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This is a list of artists (animators, directors and producers) who have created stop-motion animation. Active years by approximation, mostly based on IMDb information and as much as possible concerning work in the field of animation. The original order of the list is based on the first year of activit.


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Tim Burton, famous for the award-winning The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
George Pal
name birth-death country best known work years active main technique note
Ladyslaw Starewicz 1892-1965 Russian Empire, France The Tale of the Fox (1930) 1910-1965 puppets pioneer who started with dead beetles, later expressive puppets
Willis H. O'Brien 1886-1962 United States King Kong (1933) 1915-1962 models pioneer of model animation
Helena Smith Dayton 1883-1960 United States Animated Sculpture (1971) Program of shorts including "Battle of the Suds" 1917 Clay animation Hers films are considered lost, but are very well documented in magazines and newspaper of the time.
Oskar Fischinger 1900-1967 German Empire, United States Komposition in Blau (1935) 1921-1935? clay (wax) influential experimental abstract animator, occasionally working with wax (but mostly with paint)
Charles Bowers 1889-1946 United States Pete Roleum and His Cousins (1939) 1925-1941 started as traditional animator before directing and acting in slapstick comedies with stop motion elements, also directed a few fully animated short films
Hermína Týrlová 1900-1993 Bohemia, Czechoslovakia "Fernando the Ant", "Revolt of the Toys" 1928-1986 puppets "the mother of Czech animation" produced over 60 short films
George Pal 1908-1980 Hungary, The Netherlands, United States Puppetoons (1932-1971) 1932-1980 puppets (wood) received honorary Academy Award for his innovative technique, later a live-action fantasy director occasionally using stop motion effects
Lou Bunin 1904-1994 United States Bury the Axis (1943) 1939-1951 models pioneer of model animation
Ray Harryhausen 1920-2013 United States, UK Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 1942-2013 models assisted George Pal and Willis O'Brien before he became the model animation specialist for many live-action adventure films
Joop Geesink 1913-1984 The Netherlands Loeki de Leeuw (1972-2004) 1942-1984 puppets started as set designer, made many stop motion commercials and created Loekie de Leeuw as interstitial program between Dutch TV commercials
Walerian Borowczyk 1923-2006 Poland, France Renaissance (1963) 1946-1988 objects multi award-winning and influential surrealistic stop motion animator
Jiří Trnka 1912-1969 Czechoslovakia The Czech Year (1947) 1947-1965 puppets multi award-winning puppet animator
Břetislav Pojar 1923-2012 Czechoslovakia, Canada To See or Not to See (1969) 1949-2011 puppets multi award-winning puppet animator, started animating for Jiří Trnka, later made shorts for National Film Board of Canada
Ivo Caprino 1925-2010 Norway Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975) 1949-1975 puppets went on to create attractions for a theme park after his most successful film
Tadahito Mochinaga 1919-1999 Japan Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special) (1964) 1950-1979 puppets created popular "Animagic" productions for Rankin/Bass from 1960-1967
Art Clokey 1921-2010 United States The Gumby Show (1957) 1955-2010 clay
Jan Lenica 1928-2001 Poland, France, Germany Ubu et la grande gidouille (1964) 1957-2001 cut-outs graphic artist and animation professor, collaborated with Walerian Borowczyk
Bill Justice 1914-2011 United States Noah's Ark (1959) 1959 puppets animation director for Disney, responsible for Disney's first stop motion film (nominated for Academy Award)
Otmar Gutmann 1937-1993 Switzerland, Germany Pingu (1990) 1986-1993 clay German animator, creator of Pingu
Jim Danforth 1940 United States Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) 1959-1993 models worked for Art Clokey, George Pal, Ray Harryhausen and others
Jean-Michel Kibushi Ndjate Wooto 1957 Republic of the Congo Muana Mboka (1999) 1957–present objects pioneer of African animation
Jan Švankmajer 1934 Czechoslovakia Meat Love (1989) 1964–present objects influential surrealistic stop motion animator working with various materials and objects
Kihachirō Kawamoto 1925-2010 Japan Shisha no sho (The Book of the Dead) (2005) 1968-2005 puppets puppet designer and animator, independent director, trained under Tadahito Mochinaga and Jiří Trnka
Jackie Cockle 1950 UK Timmy Time (2009-2012) 1976–present animator, creator of Timmy Time, creative producer for Bob the Builder
Mike Jittlov 1948 United States The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979, 1989) 1977–present mixed independent special effects animator, created short stop motion films for Disney
Phil Tippett 1951 United States The Empire Strikes Back (1982) 1977–present models developer of go motion, creature animator for the original Star Wars trilogy
Peter Lord 1953 UK Morph (character) (1977–present) 1977–present clay co-founder of Aardman Animation
David Sproxton 1954 UK Morph (character) (1977–present) 1977–present clay co-founder of Aardman Animation
Jiří Barta 1948 Czechoslovakia The Pied Piper (1986) 1978–present puppets multi award-winning puppet animator, started at Jiří Trnka's studio
Brothers Quay 1947 (twins) United States Street of Crocodiles (1986) 1979–present puppets multi award-winning and influential stop motion animators
Richard Starzak 1959 UK Rex the Runt (1991-2001)
Shaun the Sheep (2007-present) 		1983-present clay
Tim Burton 1958 United States Corpse Bride (2005) 1982–present puppets director/producer occasionally working with stop motion
Dave Borthwick 1947-2012 UK The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993) 1984-1993 mixed co-founder of bolexbrothers, later directed CG animation
Nick Park 1958 UK Wallace and Gromit (1989–present) 1985–present clay creator of many popular clay animation films and series
Henry Selick 1952 United States The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 1991–present puppets director of several popular animated features with puppets
PES 1973 United States Fresh Guacamole (2012) 2001–present objects Known for his “substituted objects” style; creator of the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar, and most-viewed Oscar short in history
Adam Shaheen 1964 UK, Canada Life's a Zoo (2008-2009) 1992-2017 founder of stop motion studio Cuppa Coffee Animation
Adam Jones 1965 United States Sober (1992) 1992–present puppets guitarist for Tool, responsible for their stop motion music videos
Corky Quakenbush United States MADtv (1995-1997) 1995–present
Eric Fogel 1969 United States Celebrity Deathmatch (1998-2002) 1997–present clay animator director occasionally working with claymation
Q. Allan Brocka 1972 Guam, United States Rick & Steve (1999, 2007-2009) 1999–present puppets
Suzie Templeton 1967 UK Peter and the Wolf (2006) 2000–present won Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2008
Jim Jinkins 1953 United States JoJo's Circus (2003-2007) 2003–present puppets animation director (best known for Doug), occasionally working with stop motion
Shubhavi Arya 1998 India Adventures of Malia (2015) 2015–present cutout multi award winning animation director, aged 16 when she completed her first award-winning animation
Katherine Taylor 2000 United States The Peace of Wild Things (2022) 2019-present puppets, paper cutouts, fabrication, clay Fine Artist with focus in Animation and Textiles
Eric Leiser 1982 United States Imagination_(film) (2007) 2007-present puppets animation director and animator (best known for Imagination (2007)

See also

References

Notes
  • Tayler, Richard. The Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques. Running Press, Philadelphia, 1996. ISBN 1-56138-531-X
  • Lord, Peter and Brian Sibley. Creating 3-D Animation. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998. ISBN 0-8109-1996-6
  • Sibley, Brian. Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000. ISBN 0-8109-4124-4
  • Smith, Dave. Disney A to Z. Hyperion Books, New York, 1998. ISBN 0-7868-6391-9
  • Maltin, Leonard Movie and Video Guide. Signet Reference Paperbacks, New American Library, Penguin Putnam, New York, 2006.
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