Dave Wasson
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Born | Dave Wasson September 11, 1968 Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. |
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Years active | 1988–present |
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Website | davewasson.net |
Dave Wasson[1] (born September 11, 1968) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. Wasson created the Cartoon Network original series Time Squad,[2] before going on to develop Star vs. the Forces of Evil as director, writer, and executive producer. He also served as director and writer of the series Mickey Mouse Shorts, supervising director of Making Fiends, and executive producer and director of the series The Buzz on Maggie. He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles. Wasson is currently developer and executive producer of The Cuphead Show! for Netflix.
Early life
Wasson studied film making and animation at the California Institute of the Arts.[3]
Career
Wasson created a series of shorts at Nickelodeon for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, one of which, Max & His Special Problem, won him a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for Production Designer.[4] Wasson created the Cartoon Network animated series Time Squad, which ran from 2001 to 2003. He has co-written, storyboarded, and directed a number of the shorts for the series Mickey Mouse Shorts. Wasson was the supervising director, supervising producer, and voice actor on Making Fiends.[5] He was the executive producer and director of The Buzz on Maggie at Disney. He has also directed many animated commercials for the company Acme Filmworks located in Hollywood, California.
Credits
Television
- Catschool - Supervising Director, Executive producer, Storyboard Artist
- Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987-1989) - Layout
- What a Cartoon! (1996) - Character Layout ("Buy One, Get One Free")
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998-2001) - Creator, Director, Writer, Art Director ("Max and His Special Problem", "Tales from the Goose Lady")
- Time Squad (2001-2003) - Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
- The Buzz on Maggie (2005-2006) - Director, Executive Producer
- Making Fiends (2008) - Director, Supervising Director, Supervising Producer, Art Director, Voice actor
- The Mighty B! (2008-2011) - Character Designer
- Mickey Mouse (2013-2019) - Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015-2019) - Developed by, Story by, Supervising Director, Executive Producer
- The Cuphead Show! (2022) - Creator, Developed by, Executive Producer, Writer, Theme Song Composer
Movies
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Animator
- Cool World - Animator, Character Layout, Character Design
- Down with Love - Animation Director, Title Sequence
- Space Jam - Animator
Voice acting
- Making Fiends - Additional voices
- Mickey Mouse - Additional voices
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons - Max
- The Cuphead Show! - The Devil's Henchman, Mr. Telephone, Muffin Ice Cream Man
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913739/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
- ^ "'Time Squad' Reanimates Some Big Names". New York Daily News. June 8, 2001. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Dave Wasson". HarperCollins.com. HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Kilmer, David (May 31, 1999). "Joyce, Wasson, Zoeller Win Daytime Emmys". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Meet Dave!". MakingFriends.com. Archived from the original on 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
External links
- Official website
- Dave Wasson on Acme Filmworks
- Dave Wasson at IMDb
- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Hot Springs, Arkansas
- American art directors
- American male screenwriters
- American male voice actors
- American television directors
- American television producers
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- Animators from Arkansas
- American storyboard artists
- California Institute of the Arts alumni
- American animated film directors
- American animated film producers
- Disney Television Animation people
- Cartoon Network Studios people
- Nickelodeon Animation Studio people
- Annie Award winners
- Netflix people