Sunday, July 10, 2011

Top 5 Animators of All Time

POSTED BY: Bill Plympton

drawings above of me by Pat Smith
I went out to Montauk for a glorious weekend with my trusted Scribble Junkies mate, Pat Smith, and while drinking alcoholic beverages and we got into a heated argument as to who are the greatest animators. As usual, we totally disagree as to the top 5, so we decided to ask you, our faithful readers, for your opinion. What are the 5 Greatest Animators of All Time? They can be from any country and any era. Studio or Indie, it's up to you.

We want your top 5 list before the end of August so we can print the list, so you, our dear fans, can decide once and for all who are the greatest animators of all time! Get to it! Send your list as soon as possible!

Below is my list of the top 5 greatest animators:
  1. Winsor McCay
  2. Milt Kahl
  3. Preston Blair
  4. Joanna Quinn
  5. Hayao Miyazaki

    Below is Pat Smith's (Disney heavy) list of the top 5 greatest animators:
    1. Glen Keane
    2. Bill Tytla
    3. Hayao Miyazaki
    4. Nick Park
    5. Sergio Pablos

    Drawing above of Pat Smith at the beach.





at 8:00 AM

27 comments:

  1. peter wassinkJuly 10, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Im betting it will turn out a tie between your nr. 2 and 5.
    So i'll name:

    1. Joanna Quinn
    2. Michael Dudok de wit
    3. Koji Yamamura
    4. Yuriy Norshteyn
    5. Norman McLaren

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  2. Jamil R. LahhamJuly 10, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    1-Ward Kimball
    2-James Baxter
    3-Ken Harris
    4-Chuck Jones
    5-Glen Keane

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  3. Patrick SmithJuly 10, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    nice.. ken harris. that came up in me and bill's convo, but didn't make either of our lists.

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  4. Patrick SmithJuly 10, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    Yuriy Norshteyn... over rated animator that we have all been brainwashed to love in art school.

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  5. peter wassinkJuly 10, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    keep him out of your top five.
    Here is my current list:

    1. Mark Baker
    2. Paul Driessen
    3. Kōji Morimoto
    4. Emery Hawkins
    5. Aleksandr Petrov

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  6. BrubakerJuly 10, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Mine:

    1. Jim Tyer
    2. Rod Scribner
    3. Bob McKimson
    4. Don Williams
    5. Art Davis

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  7. AnonymousJuly 10, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    Glen Keane
    Richard Williams
    Milt Kahl
    Bruce Bickford
    Phil Tippett

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  8. AnonymousJuly 10, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Very hard to leave many favorites off the list...

    1. Frederic Back
    2. Priit Parn
    3. Koji Yamamura
    4. Bill Plympton
    5. Joanna Quinn

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  9. Philip GarciaJuly 10, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    1 -Walt Disney -
    Animator, Director, producer

    2 -Hayao Miyazaki-
    Animator, writer, Director, producer

    3 -John Lasseter -
    Animator, Director, producer, writer

    4 -Nick Parks -
    Animator, Director, producer, writer

    5 -Henry Selick
    Animator, irector, writer, producer

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  10. Jonah SidhomJuly 11, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    This is more of my favorite animators—the animators that are best *in my eyes*:
    1. Hayao Miyazaki
    2. Chuck Jones
    3. Bill Tytla
    4. Nick Park
    5. Victor Navone

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  11. AmidJuly 11, 2011 at 1:08 AM

    1. Ward Kimball
    2. Ward Kimball
    3. Ward Kimball
    4. Ward Kimball
    5. Ward Kimball

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  12. Patrick SmithJuly 11, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    hahaha.. jeez amid.

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  13. DamienJuly 11, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    So tough to only choose 5...(could have any of the nine old men/ these in no particular order)

    1.Milt Kahl
    2.Tex Avery
    3.Bill Plymton
    4.Joanna Quinn
    5.Aleksandr Petrov

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  14. CameronJuly 11, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    At the moment:

    Hayao Miyazaki
    Milt Kahl
    Richard Williams
    Yoshinori Kanada

    With a tie between Yuri Norstein and Frederic Back for the last spot. Bill Tytla's hovering just outside.

    Pat....Norstein is a huge influence on Hayao Miyazaki. I find his work hypnotic and deeply personal. It has nothing to do with art school brainwashing, and, frankly, I'll personally take him over Glen Keane (talented as he may be).

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  15. Charles WilsonJuly 11, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    1. Chuck Jones
    2. Go Nagai
    3. John Lasseter
    4. Nick Park
    5. Aleksandr Petrov

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  16. MarvitJuly 11, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    I cannot come up with a top 5, since there are so many with unique talents. However, I'm very surprised no one has mentioned Norm McClaren who would be in my top list as an extraordinary visionary and craftsman--pioneering and influencing at least a generation that followed.

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  17. joanna quinnJuly 11, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Thanks for the kind add Bill but these are really the best top 5....

    1. Bill Plympton
    2. Caroline Leaf
    3. Michaella Pavlatova
    4. Aleksandr Petrov
    5. Koji Yamamura

    and to top them all for extra stretched exaggeration and sheer belly laughs is Tex Avery.

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  18. paoloJuly 12, 2011 at 4:10 AM

    1. Bruno Bozzetto
    2. Tex Avery
    3. Karel Zeman
    4. Alexander Alexeieff
    5. Norman McLaren

    but I think it is not fair to limit to 5: I would have liked to include also Jiri Trnka, Jan Svankmajer, Nick Park, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Zlatko Grgic, Michaela Pavlatova, Isao Takahata, Pavel Koutsky, Paul Driesen. Well, I cited other 9 names, even a top ten list is not enough...

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  19. Jamil R. LahhamJuly 12, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    This post is GOLD...I had to look up half of these names.

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  20. Luis R. FeliúJuly 13, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Don Hertzfeldt 1
    Paul Fierlinger 2
    Cyriak 3
    Caroline Leaf 4
    Hayao Miyazaki 5

    hell yeah

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  21. Robert SchaadJuly 27, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    1. Fred Moore
    2. Ward Kimball
    3. Carlo Vinci
    4. Jim Tyer
    5. Bobe Cannon

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  22. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    1. Rod Scribner
    2. Robert Mckimson
    3. Winsor McCay
    4. Bill Plympton
    5. Ward Kimball

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  23. Eric NobleAugust 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    I have far too many to count, but I'll give it a shot.

    1. Bill Tytla
    2. Rod Scribner
    3. Emery Hawkins
    4. Art Davis
    5. Joanna Quinn

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  24. Pedro Ivo CarvalhoAugust 17, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    1. Windsor Mccay
    2. Frédéric Back
    3. Paul Driessen
    4. Aleksandr Petrov
    5. Marcell Jankovics

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  25. Pedro Ivo CarvalhoAugust 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    1. Winsor McCay! How could i have mispelleded his name!

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  26. AnonymousJuly 29, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    You have to consider the impact on overall animation sector.So my list

    1. Walt disney
    2. Hayao Miyazaki
    3. Hanna and Barbara
    4. John lesseter
    5. Chuck jones

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  27. Agha_MemnunFebruary 25, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    1) Yasuo Otsuka
    2) Yasuji Mori
    3) Richard Williams
    4) Milt Kahl
    5) Tissa David

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