Ed Skudder

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Ed Skudder
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Skudder at WonderCon in 2018
Born
Edward Daniel Skudder

(1986-05-26) May 26, 1986 (age 38)
Occupations
  • Animator
  • storyboard artist
  • director
  • writer
  • producer
  • musician
  • voice actor
Years active2003–present
Notable credits
Website edskudder.com

Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American animator, storyboard artist, 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 former business partner Zack Keller, both of them voicing main characters Red and Blue respectively. [3] [4] [5]

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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 Thelma the Unicorn.

In 2024, he formed a punk rock band called Tropic Waste. Their first single Malibu was released on August 8, 2024. [7]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Cranberry ChristmasAnimator
2010 The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Animator
2013 Dick Figures: The Movie Red, Raccoon (Papa-san), Mr. Dinkleberry, Additional voicesAlso co-director, co-writer, executive producer, animator
2014 Aachi & Ssipak [8] Aachi, additional voicesAlso 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

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Magnificent MaxProduction assistant
20088 BallConcept Artist
2013SolsticeCo-director, animator, composer
2014Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky LouJinky

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 VoicesAlso creator
2012Duke of FancyAdditional voices
Suck TowerThe MonsterAlso animator
2013 SuperFuckers Pink Arrow
Story WarGremlin
2015 Like, Share, Die Various voicesAlso co-director and co-writer
Pickle and Peanut Writer, storyboard artist
Crash Zoom Pervert Pal #2
2016 Space Mission: Danger! Orbot the RobotAlso 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

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  7. X 'Do you like punk rock and skeletons?? Oooh baby have we got a music video for you!'
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