Animetion Auteurs

1. Jhonen Vasquez

Jhonen Vasquez was born and raised on San Jose's East Side. He graduated from Mount Pleasant High in 1992 and was a one-time film student at De Anza College. Even though he has little formal artistic training, he entered the world of alternative comics, as the writer/creator/artist of such titles ...

2. Savin Yeatman-Eiffel

Writer | Oban Star-Racers

A graduate of the FEMIS, the French national film school, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel is a writer, director and producer and the founder of the creative studio Sav! The World Productions.

Savin wears all three hats on the animated Sci-fi series Oban Star-Racers (2006) (26 half hours), which he wrote, ...

3. Katsuhiro Ôtomo

Writer | Akira

Katsuhiro Ôtomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation.

In 1979, after writing multiple short-stories for the magazine Action, Otomo created his first science-fiction work, titled Fireball. ...

4. John Lasseter

Writer | Toy Story 2

Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...

5. Thomas Romain

Writer | Oban Star-Racers

Thomas Romain is known for Oban Star-Racers (2006), Code Lyoko (2003) and Garage Kids (2001).

6. Jamie Hewlett

Writer | Tank Girl

Jamie Hewlett was born on April 3, 1968 in England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Tank Girl (1995), Cloverfield (2008) and Wasabi (2001). He has been married to Emma de Caunes since September 10, 2011.

7. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

8. John Kricfalusi

Animation_department | The Ren & Stimpy Show

Canadian-born cartoon cartoonist Kricfalusi began his career by working on low end Saturday morning cartoons like The Jetsons (1962) revival and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972). In 1987, Kricfalusi's mentor, Ralph Bakshi, saved him by hiring him as supervising director on his show Mighty Mouse...

9. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

10. Rebecca Sugar

Writer | Steven Universe

Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, television writer, television producer, and singer-songwriter from Maryland. Her primary claims to fame are serving as the show creator of the hit animated series "Steven Universe" (2013-2019), and one of main writers and storyboard artists for the animated ...

11. Tara Strong

Actress | Batman: The Killing Joke

Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles ...

12. Larry Page

Producer | Broken Arrows

Larry Page was born on March 26, 1973 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for Broken Arrows (2007), Wi-Find: Downloading Our Future (2023) and Montessori Rising (2014). He is married to Lucinda (Lucy) Southworth.

13. Chris Prynoski

Producer | Motorcity

Chris Prynoski was born on November 1, 1971 in New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Motorcity (2012), Her (2013) and Freddy Got Fingered (2001).

14. Nick Weidenfeld

Producer | Childrens Hospital

Nick Weidenfeld is an Emmy Award-winning television producer and executive. He is currently the President of Programming for Viceland, the youth-oriented television network co-owned by Vice Media and A&E Networks. Brought on to launch the network, he's overseen an ambitious slate of original ...

15. Ed Catmull

Visual_effects | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Ed Catmull was born on March 31, 1945 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA. He is a producer, known for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Big Hero 6 (2014) and Tangled (2010). He has been married to Susan Anderson since June 11, 1983. They have three children.

16. Vincent Chalvon-Demersay

Producer | Totally Spies!

Vincent Chalvon-Demersay was born on February 23, 1964 in Paris, France. He is a producer and writer, known for Totally Spies! (2001), RedaKai (2011) and Team Galaxy (2006).

17. Damon Albarn

Music_department | Ravenous

Damon Albarn was born in Whitechapel Hospital, London. He was the son of Keith (a former luminary of England's late-1960s psychedelic rock scene that yielded Soft Machine and others) and Hazel (a stage designer for Joan Littlewood's theatre company). Arriving in Colchester, Essex in the late '70s, ...

18. Steve Blum

Actor | Star Wars Rebels

With hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of "Spike Spiegel" from Cowboy Bebop, "Wolverine" from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more),...

19. Chiara Zanni

Actress | Valley of the Boom

Chiara Zanni was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for Valley of the Boom (2019), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and X2 (2003).

20. Kirby Morrow

Actor | Inuyasha

Kirby Morrow trained in theatre at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout his career, he also trained in Vancouver, Paris, Dublin, Toronto and Los Angeles. Reaching a successful stature in both on camera and animation voice-overs, he was a highly sought-after guest at animation, ...

21. Yoshiyuki Tomino

Writer | Kidô senshi Z Gundam - A New Translation: Hoshi wo tsugumono

Yoshiyuki Tomino was born on November 5, 1941 in Odawara, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars (2004), Mobile Suit Z Gundam II: A New Translation - Lovers (2005) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979).

22. Todd McFarlane

Writer | Spawn

Todd McFarlane was born on March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a writer and producer, known for Spawn (1997), Venom (2018) and Spawn (1997). He has been married to Wanda Kolomyjec since July 27, 1985. They have three children.

23. Jean 'Moebius' Giraud

Art_department | Le Cinquième Élément

Jean Giraud had one of the most interesting double lives in comics history. Under his own name, he co-created the legendary western comic 'Blueberry' (1963-2012) with writer Jean-Michel Charlier. He also used the shortened signature of "Gir" for this series. This cowboy series was noted for its ...

24. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

25. David Seuss

Director | BiBee

David Seuss is known for BiBee, Deadlinked and According to Scott.

26. Friz Freleng

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

Friz Freleng was born Isadore Freleng on August 21, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. With no formal training in drawing, his first job as an animator was with United Film Advancement Services in 1924 at the age of 17. The first work Friz is credited with was for Disney Studios where he worked as an ...

27. Lewis Carroll

Writer | Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, author of the children's classics "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass."

Born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, Charles Dodgson wrote and created games as a child. At age 20 he received a ...

28. Dave Eggers

Writer | Away We Go

When Dave Eggers was 21 and living in Lake Forest, Illinois, both his parents died of cancer five weeks apart, leaving Eggers to raise his 8-year-old brother, Christopher. He moved to California and, though he tried to continue his life as a cool young San Francisco bohemian, he was also leading a ...

29. Peter Murray Hill

Animation_department | Skullgirls

Peter Murray Hill is known for Skullgirls (2012), ZTV News (2012) and Game Grumps Animated (2012).

30. Olivia d'Abo

Actress | Conan the Destroyer

Olivia d'Abo is an English actress and singer from London. She debuted as a teenager in 1984, and has remained active over the following decades. Her most famous role was playing the free-spirited Karen Arnold in the historical television series "The Wonder Years" (1988 -1993). The series lasted ...

31. J.D. Salinger

Writer | My Foolish Heart

U.S. writer whose novel "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951) won critical acclaim and devoted admirers, especially among the post-World War II generation of college students. His entire corpus of published works consists of that one novel and 13 short stories, all originally written in the period 1948-...

32. Frank Miller

Writer | Sin City

Frank Miller was born in Olney, Maryland, to a nurse mother and a carpenter and electrician father, and was raised in Montpelier, Vermont. He is of Irish descent. Miller was a big comics writer/artist in the '70s and '80s. He wrote and penciled the Marvel series "Daredevil" for a long time. His ...

33. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

34. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.

He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...

35. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

36. Man of Action

Writer | Big Hero 6

Man of Action Entertainment, the creative studio and writers' collective started in 2000, created the megahit "Ben 10," a three billion dollar boys' action empire that has been called the most successful superhero launch of the past decade. Man of Action Entertainment is comprised of creators and ...

37. Joe Zieja

Actor | Faiâ emuburemu: Fuuka setsugetsu

Joe Zieja is an American ex-USAF officer, now a voice actor and author in Los Angeles. Works include Fire Emblem Three Houses (Claude Von Riegan), Just Cause 4 (Cesar), Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, (Fox McCloud), Fate/Apocrypha, (Achilles) and many other anime and video game roles, as well as ...

38. Mike Lazzo

Producer | Robot Chicken

Mike Lazzo was born on April 10, 1958 in LaGrange, Georgia, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Robot Chicken (2001), Primal (2019) and Rick and Morty (2013).

39. Eminem

Soundtrack | 8 Mile

Eminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Deborah R. (Nelson) and Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr., who were in a band together, Daddy Warbucks. He is of English, as well as some German, Scottish, and Swiss-German, ancestry. Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved ...

40. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

41. Ian Jones-Quartey

Writer | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Ian Jones-Quartey was born on June 18, 1984 in Columbia, Maryland, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017), Steven Universe (2013) and OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes (2018). He has been married to Rebecca Sugar since December 4, 2019.

42. Matt Braly

Art_department | Gravity Falls

Matt Braly is an American animator, writer, director, producer, and storyboard artist. He is most known for creating Disney's Amphibia. He also worked as a storyboard artist and storyboard revisionist on Disney's Gravity Falls, a writer, storyboard artist, and director on Disney's Big City Greens, ...

43. Leiji Matsumoto

Writer | Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years

Leiji Matsumoto was born on January 25, 1938 in Fukuoka, Japan. He was a writer and director, known for Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985), Space Battleship Yamato (1974) and Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: Warriors of Love (1978). He was married to Miyako Maki. He died ...

44. Daft Punk

Composer | Tron: Legacy

Daft Punk is known for Tron: Legacy (2010), The Saint (1997) and Kiss of the Dragon (2001).

45. Daron Nefcy

Writer | Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Daron Nefcy was born on November 26, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2012), We the People (2021) and Holiday Road (2012).

46. Chris Savino

Writer | The Powerpuff Girls

Christopher Mason Savino is an American animator, writer and director who is known for creating The Loud House for Nickelodeon. He also worked on episodes of Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, The Ren & Stimpy Show, My Gym Partner's A Monkey and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He was ...

47. J.I.D.

Soundtrack | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

J.I.D. is known for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019), Arcane (2021) and Insecure (2016).

48. H.P. Lovecraft

Writer | Color Out of Space

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine and others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most ...

49. Sasha Obama

Self | West Wing Week

Sasha Obama was born on June 10, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

50. Kevin Smith

Producer | Clerks

Kevin Patrick Smith was born in Red Bank but grew up in Highlands, New Jersey, the son of Grace (Schultz) and Donald E. Smith, a postal worker. He is very proud of his native state; this fact can be seen in all of his movies. Kevin is of mostly German, with some Irish and English, ancestry.

His ...

51. Alex Hirsch

Actor | Gravity Falls

Alex Hirsch is an animator, television writer, and voice actor from Piedmont, California. His primary claim to fame is serving as the show creator for the hit animated series "Gravity Falls" (2012-2016), a mystery comedy series where twin protagonists investigate the local mysteries of a strange ...

52. J.G. Quintel

Writer | Regular Show

James Garland Quintel, or simply JG, was born on September 14, 1982, in Hanford, CA, to Terri (nee Morris) and James Quintel. Growing up in a rather boring town, he and friends would have to entertain themselves to pass time, many of these experiences grew into influences for many episodes of ...

53. E.L. James

Writer | Fifty Shades of Grey

E L James is an incurable romantic and a self-confessed fan girl. After twenty-five years of working in television, she decided to pursue a childhood dream and write stories that readers could take to their hearts. The result was the controversial and sensuous romance Fifty Shades of Grey and its ...

54. J.R.R. Tolkien

Writer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands ...

55. Brenda Song

Actress | Dollface

Brenda Song was born in Carmichael, California. Her father is Hmong and her mother is Thai-American. Brenda, her parents, and her younger brothers Timmy and Nathan now live in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Brenda was named an All-American Scholar in ninth grade and holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

She ...

56. Bruce Timm

Animation_department | Batman: The Animated Series

Bruce Timm is an American animator, writer, voice actor and director. He is known for creating Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League and various installments of the DC Animated Universe. He co-created several DC characters including Harley Quinn and Livewire. He...

57. Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Animation_department | Samâ uôzu

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto was born on January 29, 1962 in Shunan, Japan. He is a writer, known for Summer Wars (2009), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Wolf Children (2012). He is married to Mako Takaha.

58. Shin'ya Ôhira

Animation_department | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Shin'ya Ôhira is known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Akira (1988) and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004).

59. Hiroyuki Imaishi

Director | Tengen toppa gurren lagann

Hiroyuki Imaishi is known for Gurren Lagann (2007), Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997).

60. George R.R. Martin

Writer | Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO ...

61. Aaron McGruder

Writer | The Boondocks

An unlikely firestorm was ignited on the 19th of April, 1999. The Universal Press Syndicate made the largest launch ever of a single comic strip in the history of the printed page when it debuted an off-beat work in more than 160 newspapers that day (and 40 more by year's end). The strip, centering...

62. Lesean Thomas

Director | Yasuke

Lesean Thomas is known for Yasuke (2021), Black Dynamite (2011) and Children of Ether (2017).

63. Don Bluth

Director | Anastasia

Don Bluth was one of the chief animators at Disney to come to the mantle after the great one's death. He eventually became the animation director for such films as The Rescuers (1977) and Pete's Dragon (1977). Unfortunately, the quality of animation that Disney was producing at this point was not ...

64. Joaquim Dos Santos

Director | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Joaquim Dos Santos was born on June 22, 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), The Legend of Korra (2012) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005).

65. Eric P. Sherman

Sound_department | The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf

Eric P. Sherman (aka Herman Sherman) is the owner and founder of leading audio post production facility Bang Zoom! Studios. He is known for his work on various projects such as Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (2020), Lost in Oz (2016-2018), Gods Eater Burst (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (I) (2015-...

66. Thomas Astruc

Art_department | Wasabi

Thomas Astruc is a French animator, director, writer, and storyboard artist. He's is most known for creating and directing the TV series, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. He also directed Mikido and several episodes of Wakfu. Prior to that, he worked as a layout and posing artist on Bob ...

67. Tania Palumbo

Art_department | Garage Kids

Tania Palumbo is known for Garage Kids (2001), Code Lyoko (2003) and W.I.T.C.H. (2004).

68. Alex Hirsch

Actor | Gravity Falls

Alex Hirsch is an animator, television writer, and voice actor from Piedmont, California. His primary claim to fame is serving as the show creator for the hit animated series "Gravity Falls" (2012-2016), a mystery comedy series where twin protagonists investigate the local mysteries of a strange ...

69. Dana Terrace

Writer | The Owl House

Dana Terrace is an American animator, director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and voice actress. She is most known for creating Disney's The Owl House, as well as being a writer, storyboard artist, and doing additional voices in The Owl House. She's also known for working as a director on ...

70. Henry Selick

Director | Coraline

Henry Selick is a film director, specializing in films with stop-motion animation. He has formal training as an animator.

Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, son of Charles H. Selick and Melanie Molan. He was mostly raised in Rumson, New Jersey. As a child, Selick took up drawing as a hobby. ...

71. Eiichirô Oda

Writer | One Piece

As a kid, Oda was inspired by vikings and aspired to become a manga artist. He later submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga "Kinnikuman", who was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works. ...

72. Tite Kubo

Writer | Bleach: Burîchi

A Famous Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Bleach, which has sold over 120 million copies as of 2018.

Kubo was born on June 26, 1977 in Hiroshima Prefecture, where his father worked as a town council member. In elementary school, he had already decided to become a manga ...

73. Kazuki Takahashi

Writer | Yûgiô: 5D's

Kazuki Takahashi was born on October 4, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan. Kazuki was a writer, known for Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008), Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal (2011) and Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016). Kazuki died on July 6, 2022 in Nago, Okinawa, Japan.

74. Eric Radomski

Producer | Batman: The Animated Series

Eric Radomski is known for Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Spawn (1997) and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993).

75. Keith David

Actor | The Princess and the Frog

Keith David is a classically trained actor, winning 3 Emmys out of 6 nominations as well as being nominated for a Tony award. He starred in the recently concluded TV series "Greenleaf" for Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Upcoming films include "Horizon Line" with Allison Williams ("Get Out") and "...

76. Kevin Manthei

Composer | Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus

Kevin is an industry veteran composing genre-bending music in film, television, games, and commercials. Being trusted with iconic established brands as well as original emerging properties, Kevin creatively delivers an emotional and story-driven sound within each score. He is a ...

Jennifer Pertsch is known for Total Drama (2007), My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011) and Backstage (2016). She has been married to Jason Self since July 31, 2004.

80. Linda Simensky

Production_manager | Samurai Jack

Linda Simensky is known for Samurai Jack (2001), Rocko's Modern Life (1993) and The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002).

81. M.J. Offen

Writer | Jade Armor

M.J. Offen is a writer, producer and artist with experience in animation spanning screens big and small, books and toys. She has developed original series for HBO Max, Amazon, Disney, Disney Jr., Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Spinmaster, The Jim Henson Company, Silvergate,...

82. Shin'ichirô Watanabe

Writer | The Animatrix

Shin'ichirô Watanabe was born on May 24, 1965 in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for The Animatrix (2003), Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) and Cowboy Bebop (1998).

83. Mike Judge

Writer | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Mike Judge is an American actor, animator, film director, screenwriter, and television producer.

In 1962, Judge was born in Guayaquil, the largest city of Ecuador and the country's main port. His parents were expatriate Americans. His father was archaeologist William James Judge and his mother was ...

84. Seth MacFarlane

Writer | Family Guy

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He ...

85. Phil Ferretti

Doug

Phil Ferretti is known for Doug (1991).

86. Kevin Eastman

Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Kevin Eastman is an American comics artist and writer from Portland, Maine. His main claim to fame is co-creating the hit series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" with his then-partner Peter Laird. He has also served as the editor and publisher of the science fiction and fantasy comics magazine "Heavy...

87. Peter Laird

Writer | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Peter Laird is an American comics artist and writer from North Adams, Massachusetts. His main claim to fame is co-creating the hit series "Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles" with his then-partner Kevin Eastman.

Next to nothing is known about Laird's family background and his early life. Unlike Kevin ...

88. Mike Mignola

Writer | Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Mike Mignola is an American comic book writer and author who is best known for creating Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics. Hellboy was adapted into five films, a board game and three video games with Ron Perlman being the most frequent actor for Hellboy. Mignola also provided character designs for ...

89. Charles Addams

Writer | The Addams Family

Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue. They moved several times before taking up permanent residence in 1920 on Elm Street and stayed there until 1947...

90. Edward Gorey

Writer | Edward Gorey's Neglected Murderesses

Edward Gorey was born on February 25, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Edward Gorey's Neglected Murderesses, The Doubtful Guest and A Gorey Hallwoeen (1978). He died on April 15, 2000 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA.

91. Enki Bilal

Director | Tykho Moon

Born in Yugoslavia, his mother was Czech and his Bosnian father used to be Tito's tailor. His family fled the country to France in 1960, where Enki learns French and discovers cinema and comic books. In 1971, he wins a contest organized by the famous comics magazine Pilote with his first story "...

92. Osamu Tezuka

Writer | Tenrankai no e

Tezuka Osamu was born on November 3, 1928 in Toyonaka, Japan as the first child of Fumiko & Yutaka Tezuka. At 5, he & his family moved to the village of Kohama in Hyogo prefecture (present day city of Takarazuka). When he was 7, he entered Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka. Due to his diminutive ...

93. Maya Deren

Director | Meshes of the Afternoon

Maya Deren came to the USA in 1922 as Eleanora Derenkowsky. Together with her father Solomon Derenkowsky, a psychiatrist, and her mother Maria Fidler, an artist, she fled the pogroms organized by the Bolsheviks against the Jews. She studied journalism and political science at the Syracuse ...

94. Oh! Great

Writer | Dejimon sutôrî: Saibâ surûsu

Oh! Great was born on February 22, 1972 in Hyuga, Japan. Oh! is a writer, known for Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (2015), Air Gear (2006) and Tenjho Tenge: Ultimate Fight (2005).

95. Yasuhiro Nightow

Writer | Kekkai Sensen

Yasuhiro Nightow was born on April 8, 1967. He is a writer and actor, known for Kekkai Sensen (2019), Trigun (1998) and Gungrave (2003).

96. Yellow Tanabe

Writer | Sunday vs Magazine: Shuuketsu! Choujou Daikessen!

Yellow Tanabe is known for Sunday vs Magazine: Shuuketsu! Choujou Daikessen! (2009) and Kekkaishi (2006).

97. Crispin Freeman

Actor | Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren

Crispin is the oldest of three. He has a younger brother, Clark, and youngest sister, Cassidy. All three attended the Latin School of Chicago, where Crispin graduated in a class of 60 in 1990. Crispin had a Mac in 1985. To this day he is still an avid computer geek. He played no official team ...

98. Clamp

Writer | Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch

Clamp is known for Code Geass (2006), XxxHolic (2022) and xxxHOLiC (2013).

99. Rintarô

Director | Metoroporisu

Rintarô was born on January 22, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a director, known for Metropolis (2001), Ninja Scroll (1993) and Neo Tokyo (1987).

100. Shin'ichirô Watanabe