John Hubley
One of the most iconoclastic figures in animation history, John Hubley deserves as much credit as fellow rebels like John Cassavetes in creating an independent film industry outside of the Hollywood studio system. A former Disney art director blacklisted during the 1950s red scare, Hubley and his wife and creative partner Faith Hubley remade animation in their own idiosyncratic image, winning several Oscars in the process.