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Stop-motion veteran Mark Gustafson died on Thursday. He was 64. Last award season, he won an Oscar for his work on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchi. He also worked on the characters for California Raisins and Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, another Oscar nominated film.  Del Toro announced the news Friday morning on

Gustafson was also the supervising director of 'The PJs' and animation director of 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'

The Oscar, Annie, Emmy, and BAFTA-winning creative, known for his work on ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ ‘Meet the Raisins,’ and many other stop-motion projects, has died of a heart attack.

Mark Gustafson, who won an Oscar as the co-director of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, has died at the age of 64 following a heart attack.

The Oscar, Annie, Emmy, and BAFTA-winning creative, known for his work on ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ ‘Meet the Raisins,’ and many other stop-motion projects, has died of a heart attack.

Mark Gustafson, the stop-motion specialist who won an Oscar for 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,' has died at 64. Del Toro pays tribute.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is an inspired labor of love, a dream project for the director that has been a long time in the making, and manages to stand out in a year that is overflowing with top-tier animated films.

The director didn't make his movie for kids, but he thinks "there's nothing in this movie unacceptable to watch in family environments"

The official trailer for Guillermo del Toros stop-motion Pinocchio movie has been released online.