Ed Skudder
Skudder at WonderCon in 2018
Born
Edward Daniel Skudder

(1986-05-26) May 26, 1986
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Animator
  • director
  • writer
  • producer
  • musician
  • voice actor
Years active2003–present
Notable credits
Websiteedskudder.com

Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American animator, director, writer, producer, musician, and voice actor. He is known for being the showrunner and co-executive producer for the Cartoon Network animated series Unikitty!.[1][2] He is also the creator of the animated web series Dick Figures and the co-director and co-writer of its Kickstarter-funded feature film Dick Figures: The Movie, done with his best friend and business partner 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 an unannounced film for Netflix.

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[7] 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[8] Head of Story
TBA Unnanounced Netflix feature project 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

  1. ↑ The Hollywood Reporter 'Lego Movie's Unikitty Gets Animated Series at Cartoon Network'
  2. ↑ Animation World Network 'Cartoon Network Greenlights ‘Unikitty!’ Series from Warner Bros. Animation'
  3. ↑ The Hollywood Reporter "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film"
  4. ↑ TechCrunch "Dick Figures: Funding a Full-Length Animated Movie on Kickstarter"
  5. ↑ The Verge "For the fans, by the fans: Kickstarter brings 'Dick Figures The Movie' to life"
  6. ↑ Variety 'Nickelodeon Launches 2016 Animated Shorts Program, Announces 2015 Finalists'
  7. ↑ Tubefilter "'Dick Figures' Team Re-Works Crazy Korean Film For "Streamium" Release
  8. ↑ "Ed Skudder". LinkedIn.
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