Director of Creative Affairs, Toon City Animation Inc
Philippines
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- Director of Creative Affairs at Toon City Animation Inc.
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- Owner at Russ Mooney Animation
- Supervising Animation Director at Nickelodeon Animation
- Vice President / Partner / Co-Founder at Bobtown Animation
- Producer / Director / O'seas Animation Producer / O'seas Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Television Animation
- Overseas Animation Supervisor / Associate Producer at Ruby / Spears Productions
- Freelance TV Commercial Animator / Director / Storyboard / Layout at various
- Freelance TV Commercial & Feature Film Animator at various
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Russ Mooney’s Summary
Animation producer / director / animation supervisor specializing in all aspects of feature length, direct to video and Television series animation production including pre production and post production supervision. Developer and producer of independent animation projects. Currently supervising all creative content within an 800 person animation studio along with my animation business partner, Pieter Lommerse and technical business partner Dr. Rogelio Balart.
Producer / director: 20+ years. Overseas animation supervisor / producer / creative director, Disney and others: (Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea, Philippines) 10+ years in Asia. Commercial / feature animator / director / storyboard artist / layout artist: 9 years.
39+ years total continuous employment in the animation industry, starting at the bottom and working my way up. Goal: To continue working in the animation craft, as I have always found it to be fulfilling and challenging.
Russ Mooney’s Specialties:
Traditional 2D, 3D / CGI & Flash and combination of the previous listed platforms, animation producer, director, creative director, overseas animation producer, overseas animation supervisor, as well as animation concept and content creator & developer.
Russ Mooney’s Experience
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Director of Creative Affairs
Toon City Animation Inc.
(Animation industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Director of Creative Affairs:
Disneytoon: "TARZAN 2", "THE FOX & THE HOUND 2", "THE LITTLE MERMAID 3". Kurtz & Friends: "NOT SO STORY" Promo w/ Lily Tomlin.
Creative Director:
Kurtz & Friends / Disney Educational: "SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK"
Atlantyca: "GERONIMO STILTON" TV SERIES, 2008 / 2009
Universal:"CURIOUS GEORGE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL","CURIOUS GEORGE 2, MONKEY ON THE RUN" DTV FEATURE, CURIOUS GEORGE" TV SERIES SEASONS 1, 2, 3 & 4 ( winner, outstanding childrens' programming Emmy ) ."LAND BEFORE TIME" TV SERIES.
Disneytoon Studios: "KRONKS NEW GROOVE" DTV FEATURE.
Disney TV Animation: "WINNIE THE POOH HALLOWEEN" DTV, "THE REPLACEMENTS", "LILO & STITCH", "BRANDY & MR. WHISKERS".
Nickelodeon: "FATHERHOOD", "MIGHTY B".
Cartoon Saloon: "SKUNK FU" TV SERIES.
Warner Bros: “TOM & JERRY BLAST OFF TO MARS” DTV FEATURE.
Cartoonuity Studio / American Greetings: 4 HOLLY HOBBIE DTV'S. -
Owner
Russ Mooney Animation
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 1 month)
Owner / Operator / Freelance Projects:
Wild Brain: “POOCHINI’S YARD” Timing, Checking & O’seas Animation Supervision.
AKA / Cartoon Network: “ED, EDD & EDDY”, 1999 – 2003.
Animation Direction, timing.
Cartoon Network: “TIME SQUAD”, Timing.
Warner Bros. Animation: “MUCHA LUCHA”, Animation Direction.
Universal Home Entertainment: “BALTO 3” , O’seas Supervisor.
Nickelodeon: “CHALK ZONE” 1999-2003, Timing.
Excerpt of a note from Larry Huber, Producer at Nickelodeon & Hanna Barbera:
“ ...Russ’ years of experience in television animation brought a veteran excellence to his work on my series. He never failed to deliver quality in a professional and timely manner. Russ’ ability to communicate...resulted in excellent work consistently. I am pleased, therefore, to recommend unreservedly, the services of Russ Mooney as a Director of Animation.” -
Supervising Animation Director
Nickelodeon Animation
(Public Company; VIA; Entertainment industry)
March 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 10 months)
Supervising and checking the work of Television episode directors as well as storyboard and storyboard revision artists:
"CATDOG" 1997-2000 Supervising Director.
“CHALK ZONE” 1999-2003,Timing,
“OH YEAH!” 1999, Timing, “A KID’S LIFE” Director, “KAMELEON KID” Co-Director / Co-Producer / Co-Creator.
A note from my friend and collaborator, Jaime Diaz, Director, Nickelodeon Animation:
"I have known Russ Mooney for many years. We worked together in the animation industry in Hollywood. At Nickelodeon he was supervising director for the popular series Cat Dog . Russ himself is a fine animator and a fine director and has an understanding of all phases of cartoon production. Together we produced and directed "Kameleon Kid" for the "Oh Yeah!" program at Nickelodeon for worldwide distribution. I like him personally. He is a decent person. He is very talented and I recommend him highly." -
Vice President / Partner / Co-Founder
Bobtown Animation
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
February 1991 — February 1997 (6 years 1 month)
I and my partners developed numerous animation projects during this period and subcontracted animation pre-production work such as Direction, Timing, Character design, Storybording, etc. from the clients and projects listed below:
CBS/ Nelvana: "WILDC.A.T.S." M.G.M./ Pink Panther Productions: "PINK PANTHER".
Nickelodeon / Games Animation: "HEY ARNOLD". "ANGRY BEAVERS"."ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE". "REN AND STIMPY".
Hanna Barbera: "TWO STUPID DOGS"."SCREWBALL SQUIRREL"."DROOPY THE MASTER DETECTIVE". "JONNY QUEST".
DIC: "ULTRAFORCE". "DENNIS THE MENACE".
Klasky / Csupo: "DUCKMAN"."RUGRATS". "EDITH ANN".
Film Roman: "MIGHTY MAX". "THE MASK".
Fred Wolf: "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES".
Graz: "THE TICK".
Matinee: "KAMPUNG BOY".
Kurtz and Friends: "EDITH ANN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL". -
Producer / Director / O'seas Animation Producer / O'seas Animation Supervisor
Walt Disney Television Animation
(Public Company; DIS; Entertainment industry)
March 1986 — January 1991 (4 years 11 months)
Producer: "DARKWING DUCK", "WINNIE THE POOH"
Director: "THE LITTLE MERMAID"
Overseas Animation Producer / Animation Supervisor (Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan - Participant in the establishment of Walt Disney Animation Japan & advisor in setting up Sunwoo Animation, Disney's first major subcontracting studio in S. Korea):
"CHIP AND DALES RESCUE RANGERS","TALE SPIN","GUMMIE BEARS"
Excerpt of note from Ken Kessel. Producer at Disney TV Animation, WB Animation, Nickelodeon animation:
“ ...I am writing this letter in order to recommend my friend and colleague Russ Mooney to you. I have worked with Russ for many years and know him to be a skilled and reliable animation producer, director and supervisor. Russ has the highest professional credentials....’ -
Overseas Animation Supervisor / Associate Producer
Ruby / Spears Productions
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 1984 — March 1986 (2 years 1 month)
Animation Supervisor / Associate Producer (Japan)
"CENTURIONS", 65 half hour episode animated series. Nippon Sunrise studio.
"ROBOFORCE", TV special
"TURBO TEEN","FUTURE FORCE" and "GOLDEN GIRL". Toei Doga Studio.
A recommendation from my friend, Producer / Director Brian Ray:
"Russ is a rare and unique combination of experience and knowledge that encompass over thirty years of innovative and creative contributions to the animation industry. We have worked together and on different projects for different employers, Russ has always been one of the first to recognize where a system could be improved and is exacting in his quest for excellence. Russ is truly one of the most knowledgeable and experienced animation producer/director/creative supervising directors in the business today and I strongly endorse him as do so many very happy clients." -
Freelance TV Commercial Animator / Director / Storyboard / Layout
various
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1980 — March 1984 (4 years 1 month)
TRIPLANE FILMS: Bubblicious "Tangy Citrus", "Banana", "Watermelon", "Raspberry", "Pineapple", also, Newport "Pleasure Alert", and "New Fantasyland".
MIDOCEAN MOTION PICTURES: "Smokey Bear", Bambino video games "Lazer", "Basketball", "Soccer", "Boxer", "Kao Laurie", "Dr. Scholls", "Styx", Mattell video games, "Baseball" & "Football", "Zenith System 3", "Technics", "Panasonic". -
Freelance TV Commercial & Feature Film Animator
various
(Broadcast Media industry)
March 1976 — March 1980 (4 years 1 month)
KURTZ & FRIENDS: "Chevron”, Levi's "Girl and the Cat" & "Puzzle", Superscope "Flower Lady", Van De Camps "Busbee Berkely", "McDonald's Jewel", "Dinkey Donuts", "Antrol", "Arco", "Baltimore Sun".
DUCK SOUP PROD: “Crackerjack's", "Hallmark Cards", "The Ant and the Grasshopper","Little Animals", Levi's "Round up", Raisin Bran "Country Girl" & "City Boy".
ROBERT ABEL & ASSOC: "Mazda Batteries", "Renown Clothing", Levi's "Molten", "J-Wax", "Bell Telephone".
TIGERFLY PROD: Bubblicious ,"Rock Warrior","Internal Transfer" promo (designed by MOBEOUS), RICK GRIFFIN designed C.B.S. bumpers.
SPUNGBUGGY PROD: "Viva" paper towels, "Sugar Crisp", "King's Island", Pacific Bank "Big Foot", "Magic Chef".
RALPH BAKSHI'S theatrical feature film "FIRE & ICE", designed by FRANK FRAZETTA.
"HEAVY METAL" theatrical feature film, Taarna sequence.
"ROLLING STONE magazine TV special”.
PBS “Carl Sagan’s COSMOS” TV series.
“THE MOUSE & HIS CHILD” theatrical feature film.
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Russ Mooney’s Honors:
Animation Supervisor on "Curious George" PBS / WGBH / Universal Animation, winner, Outstanding Childrens' Programming Emmy 2007
1991 -1992 Daytime Emmy Award Nominee:
Producer, Outstanding Animated Program
"Disney's Darkwing Duck" ABC / Syn
1991 - 1992 Daytime Emmy Award Nominee:
Producer, Outstanding Animated Program
"The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh" ABC
Nominated for Golden Reel Award - 1991 - Outstanding Achievement: Producer, "Darkwing Duck": "Smarter Than A Speeding Bullet"
Nominated for Golden Reel Award - 1991 - Outstanding Achievement: Producer, "Winnie the Pooh": "The Good, The Bad, and The Tigger"
Nominated for the 13th Annual Ace Award - 1991 - Producer, Outstanding Animated Program: "Darkwing Duck"
Chicago '75 Certificate of Excellence - 1975
Distinguished Achievement, Animator: Bankamericard "Animals"
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