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 (Sole Proprietorship)
- 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 Animator at various
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Russ Mooney’s Summary
Old School Animation Grunt, directing, producing and supervising all aspects of traditional 2D, 3D / CGI / Flash & Feature Film, DTV & Television series animation production including pre production and post production supervision. Developer and producer of independent animation projects. Producer / director: 20+ years. Overseas animation supervisor / producer / creative director, Disney and others: ( Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea, Philippines ) 8+ years in Asia. Commercial / feature animator / director / storyboard artist / layout artist: 9 years. Animation apprentice: 5 years. Some of these positions overlapping. 36+ 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 animation producer, director, overseas animation supervisor / creative director as well as animation concept and content creator.
Russ Mooney’s Experience
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Director of Creative Affairs
Toon City Animation Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2004 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Director of Creative Affairs:
Disneytoon Studio: "TARZAN 2", "THE FOX & THE HOUND 2", "THE LITTLE MERMAID: ARIEL'S BEGINNING".
Creative Director:
Universal Animation: "CURIOUS GEORGE 2, MONKEY ON THE RUN" DTV FEATURE, 2008 ( in production ). CURIOUS GEORGE" TV SERIES SEASONS 1, 2 & 3, 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008."LAND BEFORE TIME" TV SERIES, 2006 / 2007.
Disneytoon Studios: "KRONKS NEW GROOVE" DTV FEATURE, 2004.
Disney TV Animation: "DISNEY PRINCESS ENCHANTED TALES: FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS" DTV, 2006. "WINNIE THE POOH HALLOWEEN" DTV, 2005."THE REPLACEMENTS" TV SERIES" 2006. "LILO & STITCH" TV SERIES, 2004 / 2005 "BRANDY & MR. WHISKERS" TV SERIES, 2004 / 2006.
Nickelodeon: "FATHERHOOD" TV SERIES, 2004 / 2005. "MIGHTY B" TV SERIES, 2007 / 2008.
Cartoon Saloon: "SKUNK FU" TV SERIES, 2007.
Warner Bros. Animation : “TOM & JERRY BLAST OFF TO MARS” DTV FEATURE, 2004.
Cartoonuity Studio / American Greetings: HOLLY HOBBIE # 5 & # 6 DTV'S, 2007 / 2008. -
Owner
Russ Mooney Animation (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
December 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 1 month)
Owner / Operator / Freelance Projects:
Wild Brain: “POOCHINI’S YARD” 2000, Timing, Checking & O’seas Animation Supervision.
AKA / Cartoon Network: “ED, EDD & EDDY”, 1999 – 2003.
Cartoon Network: “TIME SQUAD”, Timing, 2002.
Warner Bros. Animation: “MUCHA LUCHA”, Animation Direction, 2003.
Universal Home Entertainment: “BALTO 3” , O’seas Supervisor, 2003.
Nickelodeon: “CHALK ZONE” 1999-2003, Timing.
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; 201-500 employees; VIAB; Animation 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; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Animation industry)
March 1986 — January 1991 (4 years 11 months)
Producer: 13 episodes of "DARKWING DUCK"
Producer: 6 episodes of "WINNIE THE POOH"
Director: 5 half hour episodes of "THE LITTLE MERMAID"
Overseas Animation Producer ( Japan, S. Korea, Taiwan - Participant in the establishment of Walt Disney Animation Japan & advisor in setting up Sunwoo Animation, Disney TV's first major subcontracting studio in S. Korea ):
"CHIP AND DALES RESCUE RANGERS":10 half hour episodes
"TALE SPIN":15 episodes
"GUMMIE BEARS" multiple episodes.
Overseas Animation Supervisor:
"CHIP AND DALES RESCUE RANGERS":15 half hour episodes.
"GUMMIE BEARS": 8 half hour episodes.
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
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 1984 — March 1986 (2 years 1 month)
Animation Supervisor / Associate Producer (Japan)
"CENTURIONS", 65 half hour episode animated series. At Nippon Sunrise studio, Tokyo, Japan.
"ROBOFORCE", half hour TV special
"TURBO TEEN", 2 half hour episodes at Toei Doga studio, Tokyo, Japan. "FUTURE FORCE" and "GOLDEN GIRL" TV promos. -
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 Animator
various
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; 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 feature "FIRE & ICE", designed by FRANK FRAZETTA.
"HEAVY METAL" Taarna sequence.
"ROLLING STONE magazine TV special”.
PBS “Carl Sagan’s COSMOS”.
“THE MOUSE & HIS CHILD” feature film.
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Russ Mooney’s Honors:
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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