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Ongoing international directory of historical and contemporary female* animators

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Great Women Animators

Category: 1970s Animation

Alison de Vere

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

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Candy Kugel

b.1951, American animator and producer known for her work

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Caroline Leaf

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

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Clorinda Warny

1939-1978, Belgian-born, French-Canadian stop-motion animator, practicing in the 1970s-80s

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Dianne Jackson

1941-1992, British traditional studio animator

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Dóra Keresztes

b.1953, Hungarian illustrator, painter and traditional animator.

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Ellen Meske

(1952-2022) American-born, Dutch animator using claymation

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Erica Russell

b. 1951, New Zealand born experimental and studio animator

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Eunice Macaulay

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

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Evelyn (Eve) Lambart

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

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Faith Hubley

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

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Francine Desbiens

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

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Gisèle Ansorge

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

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Hermína Týrlová

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

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Jackie Banks

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

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Jane Aaron

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

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Joan C. Gratz

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

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Joy Batchelor

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

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Judith Klein

Canadian traditional 2D animator practicing in the 1970s

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Karen Aqua

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

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Kathy Rose

American experimental animator and artist, practicing since the 1970s

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Kazuko Nakumara

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

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LaVerne Harding

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

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Lesley Keen

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

- by - 0 - In 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Digital Animation Experimental Animation UK Animation

Lillian Schwartz

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

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Lina Gagnon

Canadian 2D animator, known for her work with the

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Lisa Crafts

American animator and moving image artist, practicing since the

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Lynn Smith

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

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Marija Miletic Dail

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

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Marjut Rimminen

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

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Mary Beams

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

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Maureen Selwood

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

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Michèle Cournoyer

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

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Mildred (Millie) Goldsholl

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

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Monique Renault

French, Netherlands-based animator and educator using hand-drawn techniques, practicing

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Nancy Edell

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

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Peggy Ahwesh

b.1954, American experimental filmmaker and animator

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Reiko Okuyama

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

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Rhoda Leyer

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

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Rosalia Zelma

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

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Ruth Hayes

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

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Ruthie Tompson

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

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Sally Cruikshank

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

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Sayoko Kinoshita

b.1945, Japanese documentary animation filmmaker (collaborator with Renzo Kinoshita)

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Sheila Graber

b.1940, U.K. based animator and educator known for her

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Shirley Silvey

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

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Stella Aristakesova

b.1934-?, Soviet-Russian studio animator, known for Vasilyok, 1977

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Suzan Pitt

b.1943, American experimental animator and educator best known for

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Suzanne Baker

b.1939, Australian animation director and Academy Award Winner

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Suzanne Gervais

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

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The Brumberg Sisters

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

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Tissa David

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

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Vera Linnecar

b.1923, traditional British studio animator

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Vera Neubauer

b.1948, Czech-born, UK-based experimental and hand-drawn animator.

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Veronika Soul

b.1944, Graphic designer and animator known for her work

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Viviane Elnécavé

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

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Vlasta Pospíšilová

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

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Yvonne Anderson

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

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