From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishanimatoran‧i‧ma‧tor /ˈænəmeɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] AMFsomeone who makes animated films
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animator• One of its most important activities is a Leadership Training Programme which aims to train a total of 700 animators.• Disney animators are, above all, actors.• Of critical importance is that the studio continues to attract gifted animators.• Terry Jones has moved into film direction, as has Terry Gilliam, the show's animator.• The information is then fed into a computer so that animators can bring the digital images to life as game characters.• The one bat was copied by the dozens until the animators had a mob. 