1960's
John Hubley is known for his emotional realism as he cast his own children as voice actors for his pieces, which was uncommon in this period. He used this method in "MoonBird" which is a simple but imaginative film. He was a background and layout artist for Disney and later created "Mr Magoo".
Richard Williams wrote a well-known book on animation and made films such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "The Thief and the Cobbler". His style is classic cartoon surrealism with slapstick humour and bouncy characters.
George Dunning animated Shakespeare plays and worked on "The Yellow Submarine". He often animated using articulated, painted metal cut-outs.
Yoji Kuri has been described as the "godfather" of independent Japanese animators who also worked as a newspaper cartoonist and a painter and designer. His style, as seen in "Human Zoo" is simplistic and abstract.
Bretislav Pojar was a big influence in the work of Svankmajer and the Quay Brothers. The smoothness of animation in "The Lion and the Song" is still considered to be very advanced for it's time.
1970's
Dale Case was a classically trained animator who liked to demonstrate technique and realism in his animations.
Frank Mouris was an independent film maker who went on to make commercials, and still has his style imitated by advertisers.
Paul Driessen is known for his good narrative stories, he also taught animation in Germany.
Bob Godfrey is often compared to Terry Gilliam, but his use of this animation style came first. He also made live action commercials.
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