Two Part Poll:Greatest Animator Ever 2

[Nelson]

Here's is the second part of the poll....

[J Lee]

As fas as greatest animator I would go with one not on the list, Bill Tytla -- his greatness was at animating other people's conceptions at Disney; as a director at Famous he was only as good as the ideas other people gave him (and he may have chased the very-sloppy, but very-funny animator Jim Tyer over to Terrytoons).

Some of the others, like Avery, were not-so-great animators in terms of pure drawing style, but were great directors because of their ideas and the ability to get those ideas put across by their animation units.

[wundermild]

My vote would go to Vladimir Tytla also. The "Night on Blad Mountain" episode from "Fantasia" has made freat impression on me.

[Sveven Dvorking]

I voted for Robert McKimson, though there are some people on both lists that I've never heard of.

[Pietro]

I voted for Otto Messmer, the creator of Felix the Cat.
Tex Avery would be second best.

-Pietro

[DR. BELCH]

--with Lee: men like Clampett and McKimson were pretty straight-arrow stick-to-the-model-sheet-darn-it fellows, while Avery was more loose and mad with his art. It was Avery's directing and scriptwriting where he excelled more. It depends on what effect you want, though--haunting or zany, and the later was Tex's forte....

[PorkyandDaffy]

Definitely McKIMSON.