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37. Dale Baer
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 22, 2011
If there is any animator in the Ha tBuilding today that knows the business inside out it’s Dale Baer. He has one of the most diverse, consistent, and unique careers of anybody on this list. Baer as born in Denver, Colorado in 1950 and fell in love with animation through going to drive-in movies as read more
39. Hicks Lokey
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 20, 2011
Hicks Lokey is one of the least known and most elusive of the animators in the countdown. Born in 1904, Lokey began his animation career at Terrytoons in the 1920s, the place where he first met future Disney greats Norman Ferguson and Bill Tytla. He then went on to work in Myron Walderman’s unit at read more
38. Russ Edmonds
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 20, 2011
Russ Edmonds is one of the most underrated and best subtler acting animators of his generation. In the mid 1980s Edmonds attended the character animation program at Cal Arts with such giants in the industry as Tony Fucile, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, and Rich Moore. His first break in the read more
40. The Assistant Animator Part 5
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 18, 2011
The final artist I’m honoring for spot #40- the Assistant Animator is someone who’s work I personally very admire and someone whose career has really inspired me. He’s done about every job in the studio you can think of- inbetweener, checker, traffic boy, assistant animator, animator, director, read more
40. The Assistant Animator Part 2
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 17, 2011
Milt Kahl was a man with a short temper and had no toleration for anything short of perfection. He was notorious for screaming and cursing at anyone who made a mistake in their work. Even animators who he was no better than were sharply criticized by him. Few had the guts to put up with Milt’s tem read more
40. The Assistant Animator Parts 3 and 4
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 17, 2011
Dale Oliver Sometimes even the greatest of animators aren’t naturally great draftsman and even struggle at their own drawing. This was definitely the case for Frank Thomas. Thomas’s excellent skills as an actor, his understanding of movement, and his expert analysis made him read more
40. The Assistant Animator Part 1
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 16, 2011
There is a fairly good chance none of you understand what is going on. You’re probably saying to yourself “An assistant animator’s not a person it’s the name of an occupation. What they heck does Ponti think he’s doing?” The other question you might be asking yourself is “I thought this read more
41. Ken Duncan
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 14, 2011
Ken Duncan is one of the most versatile animators and best animated performers in the industry today. He is well-regarded for his variety of influences and his use of many styles. After graduating from the Sheridan Institute in Canada in 1984 Duncan moved to Europe where he worked with animators su read more
42. Randy Haycock
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 13, 2011
Randy Haycock is one of the best animators at the Disney Studios today and has worked there since assisting Glen Keane on Aladdin after he came to the studio in 1991. He is from Colorado and went to BYU in Utah. Haycock is great at animating the human figure and some of his humans are among read more
43. Alex Kupershmidt
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 13, 2011
Alex Kupershmidt is one of the best animators in the Disney studio today in both hand-drawn and CGI. He is a graduate of the animation department at theSchoolofVisualarts inNew Yorkand joined Disney at the opening of theFloridastudio in 1989. His Disney debut was on Roller Coaster Rabbit read more
44. Dick Lundy
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 11, 2011
If you know anything about Dick Lundy you probably know he’s the creator of Donald Duck. You might not know that he was one of the first personality animators in Disney history and a pioneer in that aspect in the art form. Lundy came to the studio in the late 20s right after the steaming success of read more
46. Retta Scott
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 10, 2011
I know that somewhere the ghost of Retta Davidson is very offended by this post. Well I can say I love Davidson’s work too but there’s only so much room and I have to go with the first. Retta Scott was the first woman ever to be an animator. Her time as an animator from 1939 to 1946 pa read more
45. Sergio Pablos
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 10, 2011
Some animators have great skills in design and in draftsmanship in animation. A few are also able to balance out technique, character, appeal, and strength in their scenes. When I think about guys in the industry who have the most complete balance of these skills one name seems to come to read more
47. John Pomeroy
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 9, 2011
Drawing is a skill that many animators struggle at and take a long time to master. Eventually though many of them get to the point where they just “kiss the paper” and have complete control of their pencil (in the case of Grim Natwick, Norman Ferguson, and Cliff Nordberg this never happened.) read more
48. Howard Swift
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 8, 2011
Sometimes an animator is talented in an unconventional way. Not only do they not apply the rules but their style is so unique and genius in its own right that there is no need to even understand the rules. However they understand thoughts, acting, and emotions making up for their less-than-adequate read more
50. Eric Cleworth
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 7, 2011
Cleworth is the second farthest back leading towards the table behind John Lounsbery. Eric Cleworth isn’t a familiar name to all fans of Disney yet he is one of the best action animators ever with a great flair for movement. He started at Disney in 1939 and stayed until his read more
49. Kathy Zielinski
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 7, 2011
Kathy Zielinski is the second woman to have ever earned the credit of supervising animator on a Disney film. She actually was supposed to be the first when she was originally assigned to supervise Lefou in Beauty and the Beast but she left the studio during the film’s production and by the time she read more
An Introductory Letter
50 Most Influential Disney Animators Posted by Grayson on May 1, 2011
Dear everyone, My name is Grayson Ponti and I’m a high school student who plans on pursuing a career in character animation. I feel honored to be able to through this blog give respect, acknowledgement, and gratitude to 50 of the greatest artists in the greatest studio in the history of anim read more