animator

noun an·i·ma·tor \ ˈa-nə-ˌmā-tər \

|Updated on: 16 Jul 2018

Definition of animator

1 : one that animates

prime animator of the movement

2 : an artist who is involved in creating animated cartoons

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Recent Examples of animator from the Web

Throughout the day, animators and filmmakers will talk about their work, how kids can make their own films, and careers in animation and filmmaking.

— phillip molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Comic Con 2018: Here's your Sunday schedule," 8 July 2018
The film’s success will be a boost to executives and animators at Disney who learned this month that John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of their animation businesses, was leaving the company for good in December.

— Fortune, "'Incredibles 2' Sets $71.5 Million Opening Day Animation Record for Disney," 16 June 2018
The court awarded copyright to the animators in a single case, the design of the film's Japanese spaceship.

— scott roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, "Court Sides With 'Iron Sky' Producers in Copyright Suit," 31 May 2018
The same can be said for movie or television animators.

— chicagotribune.com, "Jobs add up for students proficient in math," 19 Apr. 2018
Bristol, England, home to the Oscar-winning animators Aardman Animations and the BBC’s Natural History Unit, was cited as a City of Film.

— New York Times, "With or Without U.S. Funding, Unesco Celebrates American Cities," 26 Jan. 2018
Invitees range from actors to writers to animators to producers, made up of both Oscar winners and those who have never taken part in the award ceremony before.

— kathryn lindsay, refinery29.com, "The Academy Just Added 928 Members — Its Largest & Most Impressive Move Yet," 25 June 2018
Groening has been joined by longtime Simpsons showrunner Josh Weinstein and a remarkable number of Futurama animators and voice actors to build a new elves-and-castles-and-dragons cartoon series.

— sam machkovech, Ars Technica, "Matt Groening’s first fantasy-cartoon series finally has release date, screens," 23 May 2018
Among the hundreds of titles that exist to date, here are but a few that have captured our attention: Gertie, the animation pioneer Cartoonist Winsor McCay, best known for his strip Little Nemo, also was a vaudevillian and an animator.

— pam grady, SFChronicle.com, "Cinematic dinosaurs roared long before the first ‘Jurassic’ movie," 14 June 2018

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