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Ed Skudder | |
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 Skudder atWonderCon in 2018 | |
| Born | Edward Daniel Skudder (1986-05-26)May 26, 1986 (age 38) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | edskudder |
Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American animator, storyboard artist, filmmaker, musician, and voice actor. He is known for his work atIllumination as the head of story on the filmThe Super Mario Bros Movie. He was the showrunner for theCartoon Network animated seriesUnikitty!,[1][2] the creator of the web seriesDick Figures, and the co-director and co-writer of itsKickstarter-funded feature filmDick Figures: The Movie, alongside comic book writerZack Keller, both of them voicing main characters Red and Blue respectively.[3][4][5]
Skudder started his college years at theUSC School of Cinematic Arts to study Cinematography and Film/Video Production from 2005 to 2008.
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 forMondo Media withZack Keller calledDick Figures. When the first episode was released onYouTube, 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 aKickstarter 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.
AfterDick Figures ended in 2015, Skudder went on to work forDisney Television Animation'sPickle 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 atGoldieBlox.
In 2015, he co-created two animated web series with Lynn Wang for Spino TV, titledKicko Puncho Rhino andPower Gloves—both of which premiered on YouTube. After their conclusion, Skudder worked forNickelodeon 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 withWarner Bros. Animation as a writer, director, and storyboard artist for an episode ofTeen Titans Go!, and would later work withThe Lego Group with Wang to co-develop theCartoon Network animated seriesUnikitty!. 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 onIllumination'sThe Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. He also made prop and EFX designs forThe Cuphead Show! as well as freelance storyboards forThelma the Unicorn.
In 2024, he formed a punk rock band calledTropic Waste. Their first singleMalibu was released on August 8, 2024.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Magnificent Max | Production assistant | |
| 2008 | 8 Ball | Concept Artist | |
| 2013 | Solstice | Co-director, animator, composer | |
| 2014 | Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou | Jinky |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |