Ub Iwerks

As an animator, Ub worked at record-breaking speed. He animated the first Mickey Mouse silent cartoon, Plane Crazy, entirely by himself within a three-week period, completing as many as 700 drawings a day.

Art Babbitt

As early as the 1942 publication of the first scholarly study of animation, The Art of Walt Disney by Dr. Robert Feild, Art Babbitt had gained a reputation as “The Greatest Animator Ever.”

Dick Huemer

“He was with animation through all its growing pains. Whatever animation became, he helped to shape it, drawing by drawing, idea by idea.” —Animation great Grim Natwick

Floyd Norman

“I’m sort of a Disney… kind of a troublemaker. A story artist, animator—tried to be an animator. But mainly writer, artist, and a guy who’s trying to learn his craft. Been doing it now for about 40 years and, just beginning to get the hang of it.” —Floyd Norman

Marge Champion

Marge was the live-action reference model for the heroine of Disney’s feature-length cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, performing dances, scenes, and special movements so the animators could caricature her actions and make their princess as human as possible.

Joe Ranft

“Joe was really a major part of Pixar’s soul. He was one of the key players who made all the films what they are.”—Pete Docter, director of Monsters, Inc. and Up, once said.

Walt Peregoy

“To this day, Walt Peregoy’s color styling in One Hundred and One Dalmatians remains a fine example of how color can be used creatively in animation while serving more than a merely decorative function.” —Amid Amidi, modern animation authority

Burny Mattinson

“Storyboards are as close to direction as you can get. You’re telling cameras where to go, what’s happening on screen, where to cut, and really making a blueprint for the film.” —Burny Mattinson

Al Dempster

Disney has had several superstar background artists: Sam Armstrong, Maurice Noble, Claude Coats, Walt Peregoy, Ralph Hulett, Thelma Witmer, Eyvind Earle, Frank Armitage… and Al Dempster.

Bill Anderson

During his 44-year association with the Studio, Bill brought immense skill and personal philosophy to Disney family entertainment, once saying, “Tell a good story in a lighthearted manner. Family entertainment should be fun; life is melodramatic enough.”