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Great Women Animators

Ongoing international directory of historical and contemporary female* animators

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Great Women Animators

Category: 1960s Animation

Alison de Vere

1927-2001, British hand-drawn animator (career spanning 1950s-1990s)

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Alma Duncan

1917-2004, Canadian painter, designer and stop-motion animator practicing in

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation Canadian Animation Stop Motion Animation

Caroline Leaf

b.1946, Canadian-American animator known for her stop-motion sand and

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation American Animation Canadian Animation Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Paint-On-Glass Animation Sand Animation Stop Motion Animation

Claire Parker

1906-1981, American engineer and animator known for her contribution

- by - 0 - In 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation American Animation Experimental Animation Pinscreen Animation

Elizabeth Case Zwicker

1930-2006, 1950's Disney animator and artist

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation American Animation Studio Animation

Eunice Macaulay

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

- by - 0 - In 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation Canadian Animation Handdrawn Animation

Eva Szasz

Canadian hand-drawn animator, practicing 1960s.

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation Canadian Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation

Evelyn (Eve) Lambart

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

- by - 0 - In 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation Abstract Animation Canadian Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation

Faith Hubley

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

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation American Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation

Francine Desbiens

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Canadian Animation Handdrawn Animation

Hermína Týrlová

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

- by - 0 - In 1920s Animation 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation Czech Animation Stop Motion Animation

Joy Batchelor

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

- by - 0 - In 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation American Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Kazuko Nakumara

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

LaVerne Harding

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

- by - 0 - In 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation American Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation

Lotte Reiniger

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

- by - 0 - In 1920s Animation 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation German Animation Stop Motion Animation

Lynn Smith

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Canadian Animation Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Sand Animation Stop Motion Animation

Mildred (Millie) Goldsholl

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

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation American Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation

Monique Renault

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Dutch Animation French Animation Handdrawn Animation

Nancy Edell

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation American Animation Canadian Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation

Reiko Okuyama

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation Japanese Animation Studio Animation

Rhoda Leyer

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation Canadian Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation

Rosalia Zelma

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

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Russian Animation Soviet Animation

Ruthie Tompson

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

- by - 0 - In 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation American Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation

Shirley Silvey

1927-2010, American studio animator known for her work on

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation American Animation Studio Animation

Suzanne Baker

b.1939, Australian animation director and Academy Award Winner

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation Australian Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation

The Brumberg Sisters

Valentina (1899-1975) and Zinaida Brumberg (1900-1983), pioneers of early

- by - 0 - In 1930s Animation 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation Handdrawn Animation Russian Animation Soviet Animation Studio Animation

Tissa David

1921-2012,  Romanian-born traditional animator with a career spanning over

- by - 0 - In 1940s Animation 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation American Animation Handdrawn Animation Hungarian Animation Studio Animation

Vera Linnecar

b.1923, traditional British studio animator

- by - 0 - In 1950s Animation 1960s Animation 1970s Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Viviane Elnécavé

b.1945, Egyptian-born, Canadian traditional animator practicing in the 1960s-80s

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation Canadian Animation French Animation Handdrawn Animation

Vlasta Pospíšilová

b.1932, Czech stop-motion animator practicing in the 1960s-currently

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Clay Animation Czech Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation

Yvonne Anderson

b.1932, American animator and animation educator, known for her

- by - 0 - In 1960s Animation 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation American Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation