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Great Women Animators

Category: UK Animation

Alice Dunseath

London based contemporary filmmaker and stop-motion animator.

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation UK 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

Candy Guard

b.1961, London-based traditional animator, writer and producer

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation UK Animation

Cleo Harrington

British pioneering film animator, writer and illustrator, practicing since

- by - 0 - In 1990s Animation Digital Animation Experimental Animation UK Animation

Dianne Jackson

1941-1992, British traditional studio animator

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

Emma Calder

British traditional animator practicing since the 1980s.

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Clay Animation Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Evelyn Jane Ross

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

- by - 0 - In Clay Animation Contemporary Animation Digital Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Heather Colbert

Contemporary UK stop-motion animator using puppetry.

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Jackie Cockle

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

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Clay Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Jane Cheadle

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation South African Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Jennifer Zheng

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation UK Animation

Jessica Ashman

 Multidisciplinary artist

- by - 0 - In Clay Animation Contemporary Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Jo Lawrence

British contemporary experimental animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Digital Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Joan Ashworth

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

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Joanna Quinn

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

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Jodie Mack

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation UK 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

Julia Pott

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Karolina Glusiec

London-based, Polish hand-drawn contemporary animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Polish Animation UK Animation

Kate Anderson

Contemporary UK-based studio and 2D animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Digital Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Kim Noce

Uk-based, Italian contemporary animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Italian Animation UK Animation

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

Lesley-Anne Rose

b.1970, British contemporary stop-motion animator

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Liana Dognini

Italian-born contemporary experimental animator

- by - 0 - In Digital Animation Experimental Animation Italian Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Lizzy Hobbs

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Noriko Okaku

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

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Japanese Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Petra Freeman

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

- by - 0 - In 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Paint-On-Glass Animation UK Animation

Ruth Lingford

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

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation UK Animation

Sarah Airriess

Contemporary 2D animator and artist living and working in

- by - 0 - In American Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Sarah Ann Kennedy

British writer, director and animation academic practicing for over

- by - 0 - In Contemporary Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Sheila Graber

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

- by - 2 - In 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Suzie Templeton

b.1967, Academy Award winning British stop-motion animator

- by - 0 - In 1990s Animation Clay Animation Contemporary Animation Stop Motion Animation Studio Animation UK Animation

Vanda Carter

UK-based stop motion animator and filmmaker, primarily active in

- by - 0 - In 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Experimental Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Vera Linnecar

b.1923, traditional British studio animator

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

Vera Neubauer

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

- by - 0 - In 1970s Animation 1980s Animation 1990s Animation Contemporary Animation Czech Animation Experimental Animation Handdrawn Animation Stop Motion Animation UK Animation

Wally Crook

1914-1961, British studio animator with Halas and Batchelor

- by - 0 - In 1940s Animation 1950s Animation Handdrawn Animation Studio Animation UK Animation