Animation screenwriters

Timothy Walter Burton is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for pioneering goth subculture in Hollywood, with his films employing a distinctive style that blends gothic horror and dark fantasy aesthetics with whimsical and surreal elements. He has received numerous accolades, including one Emmy Award and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three BAFTA Awards. He was honored with the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and France's Order of Arts and Letters in 2010.

American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952)

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.

American filmmaker (born 1969)

American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964)

American animator and cartoonist (1911–2006)

American animator (1910–2001)

American cartoonist (1901-2000)

American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer (born 1957)

American film director (born 1964)

American film director, animator, screenwriter and producer (born 1957)

American animator, film director and screenwriter (born 1965)

American animator and filmmaker (1912–2002)

American animator and film director

American filmmaker (born 1969)

American comedian and actor

American film director (born 1971)

British animator and filmmaker (born 1958)

American animator

American animator and filmmaker

American film editor

American filmmaker (born 1952)

American animator, director, producer, and writer

American animation director (born 1953)

American animator and film director

American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor (born 1962)

American animator and film director

American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer (1906–1995)

American screenwriter (1960–2005)

American animation director (born 1953)

American filmmaker (born 1962)

American playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)

Soviet and Russian animator and film director (1917–2012)

American animator, storyboard artist, and director

Canadian film director and screenwriter

Philip Anderson Lord and Christopher Robert Miller are an American filmmaking and acting duo. Their films are known for subversion of genre and detailed visual sensation, spanning various styles of live-action and animation. They are known for co-creating the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, and the Spider-Verse film franchises.

American animator and film director

American voice actress

American television writer (born 1966)

American actor, writer, and director

American television writer and producer (born 1961)

British animator

American film director and screenwriter

American animator and filmmaker (1949–2026)

American director and actor

Canadian-British animator (1933–2019)

American screenwriter (born 1952)

Soviet film director (1900-1987)

American film director and screenwriter

American animator and voice actor (born 1977)

American animator, film director and screenwriter

American animator (1913-1994)

American film director

Artist, illustrator, author, animator and story teller (1915-2002)

American film producer, screenwriter and television producer

American animator (1908–2005)

American writer and producer

American screenwriter

American animator and filmmaker

American animator, director, and screenwriter