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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[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Email Interview with Russ Mooney CatDog animation director. 2000. CatDog fansite. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  2. Beck, Jerry; Goodman, Martin (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Page 106. Chicago Review Press. International standard book number 9781556525919.
  3. Television/radio age. 1983. Television Editorial Corporation. Volume 30.
  4. Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 429. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
  5. DARKWING DUCK. Library of Congress. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  6. Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 32. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
  7. Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Page 116. Rowman & Littlefield. International standard book number 9781538103746.
  8. Seibert, Fred (November 18, 2010). "Kameleon Kid," created by Russ Mooney & Jaime Diaz. Flickr. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  9. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z. Page 569. McFarland. Second edition. International standard book number 9780786422562.

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