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<\/p>\n\n\tAnimation has never been bigger or more difficult to pin down. In the past year alone, a K-pop-fueled Netflix phenomenon swept the Oscars, a Chinese sequel became the highest-grossing animated film of all time and a stick-figure animator built an audience of 34 million-plus without ever setting foot in a studio. Meanwhile, a family of Australian blue heelers is teaching parents around the world how to raise their kids. Animation\u2019s center of gravity isn\u2019t just shifting \u2014 it\u2019s multiplying.<\/p>\n
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\n\tWhich is why The Hollywood Reporter is launching its first-ever Animation Power List, a representative snapshot of the most important and influential figures working in animation today, across film, television and online.<\/p>\n
\n\tBox office and ratings matter, of course, and plenty of the names here have the billions to prove it. But commercial success is only part of the equation. We also weighed the more subjective, harder-to-quantify question of influence: Who is setting the aesthetic agenda, shaping the business models, launching new talent or simply making the rest of the industry look over its shoulder? We tried to strike a balance, pairing the studio heads and A-list directors who steer the biggest projects with the character designers, animators, FX supervisors and art directors whose craft, all too often, goes unsung.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis is a snapshot, not a definitive ranking or a comprehensive census. In a business this big and this global, someone is bound to have been unjustly left off. To those we missed: We\u2019re sorry, we\u2019re big fans and there\u2019s always next year. Consider this an opening sketch.<\/p>\n
\tEric Bauza<\/p>\n
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\n\tVoice Actor (Coyote vs. Acme, Teen Titans Go!)<\/p>\n
\n\tBauza has quietly become the voice of an entire cartoon universe. One of the successors to the legendary Mel Blanc as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian and a dozen more iconic characters, the Canadian actor outdid himself with Coyote vs. Acme<\/a>, voicing everything from Bugs Bunny to Foghorn Leghorn and Tweety Bird. Says Bauza: \u201cA lot of talented folks worked really hard to make this film, and to be able to see it celebrated by so many people across the globe has really made the wait worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n \tAlan Becker, aka Noogai<\/p>\n \n\tAnimator\/Influencer<\/p>\n \n\tBecker built an empire out of stick figures. The self-taught animator behind Animator vs. Animation \u2014 known to 34 million-plus YouTube subscribers as Noogai \u2014 Becker turned a scrappy Flash experiment into a launchpad for a new kind of animation career, one built on tutorials, software tools and brand collaborations rather than a studio contract.<\/p>\n \tEric Beckman<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCEO, GKIDS<\/p>\n \n\tBeckman has brought international indie animation to the American mainstream, from The Secret of Kells and The Breadwinner to the Studio Ghibli catalog. GKIDS has built an audience, and an awards platform, for non-Hollywood animation, creating a sustainable distribution model for ambitious features made outside the major studios.<\/p>\n \tKristine Belson & Damien de Froberville<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresidents, Sony Pictures Animation<\/p>\n \n\tSony Pictures Animation\u2019s presidents are having a moment. Belson oversaw the development and production of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Sony\u2019s first best animated feature Oscar winner, then, after de Froberville joined as president in 2025, conquered the world with KPop Demon Hunters. The duo say their proudest moment of 2026 is the commercial success of sports comedy GOAT<\/a>: \u201cSeeing audiences embrace an original story with such a distinctive point of view has been enormously gratifying.\u201d<\/p>\n \tBrad Bird<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (The Incredibles, Iron Giant, Ray Gunn)<\/p>\n \n\tBird doesn\u2019t make small movies. The Oscar-winning director has spent decades proving animation can carry the same emotional and visual weight as any big-budget tentpole. After stints at Pixar and Disney, Bird returned to original feature animation this year with sci-fi noir Ray Gunn <\/a>for Netflix, a passion project 30 years in the making.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tBrad Bird\u2019s Ray Gunn hits theaters Dec. 4 and will be available on Netflix on Dec.\u202f18.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSkydance Animation\/Netflix<\/p>\n \tJared Bush<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tChief Creative Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios<\/p>\n \n\tBush has become a key creative force shaping the next phase of Disney Animation. Under his leadership, the studio is expanding established franchises while developing new original features, including the upcoming Hexed. His latest effort behind the camera, on Zootopia 2, which grossed $1.87 billion worldwide, wasn\u2019t too shabby either.<\/p>\n \tEnrico Casarosa<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (Luca, Gatto)<\/p>\n \n\tItalian-born auteur Casarosa first caught the world\u2019s attention with the lyrical Pixar short La Luna, a visual poem about family rituals set against a moonlit seascape. Casarosa\u2019s style, which brings the warmth, looseness and imperfection of hand-drawn illustration into 3D animation, will be on full display in his upcoming feature, the animated gangster comedy Gatto. The film will be Pixar\u2019s big spring release of 2027.<\/p>\n \tArden Cho, May Hong & Ji-young Yoo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tVoice Actors (KPop Demon Hunters)<\/p>\n \n\tIn 2025, KPop Demon Hunters didn\u2019t just become Netflix\u2019s biggest movie of all time, it also turned Cho, Hong and Yoo, as Rumi, Mira and Zoey of fictional K-pop girl group Huntrix, into a genuine voice-cast phenomenon (with EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami singing the Huntrix tracks). Cho\u2019s combination of confidence and vulnerability, Hong\u2019s sardonic self-assurance, and Yoo\u2019s playful energy and comic timing combine into a chemistry that couldn\u2019t have worked without all three.<\/p>\n \tSean Clarke<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tManaging Director, Aardman Animations<\/p>\n \n\tClarke runs the studio that refuses to give up the clay. As managing director of Aardman Animations, he\u2019s kept the British stop-motion house behind Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run in business without losing the handmade charm that\u2019s kept audiences coming back for decades (Aardman celebrates its 50th anniversary this year). What would Clarke love to have made in the past year? \u201cIt would have to be Toy Story 5,\u201d he says. \u201cI worked at Disney when the first film was released and thought it was groundbreaking both in terms of its technique and storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n \tPierre Coffin<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (Despicable Me, Minions)<\/p>\n \n\tThe French director and co-creator of Despicable Me \u2014 who came up with the Minions\u2019 multilingual nonsense language and still voices all the little yellow men \u2014 has built one of the world\u2019s most successful animated franchises<\/a> on slapstick timing and character design alone. Coffin continues to develop new animated concepts, but the Minions remain his calling card. Banana!<\/p>\n \tMargie Cohn<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresident, DreamWorks Animation<\/p>\n \n\tSince taking over as president in 2019, Cohn has pushed DreamWorks toward a broader creative slate and greater stylistic diversity, supporting films such as The Wild Robot. She has argued for a studio without a single house style, emphasizing distinctive filmmaker-driven approaches across both original films and established franchises.<\/p>\n \tJoel Crawford, Januel Mercado<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirectors (Forgotten Island)<\/p>\n \n\tCrawford and Mercado have been creative collaborators since meeting as storyboard artists on Kung Fu Panda 2, their shared sensibility for broad comedy, kinetic action and character-driven storytelling finding expression in their work together on The Croods: A New Age and the Oscar-nominated Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Forgotten Island<\/a>, their first original feature as writers\/directors, stylistically combines 3D CGI with expressive 2D shifts inspired by 1990s anime.<\/p>\n \tBill Damaschke<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresident & Chief Creative Officer, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation<\/p>\n \n\tDamaschke is leading Warner Bros. Pictures Animation\u2019s theatrical comeback after a turbulent stretch of shelved projects (The Day the Earth Blew Up, Coyote vs. Acme). At Annecy this year, he unveiled a new studio logo and a seven-film slate that starts with the long-awaited The Cat in the Hat feature. \u201c[This year] marks a defining milestone for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation,\u201d says Damaschke. \u201cAfter three and a half years of building this studio from the ground up, we finally get to share what we\u2019ve been creating with the world!\u201d<\/p>\n \tThe Disability Loop Group<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tVoice & Sound Artists<\/p>\n \n\tThe collective of disabled voice actors, singers and sound artists was formed in 2025 through the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, which advocates for disability inclusion in the entertainment industry. This year they made history on Sony Pictures Animation\u2019s GOAT, becoming the first disability loop group to work on a major studio production. \u201cHaving so many talented, disabled voiceover artists working on GOAT was our proudest achievement,\u201d says Nic Novicki, who set up the Disability Loop Group (and is a member) through a partnership with the EDFC.<\/p>\n \tJaiden Dittfach<\/p>\n \n\tYouTube Animator<\/p>\n \n\tDittfach turned her own life into a cartoon and built an audience of more than 15 million subscribers doing it. Since launching Jaiden Animations on YouTube in 2014, she\u2019s pioneered a format that mixes autobiographical storytelling with whimsical illustration, expanding from web series into merchandise, live events and brand collaborations \u2014 proof of how far creator-driven animation can travel.<\/p>\n \tPete Docter<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tChief Creative Officer, Pixar Animation Studios<\/p>\n \n\tWith three Oscars and a body of work that has redefined what emotional storytelling can look like in animation, Docter needs no introduction. As Pixar\u2019s chief creative officer since 2018, he\u2019s overseen the studio\u2019s next wave, balancing new voices and IP \u2014 with the likes of Elio and Hoppers \u2014 with careful curation of the studio\u2019s blockbuster franchises.<\/p>\n \tJennifer Dodge<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresident, Paramount Animation<\/p>\n \n\tSince taking over Paramount Animation in January, amid the shake-up that accompanied the studio\u2019s $8 billion merger with Skydance, Dodge has quickly moved to build her own slate, drawing on the experience, at PAW Patrol producer Spin Master, of developing, producing and expanding global franchises. She has moved forward with a wide range of new titles, including Robert Rodriguez\u2019s original Christmas feature The Naughty List, Dan Trachtenberg\u2019s animated horror comedy Freddy the 13th and Bollywood-set animated musical Diya from Nitya Mehra.<\/p>\n \tHolly Edwards<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresident, Skydance Animation<\/p>\n \n\tEdwards joined Skydance in 2019 after two decades at DreamWorks working on such global juggernauts as Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. Under her watch, Skydance\u2019s Swapped became one of Netflix\u2019s biggest animated hits, while Brad Bird\u2019s Ray Gunn, also released by Netflix, is leading this season\u2019s awards conversation.<\/p>\n \tMatt Groening<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCreator (The Simpsons, Futurama)<\/p>\n \n\tGroening changed what animation could be on American television, and The Simpsons is still proving it. The longest-running primetime scripted series in TV history hit its 800th episode in February and, thanks to Disney+\u2019s library of all 37 completed seasons, a new generation is being introduced to Bart, Maggie, Lisa, Marge and Homer. (A new Simpsons film is set for 2027.) What Groening did for the family sitcom, he repeated for sci-fi with Futurama, which is set to finish its revived Hulu run with three extended specials next year, and with fantasy with Disenchantment on Netflix. Animation\u2019s living legend says he is not worried about an AI-dominated future. \u201cI, for one, welcome our new A.I. overlords,\u201d Groening says. \u201cI\u2019d like to remind them that, as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground data caves.\u201d<\/p>\n \tJorge R. Gutierrez<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (Maya and the Three)<\/p>\n \n\tGutierrez has spent his career putting Mexican folklore front and center in his animation, from the Guillermo del Toro-produced feature The Book of Life to Netflix\u2019s Maya and the Three. Now he\u2019s bringing that sensibility to Speedy Gonzales, the Warner Bros. Pictures Animation feature he is developing to reimagine the classic Looney Tunes character for a modern, more culturally attuned audience.<\/p>\n \tMark Henn<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t2D Animator <\/p>\n \n\tHenn\u2019s fingerprints are on some of the most iconic hand-drawn characters in Disney history \u2014 Ariel, Belle, Aladdin, Mulan \u2014 and he has been a key figure in linking the studio\u2019s 2D past with its CGI present, serving as consultant on projects from Frozen to Big Hero 6 to Ralph Breaks the Internet.<\/p>\n \tTakeshi Honda<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAnimation Director (Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Boy and the Heron)<\/p>\n \n\tHonda is the animator\u2019s animator, equally adept at crafting epic action sequences \u2014 see his work on the Neon Genesis Evangelion series \u2014 and subtle, emotional scenes with delicate human figures, a trait the great Hayao Miyazaki relied on when he brought Honda in as animation director on his 2024 Oscar winner The Boy and the Heron<\/a>.<\/p>\n \tMike Judge<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCreator (Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill)<\/p>\n \n\tJudge has been animation\u2019s sharpest cultural barometer since Beavis and Butt-Head first premiered on MTV back in the early \u201990s. But his animation legacy arguably sits on the shoulders of King of the Hill, the Texas-set family comedy, rebooted last year, which somehow manages to bridge the political divide while being heartfelt and deeply funny.<\/p>\n \tMaggie Kang & Chris Appelhans<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirectors (KPop Demon Hunters)<\/p>\n \n\tKang and Appelhans cemented their arrival as major animation players with 2025 phenom KPop Demon Hunters, which combined American 3D CGI style with elements of anime and Korean aeni to become a two-time Oscar winner and Netflix\u2019s most watched film of all time.<\/p>\n \tJin Kim<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCharacter Designer (Frozen, Zootopia)<\/p>\n \n\tKim worked on Elsa\u2019s visual development in Frozen and supervised character design on Big Hero 6. His work across Wreck-It Ralph and Moana, Zootopia, Encanto, Strange World and more helped define Disney\u2019s contemporary approach to characters. As the first Korean animator to work at Disney, his career also marked an important opening for Korean artists at the studio.<\/p>\n \tTravis Knight<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPresident & CEO, Laika<\/p>\n \n\tKnight has pushed stop-motion into spectacular new territory through 3D-printed facial animation and elaborate action, earning Oscar nominations for producing The Boxtrolls and directing Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link. His new feature, Wildwood, promises to take stop-motion places it\u2019s never been before.<\/p>\n \tHikaru Kondo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCEO, Ufotable<\/p>\n \n\tKondo has overseen Ufotable\u2019s transformation into one of anime\u2019s most globally recognized names. The 2020 release Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2014 The Movie: Mugen Train was Japan\u2019s highest-grossing film ever, taking in more than $500 million worldwide, a feat topped by 2025\u2019s Infinity Castle, which has earned more than $790 million, confirming anime\u2019s arrival in the global mainstream.<\/p>\n \tAnthony Leo<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCEO, Cartoon Saloon<\/p>\n \n\tLeo hasn\u2019t changed much about the animation being done at the Kilkenny-based studio set up by Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young back in 1999. The outfit behind Oscar nominees The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers is still making hand-drawn tales steeped in the stories and aesthetics of Celtic folklore. Leo has been expanding its global reach, forging co-production deals with the likes of Netflix and Apple TV.<\/p>\n \tPhil Lord & Chris Miller<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tProducers & Directors (The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)<\/p>\n \n\tLord and Miller have helped rewrite the rules of mainstream CG animation, with pop culture savvy and an anarchic approach to visual storytelling, from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and The Lego Movie to the groundbreaking, Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which pushed animation pipelines and comic book aesthetics further than most thought possible.<\/p>\n \tFilippo Maccari<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tFX Supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks<\/p>\n \n\tMaccari\u2019s visual effects work has powered some of the decade\u2019s most striking animated films, from the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel, to KPop Demon Hunters. His command of particle simulation, lighting and compositing turns ambitious director visions into fully realized worlds.<\/p>\n \tSeth MacFarlane<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCreator & EP (Family Guy, American Dad!)<\/p>\n \n\tMacFarlane built a media empire out of Family Guy, American Dad! and, through his Fuzzy Door banner, a willingness to push every boundary in sight. Family Guy premiered its 24th season on Fox this year, with a milestone 450th episode, and American Dad! hit 400. \u201cI\u2019m really not involved over there. I should probably send them a taco truck or something,\u201d quips MacFarlane. <\/p>\n \n\tTed: The Animated Series, a spin-off of MacFarlane\u2019s feature film franchise, hits Peacock Dec. 17, and he has a new Family Guy spinoff, Stewie, which received a two-season order for Fox and Hulu, starting for the 2027-28 season. As a voiceover artist, MacFarlane has a record-tying four Emmy wins for outstanding voiceover performance. But his proudest work achievement of the past year? \u201cDespite all the temptation, never even coming close to starting a podcast.\u201d<\/p>\n \tVivienne Medrano, aka VivziePop<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAnimator (Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss)<\/p>\n \n\tMedrano, aka VivziePop, has become one of the breakout creators of the online animation boom, turning her self-produced 2019 YouTube pilot for Hazbin Hotel into a global adult animation franchise, partnering with A24 and Bento Box Entertainment to turn it into a Prime Video series. At Annecy, Medrano announced she will make her feature debut with Prehistoria, an original animated musical, which Warner Bros. will produce.<\/p>\n \tChris Meledandri<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tFounder & CEO, Illumination<\/p>\n \n\tMeledandri has built Illumination Entertainment into one of the industry\u2019s most profitable animation studios on the back of hits from Despicable Me and Minions to Sing and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Meledandri\u2019s cost-efficient, data-driven production model has kept the studio\u2019s development cycles fast and its merchandising machine humming, while still providing space for individual creative expression.<\/p>\n \tYvett Merino<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tProducer (Moana 2, Zootopia 2, Hexed)<\/p>\n \n\tMerino made animation history by becoming the first Latina producer to win the Oscar for best animated feature (Encanto), and the first animation producer ever to have back-to-back billion-dollar hits (with Moana 2 and Zootopia 2). Disney\u2019s hit machine is looking to continue her run with the upcoming original film Hexed, which comes out in November.<\/p>\n \tHannah Minghella<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tHead, Netflix Animation<\/p>\n \n\tMinghella oversaw Netflix\u2019s biggest-ever animated hit with two-time Oscar winner KPop Demon Hunters, produced with Sony Pictures Animation, and helped shepherd through the summer hit Swapped and Brad Bird\u2019s Ray Gunn, both with Skydance. Her upcoming slate includes Steps, a revisionist take on Cinderella, and the Roald Dahl spinoff Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory.<\/p>\n \tHayao Miyazaki<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (Spirited Away, The Boy and the Heron)<\/p>\n \n\tMiyazaki, the great master of Japanese animation and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has built, after only perhaps Walt Disney, animation\u2019s most influential body of work. Miyazaki films have set a global standard for lush hand-drawn animation, richly painted backgrounds and worlds that balance fantasy with deeply human stories. Officially retired or not, Miyazaki\u2019s influence on the medium remains enormous.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tJapanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki hired veteran Takeshi Honda for The Boy and the Heron, which won the best animated feature Oscar in 2024. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Toho<\/p>\n \tManabu Otsuka<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCEO, MAPPA<\/p>\n \n\tSince becoming president of MAPPA in 2016, Otsuka has built the Japanese anime studio into a global powerhouse, with such crossover hits as Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man, whose feature spinoff Chainsaw Man \u2014 The Movie: Reze Arc<\/a>, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, was a surprise cross over hit, earning more than $43 million domestically and $162 million worldwide. MAPPA marked its 15th anniversary this year with an expanded strategic partnership with Netflix aimed at developing and distributing new anime globally.<\/p>\n \tNick Park<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDirector (Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run)<\/p>\n \n\tPark\u2019s painstakingly crafted Oscar-winning shorts \u2014 Creature Comforts, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave \u2014 turned Aardman Animations\u2019 handmade aesthetic into an international signature, while Chicken Run, co-directed with Peter Lord, showed that clay animation could power a major theatrical feature, grossing more than $220 million worldwide. Park remains an executive director at Aardman, where his influence extends through a generation of animators. On the subject of AI, Park is measured but firm: \u201cWe at Aardman must stick to our values. It will always be about the human touch for us.\u201d<\/p>\n \tTrey Parker & Matt Stone<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tCreators (South Park)<\/p>\n![\"Eric](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Eric-Beckman-Embed-2024.jpg\")
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