| W. Watts Biggers | screenwriter, composer, novelist | 1 |
| Waco O'Guin | screenwriter, writer, animator, voice actor | 1 |
| Walter Lantz | animator, comics artist, cartoonist, film director, film producer, director, draftsperson | 2 |
| Wang Yu | writer, fantasy author, novelist, online writer | 1 |
| Ward Kimball | screenwriter, conductor, animator, television director, film director, draftsperson, jazz musician, character animator | 1 |
| Warren Ellis | screenwriter, writer, comics artist, film producer, novelist, blogger, comics writer, short story writer | 1 |
| Weiyu | writer, novelist, online writer | 1 |
| Wenyu Liu | screenwriter, animator, animation director, character designer, key animator, storyboard artist, animation producer | 1 |
| Wilbert Awdry | writer, parson, theologian, Anglican priest, children's writer, Anglican vicar | 1 |
| Will McRobb | screenwriter | 1 |
| Willard Carroll | screenwriter, film director, film producer, director, manufacturer | 1 |
| William Hanna | screenwriter, actor, writer, animator, television producer, comics artist, film director, film producer | 21 |
| William Joyce | politician, journalist, radio personality | 1 |