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Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American animator, storyboard artist, filmmaker, musician, and voice actor. He is known for his work at Illumination as the head of story on the film The Super Mario Bros Movie. He was the showrunner for the Cartoon Network animated series Unikitty!,[1][2] the creator of the web series Dick Figures, and the co-director and co-writer of its Kickstarter-funded feature film Dick Figures: The Movie, alongside comic book writer Zack Keller, both of them voicing main characters Red and Blue respectively.[3][4][5]
Early life
Skudder started his college years at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to study Cinematography and Film/Video Production from 2005 to 2008.
Career
Skudder started his career as an animator at the animation studio, 6 Point Harness. While he was working on different projects, he was co-developing a web series for Mondo Media with Zack Keller called Dick Figures. When the first episode was released on YouTube, it was met with massive success and eventually became the most viewed web series on the site. Skudder and Keller would subsequently produce 49 additional episodes. Skudder served as a voice actor for Red, Raccoon, and Mr. Dingleberry in the series.
Due to its success, Skudder and Keller created a Kickstarter to fund the feature-length film based on the series, Dick Figures: The Movie (the first feature-length animated production by Mondo Media and 6 Point Harness). It was known for being one of the most popular animated projects being funded through Kickstarter at that time.
After Dick Figures ended in 2015, Skudder went on to work for Disney Television Animation's Pickle and Peanut, as a writer for one episode and as a storyboard artist for two of its episodes. Afterwards, Skudder worked as a creative director in animation at GoldieBlox.
In 2015, he co-created two animated web series with Lynn Wang for Spino TV, titled Kicko Puncho Rhino and Power Gloves—both of which premiered on YouTube. After their conclusion, Skudder worked for Nickelodeon where he co-created, co-directed, and co-written the short film, Space Mission: Danger with Wang for the 2015 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program.[6]
In 2017, Skudder was brought in to work with Warner Bros. Animation as a writer, director, and storyboard artist for an episode of Teen Titans Go!, and would later work with The Lego Group with Wang to co-develop the Cartoon Network animated series Unikitty!. They both worked as producers for seasons 1 and 2, then co-executive producers for the third season. Skudder was also a singer and songwriter for the shows accompanying soundtrack.
Skudder was head of story on Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. He also made prop and EFX designs for The Cuphead Show! as well as freelance storyboards for Thelma the Unicorn.
In 2024, he formed a punk rock band called Tropic Waste. Their first single Malibu was released on August 8, 2024.[7]
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cranberry Christmas | Animator | |
| 2010 | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | Animator | |
| 2013 | Dick Figures: The Movie | Red, Raccoon (Papa-san), Mr. Dinkleberry, Additional voices | Also co-director, co-writer, executive producer, animator |
| 2014 | Aachi & Ssipak[8] | Aachi, additional voices | Also co-director and co-writer (English dub only) |
| 2019 | Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus | Animator: Florpus sequence | |
| 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie[9] | Head of Story | |
| 2024 | Thelma the Unicorn | Storyboard artist |
Short films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Magnificent Max | Production assistant | |
| 2008 | 8 Ball | Concept Artist | |
| 2013 | Solstice | Co-director, animator, composer | |
| 2014 | Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou | Jinky |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Revisioned: Tomb Raider | Animator | |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | |||
| Slacker Cats | |||
| Class of 3000 | |||
| 2010–2015 | Dick Figures | Red, Raccoon, Mr. Dingleberry, Additional Voices | Also creator |
| 2012 | Duke of Fancy | Additional voices | |
| Suck Tower | The Monster | Also animator | |
| 2013 | SuperFuckers | Pink Arrow | |
| Story War | Gremlin | ||
| 2015 | Like, Share, Die | Various voices | Also co-director and co-writer |
| Pickle and Peanut | Writer, storyboard artist | ||
| Crash Zoom | Pervert Pal #2 | ||
| 2016 | Space Mission: Danger! | Orbot the Robot | Also co-creator |
| 2017 | Teen Titans Go! | Director | |
| 2017–2020 | Unikitty! | Creator, developer, showrunner, co-executive producer | |
| 2022 | The Cuphead Show! | Prop designer and EFX designer |
References
External links
- ↑ The Hollywood Reporter 'Lego Movie's Unikitty Gets Animated Series at Cartoon Network'
- ↑ Animation World Network 'Cartoon Network Greenlights ‘Unikitty!’ Series from Warner Bros. Animation'
- ↑ The Hollywood Reporter "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film"
- ↑ TechCrunch "Dick Figures: Funding a Full-Length Animated Movie on Kickstarter"
- ↑ The Verge "For the fans, by the fans: Kickstarter brings 'Dick Figures The Movie' to life"
- ↑ Variety 'Nickelodeon Launches 2016 Animated Shorts Program, Announces 2015 Finalists'
- ↑ X 'Do you like punk rock and skeletons?? Oooh baby have we got a music video for you!'
- ↑ Tubefilter "'Dick Figures' Team Re-Works Crazy Korean Film For "Streamium" Release
- ↑ Template:Cite web