The Baer Animation studio founder whose more than 50 years of work spanned numerous well-known animated shows, commercials, and projects, including the Toontown scenes in ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ passed away on February 16.
Friends and family share their remembrances of the writer/director, who passed away on January 17.
The longtime Disney writer and director, nominated for an Oscar for his 2006 animated short, ‘The Little Matchgirl,’ passed away at his home in Santa Monica following a short illness.
The Annie Award winner passed away from traumatic injuries sustained in a car accident last Thursday.
The trailblazing VFX artist, who co-founded Robert Abel and Associates, helped usher in modern effects with his seminal work on Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’
Known for his co-creation of the hugely successful video game franchise, the prolific creator was killed in a fiery single car crash on the Angeles Crest Highway near Los Angeles on December 23.
Known as one of the forerunners of staged photography made popular in the Netherlands, his stop-motion works combined photography with film, often made in collaboration with son Menno.
The award-winning creative, also known for his work on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘King of the Hill,’ passed away Friday in Brooklyn after suffering a stroke.
The industry veteran was known for his work on series such as ‘The Garfield Show,’ ‘Bobby & Bill,’ and the recent ‘Belfort & Lupin,’ which won a Pulcinella Award this spring.
Revered for his unflinching films that skewered politics, religion, and human nature with cutting humor and minimalist style, the filmmaker died last Thursday at the age of 76.
Updated: Joss' husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales posted a lengthy Facebook message that a neighbor, after yelling homophobic slurs at the couple who were checking mail at their burned down house, pulled a gun and shot the actor, known for his longtime role as John Redcorn.
The prolific creative, also known for his work on ‘Moonlighting’ and ‘ALF,’ passed away on May 29 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.
The distinguished director known for his films at the NFB, including 1977 Oscar-winning ‘The Sand Castle’ and 1972 BAFTA-winning ‘Tchou-tchou,’ passed away on May 26 in Montreal.
Best known for co-founding Spümcø and co-developing the ‘The Ren & Stimpy Show,’ the veteran animator also contributed to ‘Tiny Toon Adventures,’ Batman: The Animated Series,’ ‘Ice Age,’ ‘The Oblongs,’ ‘Over the Garden Wall,’ and many others.
Known for his work on ‘Star Wars’ and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ the British creator passed away on April 10 in Los Angeles after a short illness.
The longtime publicist and awards consultant for Disney, DreamWorks, Aardman, Netflix, Google Spotlight Stories and countless indie filmmakers, as well as WIA’s publicity chair, died after a long battle with a rare blood cancer.
The artist, celebrated for his distinguished career, from 1945-1987, as a filmmaker and later as the head of the animation department at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), is credited with works such as the Oscar-nominated 'The Romance of Transportation in Canada,' Ryan Larkin’s ‘Walking,’ and many others.
AWN’s latest survey of under-the-radar animated shorts currently making their way through the festival circuit or newly available for online viewing pays tribute to the talented British artist and collage master who passed away September 26 at age 65 from cancer.
The prolific thespian and famed voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa passed away at his New York home on Monday; with a prolific career in film, television, and stage career, he was one of only a handful of actors to earn EGOT status.
Revered independent filmmaker played a role in the development of autonomous and experimental animation film in Japan.
The Oscar-winning producer of the hugely successful 'Titanic' and the 'Avatar' film franchise and longtime producing partner to James Cameron at Lightstorm Entertainment passed away on Friday after a battle with cancer.
The British special effects artist, sculptor, and model maker known for his work on ‘Alien’ and ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth’ passed away in his North Wales home on February 18.
The creative, also known for his movie poster art and production illustrations on shows like ‘Battle for the Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’ died of an age-related condition on April 7.
The long-time leader of The Jim Henson Company’s first Creature Shop in Los Angeles, whose pioneering work included development of the ground-breaking Henson Performance Control System that revolutionized computer-driven puppetry, died of cancer on March 13.
‘The Boys’ spinoff and ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ actor passed away over the weekend following a motorcycle accident.
