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Born February 24, 1912 • Austria-Hungary
Died December 30, 1969 (aged 57) • Prague • Czechoslovakia
Švankmajer, Jan
Jan Švankmajer
Czech artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker
Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog
Jim Henson
American puppeteer
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Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
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Tony Sarg
American puppeteer
Dr. Seuss postage stamp
Dr. Seuss
American writer and illustrator
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
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Frank Tashlin
American cartoonist, writer, and director
Miyazaki Hayao
Miyazaki Hayao
Japanese director
Anno Hideaki
Anno Hideaki
Japanese animator and film director
Builder of Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian artist and writer
South Park
Trey Parker
American screenwriter, actor, and producer
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Terry Gilliam
American director
American animator Mike Judge in 2018, wearing a black suit and shirt, poses against a dark background.
Mike Judge
American animator, writer, and director
Seth MacFarlane smiling at the camera, wearing a dark blazer over a gray shirt, with a blurred background.
Seth MacFarlane
American writer, animator, actor, and producer
John Lasseter smiling at the camera, wearing glasses, a blue Hawaiian shirt, and a dark jacket.
John Lasseter
American animator
George Pal
George Pal
Hungarian-born animator, director, and producer
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Osa Johnson
American explorer, filmmaker and author
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Robert Clampett
American director
Maurice Sendak stands with his arm resting on a life-size cutout of Max from Where the Wild Things Are, with a large Wild Thing character illustrated in the background.
Maurice Sendak
American artist
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter

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