People that I admire and respect
by nfpirr | created - 09 Mar 2021 | updated - 7 months ago | Public
1. Walt Disney
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessperson. He had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Walt moved with his parents to Kansas City at age seven, where he spent the majority of ...
Disney animation 1923-1967
2. Ub Iwerks
Visual_effects | The Birds
Ub Iwerks worked as a commercial artist in Kansas City in 1919 when he met Walt Disney who was in the same profession. When Disney decided to form an animation company, Ub Iwerks was the first employee he had due to his skill at fast drawing as well as being a personal friend.
When Charles Mintz ...
Oswald the lucky rabbit, Mickey Mouse cartoons
3. Leslie Iwerks
Producer | The Imagineering Story
Leslie Iwerks is an Oscar® and Emmy® nominated documentary director and producer, as well as the granddaughter of famed Disney animation legend and designer of Mickey Mouse, Ub Iwerks.
Iwerks is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and serves on the USC School of Cinematic Arts Alumni ...
The hand behind the mouse, The Pixar Story, The Imagineering story
4. Don Hahn
Producer | Maleficent
Don Hahn was born on November 26, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Maleficent (2014), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) and The Lion King (1994). He has been married to Denise Meara-Hahn since June 12, 1987. They have one child.
Beauty and the beast, The Lion King, Atlantis the lost empire, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Howard
5. 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 ...
Disney, Pixar, Toy Story tetralogy, A Bugs Life, Cars
6. 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 Meet the Robinsons (2007). He has been married to Susan Anderson since June 11, 1983. They have three children.
Pixar
7. Pete Docter
Writer | Up
Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of "Monsters, Inc.," "Up," and "Inside Out," and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently directing Pixar's feature film "Soul" with producer Dana Murray, which is set to release June 19, 2020.
Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the ...
Monsters Inc., Up, Inside Out, Soul
8. Andrew Stanton
Writer | WALL·E
Andrew Stanton has been a major creative force at Pixar Animation Studios since 1990, when he became the second animator and ninth employee to join the company's elite group of computer animation pioneers. As Vice President, Creative he currently oversees all shorts and feature projects at the ...
A Bugs Life, Finding Nemo, Wall.E, John Carter, Finding Dory
9. Lee Unkrich
Editor | Coco
Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.
As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an ...
Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3, Coco
10. Joe Ranft
Writer | The Brave Little Toaster
Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Cars, Monsters, Inc and Finding Nemo. He voiced in the many films he worked on, notably as ...
Various Disney and Pixar works
11. Brad Bird
Writer | The Incredibles
Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...
The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Tomorrowland, The Incredibles 2
12. Bob Peterson
Actor | Up
Bob Peterson was born in Wooster, Ohio, USA, in 1961. He studied mechanical engineering at Ohio Northern University, where he took computer graphics courses and graduated in 1983. He continued his studies in mechanical engineering at Purdue University where he earned a master's degree in 1986. ...
Various Pixar projects, Up
13. Ronnie Del Carmen
Director | Inside Out
Ronnie del Carmen joined Pixar Animation Studios in the summer of 2000 during the production of "Finding Nemo" and became a story supervisor on the film. He did production design on the Academy Award®-nominated short film, "One Man Band" and story work on Oscar®-winning, "Ratatouille." Del Carmen ...
Various Pixar projects, Inside Out
14. Dan Scanlon
Writer | Onward
Dan Scanlon joined Pixar Animation Studios in September 2001 as a storyboard artist on Pixar's award-winning feature films "Cars" and "Toy Story 3." During the initial production stages for both films, he worked closely with the directors to bring their ideas to the screen.
Scanlon went on to ...
Monsters University, Onward
15. Jim Reardon
Writer | WALL·E
Jim Reardon is known for WALL·E (2008), Zootopia (2016) and The Simpsons (1989).
Wall.E
16. Brenda Chapman
Writer | Brave
Brenda Chapman is an American animator, animation film director and writer from Beason, Illinois. She directed the Pixar film Brave and the DreamWorks Animation film The Prince of Egypt. She wrote the storylines of The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She is married to Kevin Lima, fellow ...
The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Prince of Egypt, Fantasia 2000, Brave
17. Mark Andrews
Director | Brave
Mark Andrews was born on September 12, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Brave (2012), John Carter (2012) and Circle of Stone (2020).
The Iron Giant, Samurai Jack, Various Pixar projects, Brave
18. Angus MacLane
Actor | Lightyear
Angus MacLane was born in 1975. He is an actor, known for Lightyear (2022), The Incredibles (2004) and Finding Dory (2016).
Various Pixar projects, Burn.e, Small Fry, Toy Story of Terror, Finding Dory, Lightyear
19. Brian Fee
Director | Cars 3
Brian Fee was born on January 29, 1975 in Siskiyou County, California, USA. He is known for Cars 3 (2017), WALL·E (2008) and Lightyear (2022).
Various Pixar projects, Cars 3
20. Adrian Molina
Writer | Coco
Adrian Molina is known for Coco (2017), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Lightyear (2022).
Various Pixar projects, Coco
21. Peter Sohn
Actor | The Good Dinosaur
Peter Sohn joined Pixar Animation Studios in September 2000, and began working in both the art and story departments for the Academy Award®-winning "Finding Nemo." Sohn continued on to work on "The Incredibles" in the art, story, and animation departments. He focused on animating members of the ...
The Iron Giant, Various Pixar projects, The Good Dinosaur, Elemental
22. Domee Shi
Writer | Turning Red
Domee Shi was born on August 19, 1989 in Chongqing, China. She is a writer, known for Turning Red (2022), Inside Out (2015) and Bao (2018).
Bao, Turning Red
23. Josh Cooley
Writer | Toy Story 4
Josh Cooley is known for Toy Story 4 (2019), Inside Out (2015) and Up (2009).
Various Pixar projects, Toy Story 4
24. Kemp Powers
Writer | One Night in Miami...
Kemp Powers is known for One Night in Miami... (2020), Soul (2020) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).
Soul, Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
25. Enrico Casarosa
Director | Luca
Enrico Casarosa was born on November 20, 1971 in Genoa, Italy. He is known for Luca (2021), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Lightyear (2022).
La Luna, Luca
26. John Musker
Writer | Hercules
John Musker is an American animated film director who collaborates with Ron Clements. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are ...
The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog, Moana
27. Ron Clements
Writer | Hercules
Ron Clements is an American animated film director who collaborates with John Musker. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are ...
The great Mouse detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the frog, Moana
28. Kirk Wise
Director | Beauty and the Beast
Kirk Wise was born on August 24, 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis the lost empire
29. Gary Trousdale
Director | The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in ...
Beauty and the Beast, Atlantis the lost empire
30. Roger Allers
Director | The Lion King
Roger Allers is an American animated film director and writer who is known for co-directing the influential 1994 Disney musical film The Lion King. He also worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. He was intended to direct the musical drama Kingdom of the Sun, which got ...
Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The emperors new groove
31. Rob Minkoff
Director | The Lion King
Rob Minkoff was born on August 11, 1962 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Lion King (1994), Stuart Little 2 (2002) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). He has been married to Crystal Kung Minkoff since September 29, 2007. They have two children.
The Lion King
32. Barry Cook
Director | Mulan
Barry Cook was born and raised in Nashville, TN, USA. He began making films at the age of ten on the family super 8 camera. He won two prizes in the local PBS-sponsored Young Filmakers Festival with "The Vampire" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at the age of twelve. During summers, he and his brother...
Mulan, Arthur Christmas
33. Tony Bancroft
Director | Mulan
Tony Bancroft has spent the past 16 years developing his skills as an Animator/Director with Walt Disney Feature Animation, Sony Imageworks, and currently with Toonacious Family Entertainment, his own animation studio.
Tony was accepted into the exclusive, Disney-sponsored California Institute of ...
The Lion King, Mulan
34. Tom Bancroft
Animation_department | Mulan
Tom Bancroft has almost 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature Animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards, spoken at the Kennedy Center and awarded an entry into the Chicago Children's Film ...
Various Disney projects
35. Howard Ashman
Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Howard Ashman moved to New York City in 1974 and began writing plays while working as an editor in a publishing house. His work attracted attention and he became WPA Theatre's artist director in 1977. In 1982, Ashman collaborated with composer Alan Menken on the ...
Little Shop of horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin
36. Alan Menken
Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken is an American composer, songwriter, music conductor, director and record producer.
Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and ...
Various Disney projects
37. Richard M. Sherman
Music_department | Mary Poppins
Richard Morton Sherman was born in the spring of 1928 in New York City to Rosa and Al Sherman. Together with his older brother, Robert B. Sherman, the Sherman brothers would follow in their songwriting father's footsteps to form one of the most prolific, lauded and long lasting songwriting ...
Various Disney projects
38. Robert B. Sherman
Soundtrack | The Jungle Book
Robert B. Sherman was born just before Christmas in 1925 in New York City. Parents, Rosa & Al Sherman didn't know how they would pay the doctor and delivery costs. Fortunately, upon their arrival home from the hospital, Al discovered a large royalty check in the mail. Ironically, it was Al's song, ...
Various Disney projects
39. Kevin Lima
Director | Enchanted
Kevin Lima was born on June 12, 1962 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Enchanted (2007), A Goofy Movie (1995) and Aladdin (1992). He is married to Brenda Chapman. They have one child.
The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, A Goofy movie, Tarzan, Enchanted
40. Mike Gabriel
Director | The Rescuers Down Under
Mike Gabriel was born on November 5, 1954 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is known for The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Pocahontas (1995) and Oliver & Company (1988). He is married to Tammy Rae Norman. They have three children.
Pocahontas, Various Disney projects
41. Eric Goldberg
Animation_department | Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Eric Goldberg is an animator, director and voice actor from Pennsylvania who is known for his work on Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Pocahontas, Aladdin, The Princess and the Frog, Fat Albert, Fantasia 2000, Moana, Winnie the Pooh and Hercules. He voiced Marvin the Martian, Tweety Bird and Speedy ...
Aladdin, Pocahontas, various Disney projects
42. Chris Sanders
Writer | Lilo & Stitch
Born and raised in Colorado, Chris Sanders fell in love with animation at the age of ten after seeing Ward Kimball animated shorts on 'The Wonderful World of Disney'. He began drawing, and applied to CalArts after his grandmother told him about the animation program at the school. He majored in ...
Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mulan, Lilo and Stitch
43. Dean DeBlois
Writer | Lilo & Stitch
Dean DeBlois is a Canadian writer, director, and producer known best for having co-written and co-directed Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both Oscar nominated. While working as an assistant animator and layout artist for Hinton Animation Studios ...
Mulan, Lilo and Stitch
44. Michael Giaimo
Animation_department | Pocahontas
Michael Giaimo is known for Pocahontas (1995), Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019).
Various Disney projects
45. Stephen J. Anderson
Director | Meet the Robinsons
Stephen J. Anderson was born on June 5, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is a director, known for Meet the Robinsons (2007), Winnie the Pooh (2011) and The Emperor's New Groove (2000). He has been married to Heather Anderson since March 27, 1993. They have one child.
Meet the Robinsons
46. Byron Howard
Director | Zootopia
Byron Howard was born on December 26, 1968 in Misawa, Japan. He is a director and producer, known for Zootopia (2016), Encanto (2021) and Tangled (2010).
Bolt, Tangled, Encanto
47. Chris Williams
Actor | Frozen
Chris Williams was born on April 23, 1968 in Missouri, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Frozen (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014) and The Sea Beast (2022). He has been married to Astrid Sealey since July 10, 2004. They have two children.
Various Disney projects, Bolt, Big Hero 6, Moana
48. Nathan Greno
Actor | Tangled
Nathan Greno was born in Kenosha, Wisc., on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan. As a child, he developed a love for drawing, which quickly evolved into a passion for visual storytelling. Influenced by comic books and newspaper comic strips, he started filling tablets of paper full of sketches...
Various Disney projects, Tangled
49. Don Hall
Writer | Meet the Robinsons
Don Hall was born on March 8, 1969 in Glenwood, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Meet the Robinsons (2007), Big Hero 6 (2014) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
Various Disney projects, Big Hero 6, Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, Strange World
50. Ash Brannon
Writer | Arcane: League of Legends
Ash Brannon is an Emmy Award winning writer, director and visual artist. His credits include Disney/Pixar's TOY STORY (Directing Animator), and TOY STORY 2 (Co-Director, Story Co-Creator). Ash directed and co-wrote the Sony Pictures film SURF'S UP, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best ...
Toy Story 2, Surfs Up
51. Mark Osborne
Director | Kung Fu Panda
Mark Randolph Osborne is an American film director, writer, producer and animator from Trenton, New Jersey who is known for co-directing the Oscar nominated Kung Fu Panda (2008) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (the live-action sequences), as well as directing The Little Prince (2015) ...
The Little Prince
52. Chuck Jones
Actor | Gremlins
Starting as a cel washer, Chuck Jones worked his way up to animator and then director at the animation division of Warner Bros. He is famous for creating such beloved cartoon characters as Wile E. Coyote, Henery Hawk, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Ralph Wolf, Road Runner, Sam Sheepdog, Sniffles,...
Looney Tunes, various animation
53. Tex Avery
Director | I Love to Singa
Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the ...
Looney tunes, Droopy and mgm cartoons
54. 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 ...
Pink Panther cartoons
55. Bill Melendez
Producer | A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Bill Melendez was born on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on September 2, 2008 in ...
Disney animation, Peanuts
56. Steve Martino
Director | The Peanuts Movie
Steve Martino was born in 1959 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He is a director, known for The Peanuts Movie (2015), Robots (2005) and Spies in Disguise (2019).
The Peanuts Movie
57. Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer | Samurai Jack
Genndy Tartakovsky was born and raised in Moscow, USSR. He and his family moved to Chicago, IL when he was 7 years old, after his father defected to the US. His interest in comic books and animation led him to study animation at CalArts in Los Angeles. While he was there he produced two student ...
Dexters Lab, samurai Jack, Star Wars clone wars, symbiotic Titan, primal
58. Craig McCracken
Writer | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Craig McCracken has been interested in drawing and animation since the age of three. Some of his sources of inspiration are Japanese anime, Super Friends (1973), Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986) and Little Golden Books. After briefly considering a career as a comic book illustrator, McCracken studied ...
Powerpuff girls, Wander over Yonder, Kid Cosmic
59. Rob Renzetti
Writer | My Life as a Teenage Robot
Rob Renzetti is an American animator, writer and director who is widely known for creating the cult classic teen science fiction Nicktoon My Life as a Teenage Robot, starring Janice Kawaye, Candi Milo and Eartha Kitt. It is reminiscent of 1940s cartoons. He also worked on episodes of Dexter's ...
Cartoon Network projects
60. Danny Antonucci
Writer | Ed, Edd n Eddy
Danny Antonucci was born on February 27, 1957. He is a writer and director, known for Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999), Heavy Metal (1981) and Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo Haw Haw (2005).
Ed, Edd, n Eddy
61. Joe Murray
Animation_department | Rocko's Modern Life
Joe Murray was born on May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California, USA. He is a writer, known for Rocko's Modern Life (1993), Camp Lazlo! (2005) and Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019). He has been married to Carol Wyatt since May 2011. They have two children. He was previously married to Aleide ...
Rocko’s modern life, Camp Lazlo
62. Dan Povenmire
Art_department | Phineas and Ferb
Dan Povenmire is an American writer, director, cartoonist, singer and voice actor known for co-creating the Disney cartoons Phineas & Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law alongside Jeff Marsh. He also worked on episodes of Rocko's Modern Life, Family Guy and SpongeBob SquarePants. He voiced Dr. Doofenshmirtz...
Rocko’s modern life, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s Law
63. Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh
Actor | Phineas and Ferb
Jeff Swampy Marsh is an American voice actor, animator, cartoonist, singer and writer from California. He co-created Phineas & Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law alongside Dan Povenmire. He also worked on various episodes of Family Guy, Rocko's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants. He is known for voicing...
Rocko’s modern life, Phineas and Ferb, Milo Murphy’s law
64. Nick Park
Writer | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nick Park was born on December 6, 1958 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Chicken Run (2000) and Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993).
Wallace and Gromit
65. Maxwell Atoms
Writer | Grim & Evil
Maxwell Atoms is an American animator, voice actor and writer known for creating Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. He is also the creator of CN's Evil Con Carne and Underfist, the Executive Producer and Supervising Director of Disney's Fish Hooks, Executive Producer of WB's ...
The grim adventures of Billy and Mandy
66. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
Various projects
67. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino
68. C.H. Greenblatt
Writer | SpongeBob SquarePants
C.H. Greenblatt was born on June 17, 1972 in Plano, Texas, USA as Carl Harvey Greenblatt. He is a writer and producer, known for Fish Hooks (2010), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and Chowder (2007). He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was an art director ...
Billy and Mandy, Chowder, Harvey Beaks
69. Thurop Van Orman
Writer | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
Thurop Van Orman was born on April 26, 1976 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).
The marvelous misadventures of Flapjack
70. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
Various projects
71. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
Evil Dead, Spider Man 1&2, Oz the great and powerful, Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness
72. Jon Favreau
Producer | Chef
Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...
Elf, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Chef, The Jungle Book, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett
73. Kevin Feige
Producer | Black Panther
Kevin Feige is an American film producer who has produced every Marvel Cinematic Universe film since Iron Man. He got his start as an associate and executive producer for the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films, Daredevil, The Punisher, Ang Lee's Hulk, the original X-Men trilogy, Blade: Trinity and Tim ...
Marvel Studios
74. Louis Leterrier
Director | The Incredible Hulk
Louis Leterrier is a French film director and producer. He notably directed the first two Transporter films, Unleashed, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans, Now You See Me, Tower of Strength and The Brothers Grimsby. He also directed episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix ...
The Incredible Hulk
75. Kenneth Branagh
Actor | Henry V
Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...
Thor
76. Joe Johnston
Director | Captain America: The First Avenger
Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American film director from Texas who is known for directing the cult classic film The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Wolfman, October Sky, The Pagemaster, Jurassic Park III and Captain America: The First Avenger. He was an art director for ...
The Rocketeer, Captain America First Avenger
77. Joss Whedon
Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was ...
I admire his work... not the man himself
Toy Story, Atlantis the lost empire, The Avengers, Avengers Age of Ultron
78. Shane Black
Actor | Predator
Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) ...
Iron Man 3
79. Anthony Russo
Producer | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Anthony J. Russo is an American filmmaker and producer who works alongside his brother Joseph Russo. They have directed You, Me and Dupree, Cherry and the Marvel films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame is one of ...
Arrested Development, Community, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers Endgame
80. Joe Russo
Director | Avengers: Endgame
Joseph Vincent Russo is an American filmmaker and producer who works alongside his brother Anthony Russo. They have directed You, Me and Dupree, Cherry and the Marvel films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame is one ...
Arrested Development, Community, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Captain America Civil War, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers Endgame
81. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
Slither, Super, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, Avengers Infinity War, Avengers Endgame, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3
82. Peyton Reed
Director | Ant-Man
Peyton Reed is an American film director, screenwriter and producer who is known for directing Bring It On, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He also directed Yes Man, Down with Love and The Break-Up. He directed episodes of The Mandalorian and Back to the Future.
Ant Man, Ant Man and the wasp, The Mandalorian, Ant Man and the Wasp Quantumania
83. Scott Derrickson
Producer | The Black Phone
Scott Derrickson is an American filmmaker who is known for directing horror films such as Deliver Us from Evil, Hellraiser: Inferno, Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. He also directed the superhero film Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch. He decided not to direct Doctor Strange in ...
Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness
84. Jon Watts
Director | Cop Car
Jon Watts is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed Cop Car and Clown before he was picked by Marvel and Sony to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland and Zendaya. It's success resulted in two sequels, Far from Home in 2019 and No Way Home in 2021. He was also picked by ...
Spider Man homecoming, Spider man far from home, Spider Man no way home
85. Taika Waititi
Producer | What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...
Flight of the concords, What we do in the shadows (film and tv series) Thor Ragnarok, Jojo rabbit, Thor Love and Thunder
86. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
Creed, Black Panther, Creed 2, Judas and the Black Messiah, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Creed 3
87. Anna Boden
Producer | Half Nelson
Anna Boden is an American film director, cinematographer, editor, and screenwriter best known as the co-writer of the 2006 film Half Nelson. She is known for her collaborations with fellow filmmaker Ryan Fleck. While studying film at NYU, Boden met Ryan Fleck on the set of a student film. Soon they...
Captain Marvel
88. Ryan Fleck
Director | Half Nelson
Ryan K. Fleck is an American film director, cinematographer, editor, and screenwriter best known for directing and writing the 2006 film Half Nelson and the 2008 film Sugar. He is known for his collaborations with fellow filmmaker Anna Boden. Ryan was born in Berkeley, California and raised in ...
Captain Marvel
89. Matt Shakman
Director | WandaVision
Matt Shakman was born on August 8, 1975. He is a director and producer, known for WandaVision (2021), Game of Thrones (2011) and The Great (2020). He has been married to Maggie Malone since October 8, 2012. They have one child.
WandaVision
90. Jac Schaeffer
Writer | WandaVision
Jac Schaeffer is known for WandaVision (2021), Timer (2009) and Black Widow (2021).
WandaVision, Black Widow
91. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
Star Trek (2009), Star Wars the force awakens, Star Wars The rise of Skywalker
92. Rian Johnson
Producer | Knives Out
Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 ...
Looper, Breaking Bad, Star Wars The Last Jedi, Knives Out, Glass Onion
93. Stan Lee
Producer | Doctor Strange
Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.
Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...
Marvel comics
94. Jack Kirby
Writer | Black Panther
Jack "The King" Kirby was an influential comic book writer and artist, particularly famous for creating or co-creating some of the most famous characters for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
In 1917, Kirby was born under the name "Jacob Kurtzberg" on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York ...
Marvel comics, DC comics
95. Steve Ditko
Writer | Spider-Man
Steve Ditko was an American comics writer and artist of Rusyn descent. He is better known for co-creating the superheroes Spider-Man/Peter Parker and Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange for Marvel Comics. He created many other characters for various publishing companies. Among his better known creations...
Marvel comics
96. Roy Thomas
Writer | Conan the Destroyer
Roy Thomas was born on November 22, 1940 in Jackson, Missouri, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Conan the Destroyer (1984), Red Sonja and WandaVision (2021). He has been married to Dann Thomas since May 3, 1981. He was previously married to Jean Thomas.
Marvel comics
97. Tim Miller
Producer | Love, Death & Robots
Tim Miller is an American animator, film director, creative director and visual effects artist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for the work on his short animated film Gopher Broke. He made his directing debut with Deadpool. Miller is also famous for creating ...
Deadpool
98. David Leitch
Producer | Bullet Train
David Leitch is a billion dollar film director, actor, stuntman, writer, producer, and stunt coordinator. He co-directed John Wick (2014) with Chad Stahelski, on which he also served as producer. David directed Atomic Blonde (2017) starring Charlize Theron. David also directed the box office smash ...
John Wick, Deadpool 2
99. James Mangold
Producer | Logan
James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).
Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...
Oliver and Company, Logan, Ford Vs Ferrari
100. Glen Keane
Animation_department | Beauty and the Beast
Glen Keane was born on April 13, 1954 in Abington, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Tangled (2010) and Over the Moon (2020). He has been married to Linda Hesselroth since August 3, 1975. They have two children.
Various Disney projects
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