Russ Mooney served as a director on ChalkZone. He has worked with various animation studios, including Disney and Nickelodeon.
Early life[]
Mooney recalled in an interview he has been drawing "since he could remember."[1]
Career[]
Mooney's career in animation began as an 18 year old, working as an apprentice inbetweener.[1] He animated the 1981 film Heavy Metal,[2] and has done animation work for commercials.[3] Mooney served as producer for the Disney shows The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh[4] and Darkwing Duck,[5] as well as directing two Nicktoons: The Angry Beavers[6] and CatDog.[7] He contributed one short to Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Kameleon Kid.[8]
In the early 2000s, he directed episodes of Mucha Lucha![9] Mooney worked on Balto 3: Wings of Change, Poochini's Yard and Ed, Edd n' Eddy throughout the decade. His career continued into the 2010s, as a supervising director for Curious George and The Looney Tunes Show before retiring in 2013 after working on Plastic Man.
ChalkZone directing credits[]
- 105c. "Rudus Tabootus"
- 201b. "The Terrible Two-and-a-halfs" (with Mike Svayko)
- 201c. "Super Hero Snap"
- 205c. "Chocolate Brunch"
- 206b. "Power Play"
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Email Interview with Russ Mooney CatDog animation director. 2000. CatDog fansite. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry; Goodman, Martin (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Page 106. Chicago Review Press. International standard book number 9781556525919.
- ↑ Television/radio age. 1983. Television Editorial Corporation. Volume 30.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 429. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
- ↑ DARKWING DUCK. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 32. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 116. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
- ↑ Seibert, Fred (November 18, 2010). "Kameleon Kid," created by Russ Mooney & Jaime Diaz. Flickr. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z. Page 569. McFarland. Second edition. International standard book number 9780786422562.
External links[]
- Russ Mooney's website
- Russ Mooney on the Internet Movie Database, providing a filmography