Beyond Ink & Paint: The Women of Animation

This docuseries tells the story of female animation pioneers in both past and present days, looking into the challenges they have faced and the progress they have made while exploring the obstacles that still exist. Highlighting the determination and passion that moved women out of the ink & paint department and into the role of animator and beyond, the docuseries seeks to inspire the next generation of animation storytellers, while questioning the inequality between men and women within the creative workforce of animation.

Allison Abbate

Heather Alexander

Mara Alper

Darla K. Anderson

Kim Arndt

Bonnie Arnold

Nancy Beiman

Janet Benn

Alice Bird

Lorelay Bove

Brenda Chapman

Deborah Cook

Marge Dean

Stephanie Delazeri

Erica Larsen-Dockray

Lauren Faust

Danielle Feinberg

Whitney Grace

Danielle Gillis

Lisa Goldman

Jinko Gotoh

Don Hahn

Georgina Hayns

Carole Holliday

Emily Hubley

Mindy Johnson

Yvette Kaplan

Karen Kiser

Trish Schutz-Krause

Candy Kugel

Kira Lehtomaki

Diana Manson

Dorothy McKim

Kendra Melton

Dete Meserve

Jan Nagel

Daron Nefcy

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Havana Nguyen

Annalee Orr

Illya Owens

Jen Oxley

Jocelyn Pascall

Shadi Petosky

Shannon Prynoski

Jennifer Ray

Angelique Reisch

Katherine Sarafian

Kristy Scanlan

Osnat Shurer

Linda Simensky

Sakari Singh

Stevie Wermers-Skelton

Amy Lawson Smeed

Jan Stebbins

Rita Street

Arianne Sutner

Dana Terrace

Kim Thompson

Carrie Tupper

Alan Tupper

Tracey Miller-Zarneke