Photo: Thor Mangila Tod Polson first studied design at Otis/Parsons, and animation at CalArts before apprenticing under pioneering animation designer Maurice Noble, winning the student Oscar, and an Annie nomination for his short film Al Tudi Tuhak. Since then, he has worked extensively as a filmmaker, designer, and teacher, and has contributed his talents to such projects as the Emmy Award– winning series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and the Oscar nominated feature, The Secret of Kells. He lives in Wyoming. Maurice Noble (1911–2001) is widely recognized as the premier animation designer in the history of animation. During his career he worked on over one hundred animated short and feature-length animated films, through which he helped created a new look and approach to animation that continues to influence designers today. Chuck Jones (1912–2002) made more than three hundred animated films in his sixty-year career, winning three Academy Awards® as a director and in 1996 an honorary Academy Award® for Lifetime Achievement. During the Golden Age of animation, Jones created some of animation’s most famous characters, including Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian, Pepe le Pew, Michigan J. Frog and many others.