Remembering The Animation Figures Who Died In 2022

Gil Alkabetz

Gil Alkabetz

Celebrated Israeli filmmaker behind shorts like Rubicon and Morir De Amor


Rankin Bass

Jules Bass

Co-founder of Rankin/Bass Productions


Carl Bell

Carl Bell

Canadian animator and champion of the artwork kind


Anne D. Bernstein

Anne D. Bernstein

Author on MTV’s Daria and Downtown


'David the Gnome,' 'Dogtanian'

Claudio Biern Boyd

Spanish creator of David The Gnome, Dogtanian


Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo

Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo

Iconic Croatian filmmaker and a part of the Zagreb college of animation


Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs

Writer and illustrator of The Snowman, When the Wind Blows


Mike Camarillo

Mike Camarillo

Business artist who labored on The Powerpuff Women, The Highway to El Dorado, and The Simpsons


Paul Coker Jr.

Paul Coker Jr.

Designer of timeless Rankin/Bass vacation particular characters; one among Mad journal’s “normal gang of idiots”


Kevin Conroy 'Batman: The Animated Series'

Kevin Conroy

Longtime Batman voice actor


Ralph Eggleston

Ralph Eggleston

Legendary artwork director and a cornerstone of Pixar’s visible fashion


Jonathan Gales

Jonathan Gales

BAFTA-winning co-founder of vfx/animation studio Manufacturing unit Fifteen


Lina Gagnon

Lina Gagnon

Canadian animator and educator who labored on The Man Who Planted Bushes


Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried

Aladdin and Cyberchase voice actor


Norma Swank-Haviland

Norma Swank-Haviland

Disney ink-&-paint artist and early Chip voice actor


Dylan Hoffman

Dylan Hoffman

Lead character technical director on Kamp Koral


Ken Knowlton

A founding father of laptop artwork and animation


Shichirō Kobayashi

Shichiro Kobayashi

Prolific artwork director of Lupin III: The Fort of Cagliostro, Berserk


John Korty

John Korty

Renegade indie filmmaker; Twice Upon A Time and Sesame Road director


Thilo Kuther, 'Hugo'

Thilo Kuther

Founding father of Oscar-winning vfx firm Pixomondo


Fernando Laverde

Fernando Laverde

Colombian cease movement Pioneer


Tony Mines

Tony Mines

Pioneer of “brickfilm” animation approach


Tom Yohe & George Newall

George R. Newall

Faculty Home Rock! and Drawing Energy co-creator


Manabu Ohashi

Manabu Ohashi

Veteran animator and director of Cloud


Duckman Everett Peck

Everett Peck

Duckman and Squirrel Boy creator; award-winning illustrator; educator


Vlasta Pospíšilová, Maryška and Wolf Castle

Vlasta Pospíšilová

Icon of the golden age of Czech puppet animation


Gerald Potterton

Gerald Potterton

Director of Heavy Steel an the “Liverpool” sequence of Yellow Submarine


Jan Rabson voices

Jan Rabson

Voice actor for Akira, Leisure Go well with Larry, and Pixar movies


Peter Robbins

Peter Robbins

Unique voice of Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Nice Pumpkin, Charlie Brown


Jan Rogowski

Jan Rogowski

U.Ok.-based Pink Star studio co-founder


Jean-Jacques Sempé

Jean-Jacques Sempé

Illustrator and cartoonist; co-creator of Little Nicholas


RIP Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh

Kazuki Takahashi

Yu-Gi-Oh! creator


Eugene Troubetzkoy

Eugene Troubetzkoy

Nuclear physicist and Blue Sky Studios co-founder