The History of Women in Animation
Carrie Tupper wrote a fantastic two-part article on The Mary Sue — read it here + here).
Despite the surge in female protagonists in film and TV, the truth is women made up only 16% of employees on the top 250 films in 2013. Despite the depressing numbers, women are still making their mark.
Via thingsamylikes / themarysue / starberry-cupcake / and crikeydave, who emphasizes we not also overlook:
- Brianne Drouhard (Amethyst of Gemworld)
- Christy Marx (JEM!!)
- Lorelay Bové
- Victoria Ying
- Tia Kratter (major Pixar art director)
- Kathy Zielinski (supervising animator for Frollo)