Cartoon Network Shorts Department

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Cartoon Network Shorts Department
Created by Cartoon Network Studios
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
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Executive producers
Producers
  • Nate Funaro
  • Scott Malchus
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List of titles

Cartoon Network Shorts Department is the channel's artist development program for animated pilots that are created at Cartoon Network Studios. It was inaugurated and started in 2013 through online uploading of six titles, on May 21 for a short period, which three of them have been greenlit for a TV series at the start of the program. [1]

Contents

The short Mushroom and the Forest of the World was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Format Children's Program. [2] [3]

List of pilots

United States

TitleCreated byOriginal premiere(s)
Clarence Skyler Page May 21, 2013(Online)
February 17, 2014(TV)
Lakewood Plaza Turbo / OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Ian Jones-Quartey May 21, 2013(Online)
Mars Safari! Ghostshrimp
My Science Fiction ProjectAudie Harrison
Paranormal RoommatesBenton Connor
Steven Universe : "The Time Thing" Rebecca Sugar
Tome of the Unknown: "Harvest Melody" / Over the Garden Wall Patrick McHale September 9, 2013(LA Shorts Fest)
May 18, 2015(Online)
AJ's Infinite Summer Toby JonesMay 16, 2014(Online)
Long Live the Royals Sean Szeles
We Bare Bears Daniel Chong May 21, 2014(KLIK! Festival)
August 25, 2015(TV)
Back to Backspace Dominic Bisignano and Amalia LevariNovember 12, 2014(Online)
Pillywags Mansion [a] Sam Marin
JammersLizz HickeyMay 18, 2015(Online)
Ridin' with BurgessAndres Salaff
Twelve Forever [b] Julia Vickerman
Apple & OnionGeorge GendiJune 18, 2015(Annecy Festival)
May 2, 2016(Online)
May 14, 2016(TV)
Welcome to My LifeElizabeth ItoJune 18, 2015(Annecy Festival)
April 7, 2017(Online)
Bottom's ButteMinty LewisNovember 20, 2015(CTN Expo)
May 2, 2016(Online)
Summer Camp Island Julia Pott March 17, 2016(SXSW Festival)
December 2, 2017(CN App)
April 25, 2018(Online)
Victor and ValentinoDiego MolanoOctober 29, 2016(TV)
November 1, 2016(Online)
Infinity Train Owen DennisNovember 1, 2016(VOD)
November 2, 2016(Online)
February 11, 2017(TV)
Legendary PlaceCalvin WongMarch 4, 2017(GLAS Festival)
November 9, 2018(Online)
The Fancies: "Fancytown"/"The Beach"
/"Run Pam Run"/"Sir Tree" / The Fungies [c] 		Stephen P. NearyJuly 30, 2017(ABP Festival)
May 8, 2019(Online)
UnlovableEsther Pearl Watson and Mark ToddAugust 11, 2017(HollyShorts Festival) [4]
Tiggle Winks / Tig n' Seek [c] Myke ChilianNovember 24, 2017(CN App)
January 8, 2018(Online)
Craig of the CreekMatt Burnett and Ben LevinDecember 1, 2017(CN App)
Mushroom and the Forest of the WorldMadeleine Flores and J. SmithOctober 14, 2018(KLIK! Festival)
April 26, 2019(Online)
Sunshine BrownstoneAudie HarrisonNovember 17, 2018(Online)
Pops & BranwellPete Toms and Aleks SennwaldJanuary 27, 2019(CFF Seattle)
December 14, 2019(Online)
Splitting TimeGleb Sanchez-LobashovFebruary 16, 2019(BAICFF)
December 21, 2019(Online)
The Wonderful WingitsLeticia Abreu SilvaFebruary 16, 2019(BAICFF)
July 20, 2020(Online)
Cadette in ChargeHenrique JardimFebruary 6, 2020(Online)
Trick MoonGeneva HodgsonJuly 21, 2020(Online)
Beetle + BeanNick EdwardsJuly 22, 2020(Online)
Wild Help Niki Yang January 1, 2021(Online)
Bird & Squirrel [5] James BurksFebruary 18, 2021(CFF Seattle)
Greetings from Samson [6] [7] Tiffany FordTBD
Outrun Express [8] Jeremy Polgar
HUE Chroma Warriors [9] Eric Trueheart
Spirit Link [5] André LaMilza
Outrunners [5] Adam Ganse and Ashe Jacobson
Genie Family [10] Un­known
Badass Babies [11] Un­known
After School Super [5] Un­known

International

Since 2016, the program has begun to expand to other countries where Cartoon Network Studios accept to commission (but not produce) those local short pilots, and the first title to be noticed in this process is Lasso & Comet. [12]

TitleCreated byCountry of originCo-production(s)Original premiere(s)
Lasso & CometIvan Dixon
Developed by: Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon		Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Rubber House
Cartoon Network Asia Pacific 		November 9, 2016(Online)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Only puppet show/animated pilot of the program and the entire Cartoon Network Studios filmography.
  2. ↑ This pilot has been greenlit as a series by Netflix.
  3. 1 2 Despite these two pilots have being greenlit by Cartoon Network, their series move to premiering on HBO Max.

References

  1. ↑ "Next Generation of Animation - Behind The Scenes, Geek Week, Cartoon Network - YouTube". YouTube . Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Daytime Emmy Nominees: 'Elena of Avalor,' 'Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure' Lead Toon Contenders". Animation Magazine. May 21, 2020. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Daytime Emmy Awards: 'Dragon Prince,' 'Ask the Storybots' & 'Last Kids on Earth' Win Key Animation Categories for Netflix". Animation Magazine. July 27, 2020. Archived from the original on September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable animated short will be at Hollyshorts Film Festival from August 10–19th!". Twitter. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Jill Calhoun - LinkedIn".
  6. ↑ "CN Doc Short on Vimeo". Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "SAMSON AT WORK". by tiffanyford. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Motion Scientist". Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Eric Trueheart - StaffMeUp.com". Staff Me Up. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jiunn Jye Ooi - LinkedIn".
  11. ↑ "Zach Smith - LinkedIn".
  12. ↑ "Cartoon Network Grows its Australian-Made Original Animation in 2016". Time Warner, Inc. November 18, 2015. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
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