Mamoru Hosoda

 Mamoru Hosoda is Japanese animator, director and writer, born in Semptember 19th, 1967. He has animated in a range of Japanese Anime series(some as towering as Dragon Ball Z, or Sailor Moon), and has even directed for some other, rather famous, franchises, such as One Piece and Digimon. With the coming of the new millennium, Mr Hosoda has taken to produce some works of his accord, such as "the girl who leapt through time", "summer wars" and "wolf children", all relatively successful pieces.  Mr Hosoda, when producing original work, tends to make fantastic settings appear from ordinary life, starred by student-aged characters. His visual style and themes indicate his work I is probably aimed at the anime-watching teenager. For more on Mr Hosoda, here are the links to his Imdb page, as well as his Anime News Network profile:
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396074/
 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4068

Tarik Saleh

 Born in Stockholm, 1972, this animator began as a graffiti artist (in fact, one of his paintings, Fascinate, is one of the oldest graffiti in the world today), then went on to make documentaries, writte for Swedish television, and finally direct his award-winning animation piece, Metropia, a science fiction work, portraying a bleak, but very possible future. Mr Saleh does work intended for mature, sensible audiences. More of him can be found at his profile page on atmo.se, a site which he founded.
 http://atmo.se/about/tarik-saleh/

Joanna Quinn

 Born and working in England, Miss Quinn studied Graphic Design at Middlesex university, where she first discovered her love for animation. On her pursuit of this new found interest, Miss Quinn has gone on to produce several award-winning animations, starting with her first film, "A girl's night out". Her most relevant piece might be "Brittania", a comedy based on British Imperialism. Given her usual comedic, though somewhat mature tones, Miss Quinn caters primarily to older audiences. You can find out more about her on her profile at the Beryl Productions(which she is a founder of) profile page.
 http://www.berylproductions.co.uk/company/joanna-quinn/