Stop-Motion Directors
Director↕ | Born↕ | Country↕ | Famous Work↕ | Technique↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Selick | 1,952 | United States | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Puppet stop-motion | Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, James and the Giant Peach, Wendell and Wild |
| Tim Burton | 1,958 | United States | Corpse Bride | Puppet stop-motion | Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, produced Nightmare Before Christmas, gothic aesthetic |
| Nick Park | 1,958 | United Kingdom | Wallace and Gromit | Claymation | Aardman's Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, four Oscars |
| Peter Lord | 1,953 | United Kingdom | Chicken Run | Claymation | Aardman co-founder, Chicken Run, The Pirates!, Morph |
| Wes Anderson | 1,969 | United States | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Puppet stop-motion | Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, meticulous symmetrical framing |
| Travis Knight | 1,973 | United States | Kubo and the Two Strings | Puppet stop-motion | Laika CEO, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link, ParaNorman lead animator |
| Chris Butler | 1,974 | United Kingdom | ParaNorman | Puppet stop-motion | ParaNorman, Missing Link, Laika director, storyboard background |
| Jiri Trnka | 1,912 | Czechoslovakia | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Puppet stop-motion | Father of Czech puppet animation, Midsummer Night's Dream, The Hand |
| Jan Svankmajer | 1,934 | Czech Republic | Alice | Mixed media stop-motion | Surrealist Alice, Faust, Little Otik, influenced Quay Brothers and Terry Gilliam |
| Hayao Miyazaki-era pre (Kihachiro Kawamoto) | 1,925 | Japan | Book of the Dead | Puppet stop-motion | Japanese bunraku-inspired puppet films, Book of the Dead, House of Flame |
| Will Vinton | 1,947 | United States | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Claymation | Coined 'Claymation', California Raisins, Mark Twain, Oscar for Closed Mondays |
| Stephen Chiodo | 1,960 | United States | Killer Klowns from Outer Space | Puppet stop-motion | Chiodo Brothers studio, Killer Klowns, Team America puppets, TV commercials |
| Phil Tippett | 1,951 | United States | Mad God | Puppet stop-motion | Star Wars AT-AT, RoboCop ED-209, Mad God (30-year passion project), go-motion pioneer |
| Quay Brothers | 1,947 | United States | Street of Crocodiles | Puppet stop-motion | Identical twin surrealists, Street of Crocodiles, dream-logic shorts, Brothers Quay aesthetic |
| Adam Elliot | 1,972 | Australia | Mary and Max | Claymation | Mary and Max, Harvie Krumpet (Oscar winner), melancholic clay portraits |
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