 | Thisbiography of a living personneeds additionalcitations forverification. Please help by addingreliable sources.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced orpoorly sourcedmust be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentiallylibelous. Find sources: "Stephen Worth" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Stephen Worth | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephen W. Worth (1959-05-02)May 2, 1959 (age 65) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 1988–present |
Stephen Worth is an Americanproducer ofanimation.[1][2]
Worth was a producer forBagdasarian Productions,Ralph Bakshi andJohn Kricfalusi's production companySpümcø.
Worth studied atUniversity of California, Los Angeles, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Design in 1982. He trained as an artist, but entered the film business as aproduction assistant atFilmFair studios, a commercial production house specializing in animation. He began researching the techniques and materials used in classic animations along with Lew Stude, and formed Vintage Ink & Paint, an animation art restoration facility inBurbank, California.
He later took a job as production assistant at Bagdasarian Productions, the studio responsible for the seriesAlvin and the Chipmunks. His first project for the company was to sort, package and market artwork from the featureThe Chipmunk Adventure. In nine months, he becameassociate producer of Bagdasarian's TV series, recordings andprime time television specials.
Ralph Bakshi invited Worth to join him as animation production manager on the filmCool World. Worth handled production duties onCool World for a little over a year, and left to work on representing the estates ofLes Clark,Grim Natwick andMel Blanc through Vintage Ink & Paint.
John Kricfalusi met Worth through the internet, and they became friends. Worth was the first to show Kricfalusi the "World Wide Web" and encouraged him to get involved in the then-new medium. Together, they created an online animation website called "Spumco's Wonderful World of Cartoons". Worth producedWeekend Pussy Hunt andThe Goddamn George Liquor Program, the firstAdobe Flash animated web cartoons, as well as an Annie Award-winning rockmusic video forBjörk's singleI Miss You.[3]
Worth continued to work for Spumco for ten years as a producer on commercials, web cartoons, several television series and a prime time special forCartoon Network calledBoo Boo Runs Wild. In this program, he voiced the classic characterYogi Bear. When Spumco shut down production in 2005 after completingRen & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", Worth went to work on building an archive and museum of the art of animation. He also served onASIFA-Hollywood's Board of Directors for 19 years.
In 2007, Worth was awarded the June ForayAnnie Award for a significant and benevolent impact on the art of animation.[4]
Worth currently runs the physical and online museum Animation Resources.
Worth also runs ahot dog enthusiast's websiteHot Dog Spot.