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To learn more about 100 Masters of Short Animation, read the introduction.
Jack King
1895 – 1958
Born Alabama, USA
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940), Truant Officer Donald (1941), Donald’s Snow Fight (1942)
Jack Kinney
1908 – 1992
Born Utah, USA
Key production country: USA
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Der Fuehrer’s Face (1942)
Highly recommended: How to Swim (1942), How to Play Football (1944), Goofy Gymnastics (1949)
Igor Kovalyov
1963 –
Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Key production country: Russia
Highly recommended: Investigation is Held by the Koloboks (1986), Hen, His Wife (1990), Andrey Svislotskiy (1992)
Jerzy Kucia
1942 –
Born Soltysy, Poland
Key production country: Poland
Highly recommended: Reflections (1979), Across the Field (1992), Tuning the Instruments (2000)
Jean-François Laguionie
1939 –
Born Besançon, Doubs, France
Key production country: France
Highly recommended: La Demoiselle et le violoncelliste (1965), Le Masque du diable (1976), La Traversée de l’Atlantique à la rame (1978)
René Laloux
1929 – 2004
Born Paris, France
Key production country: France
Highly recommended: Les Temps Morts (1964), Les Escargots (1965), How Wang-Fo Was Saved (1987)
Walter Lantz
1899 – 1994
Born New Rochelle, New York, USA
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: Knock Knock (1940), The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company “B” (1941), The Hams That Couldn’t Be Cured (1942)
John Lasseter
1957 –
Hollywood, California, USA
Key production country: USA
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Knick Knack (1989)
Highly recommended: Luxo, Jr. (1986), Red’s Dream (1987), Tin Toy (1988)
Caroline Leaf
1946 –
Born Seattle, Washington, USA
Key production country: Canada
Highly recommended: The Street (1976), The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (1977), Two Sisters (1990)
Jan Lenica
1928 – 2001
Born Poznan, Poland
Key production country: Poland
Highly recommended: Nowy Janko Muzykant/New Janko the Musician (1961), Labirynt (1963), ‘A’ (1965)
Emanuele Luzzati and Giulio Gianini
Emanuele Luzzati (1921 –2007); Giulio Gianini (1927 – 2009)
Emanuele Luzzati born Genoa, Italy; Giulio Gianini born Rome, Italy
Key production country: Italy
Highly recommended: The Thieving Magpie (1964), Alì Babà (1970), Pulcinella (1973)
Len Lye
1901 – 1980
Born Christchurch, New Zealand
Key production country: UK
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Rainbow Dance (1936), Trade Tattoo (1937), Free Radicals (1958)
Highly recommended: A Colour Box (1935), Colour Flight (1937), Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1940)
Kenzô Masaoka
1898 – 1988
Born Suita, Osaka, Japan
Key production country: Japan
Highly recommended: Nonsense Story, Volume 1: Monkey Island (1931), A Song of the Chagama Family (1935), The Spider and the Tulip (1943)
Winsor McCay
1871 – 1934
Born Spring Lake, Michigan, USA
Key production country: USA
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
Highly recommended: Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the NY Herald and His Moving Comics (1911), The Sinking of the Lusitania (1918), Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House (1921), Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend: The Pet (1921)
Robert McKimson
1910 – 1977
Born Denver, Colorado, USA
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: Walky Talky Hawky (1946), A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948), Hillbilly Hare (1950)
Norman McLaren
1914 – 1987
Born Stirling, Scotland, UK
Key production country: Canada
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Dots (1940), C’est l’aviron (1944), The Young Grey Hen (1947), Begone Dull Care (1949), Neighbours (1952), Pas de deux (1968)
Highly recommended: Blinkity Blank (1955), A Chairy Tale (1957), Le Merle/The Blackbird (1958)
Otto Messmer
1892 – 1983
Born Union City, New Jersey, USA
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: Felix In Hollywood (1923), Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927), Comicalamities (1928), Felix Saves the Day (1922)
Eduard Nazarov
1941 –
Born Moscow, USSR
Key production country: USSR
Highly recommended: There Once Was a Dog (1982), Travels of an Ant (1983), Martinko (1987)
Yuriy Norshteyn
1941 –
Born Andreyevka, Penza, USSR
Key production country: USSR
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: Hedgehog in the Fog (1975), Tale of Tales (1979)
Highly recommended: Seasons (co-directed with Ivan Ivanov-Vano) (1969), The Fox and the Hare (1973), Heron and Crane (1974)
Willis O’Brien
1886 – 1962
Born Oakland, California, USA
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1915), Prehistoric Poultry (1916), The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)
Tezuka Osamu
1928 – 1989
Born Toyonaka, Japan
Key production country: Japan
Highly recommended: Mermaid (1964), Jumping (1984), Legend of the Forest (1987), Tales of the Street Corner (1962), Memory (1964), The Drop (1965), Pictures at an Exhibition (1966), The Genesis (1968), Broken Down Film (1985), Push (1987), Muramasa (1987)
George Pal
1908 – 1980
Born Cegled, Austria-Hungary
Key production country: USA
Highly recommended: Tulips Shall Grow (1942), John Henry and the Inky Poo (1946), Tubby the Tuba (1947)
Nick Park
1958 –
Born Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Key production country: UK
TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts: The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Highly recommended: Creature Comforts (1989), A Grand Day Out (1989), A Close Shave (1995)
Priit Pärn
1946 –
Born Tallinn, Estonia
Key production country: Estonia
Highly recommended: Breakfast on the Grass (1987), Hotell E (1992), 1895 (1995)
Ishu Patel
1942 –
Born Gujarat, India
Key production country: Canada
Highly recommended: The Bead Game (1977), Afterlife (1978), Paradise (1984)
