Lantz
Helena Smith Dayton
1879-1960, American pioneer of stop-motion puppet and clay animation
Irena Dodalová
1900-1989, Czech experimental and stop-motion animator and collaborator of
Claire Parker
1906-1981, American engineer and animator known for her contribution
Hermína Týrlová
1900-1993, Czech stop-motion animator practicing 1920s-1980s.
Lillian Friedman Astor
1912-1989, American pioneer studio animator who worked with Fleischer
Evelyn (Eve) Lambart
1914-1999, Canadian stop-motion animator and technical director at the
Reiko Okuyama
1930-2007, pioneer Japanese studio animator working from the 1960s-200s.
Suzan Pitt
b.1943, American experimental animator and educator best known for
Caroline Leaf
b.1946, Canadian-American animator known for her stop-motion sand and
Jane Aaron
1948-2015, American stop-motion animator known for her work on
Kim Noce
Uk-based, Italian contemporary animator
Lizzy Hobbs
Contemporary UK-based animator, using stop-motion and traditional techniques
Vera Linnecar
b.1923, traditional British studio animator
Wally Crook
1914-1961, British studio animator with Halas and Batchelor
Jeanette Nørgaard
b.1984, Danish contemporary 2D animator.