ABSTRACT
For far too long, animators have been invisible in their art. Acting has Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hanks; dance has Misty Copeland and Robert Battle; opera has Placido Domingo and Kristine Opolais; fine art has Jeff Koons and Jasper Johns. But ask a fan of animated films to name a single animator and see what you get. In the past, animators were at least listed in a film’s end credits along with the character they worked on, but that is not the case any longer. As my friend Paul Naas explained it in a personal e-mail to me: “The transition seemed to happen with the end of 2D and the rise of 3D. 2D films listed who worked on what character, because that’s how the productions were structured. You had a lead that did one or two characters, and his team followed his lead. In 3D,
