James Wootton (animator)

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James "Wootie" Wootton is a Canadian animator and character designer. His career began with the Cartoon Network animated television series Ed, Edd n Eddy , created by Danny Antonucci, which premiered on the network on January 4, 1999. Wootton served as a title sequence animator and a storyboard artist during the series' run, which garnered him an Annie Award nomination for the third season episode "Wish You Were Ed" on November 10, 2001. Wootton would later work on George of the Jungle , Kid vs. Kat , Roy , Martha Speaks , My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , Packages from Planet X , All Hail King Julien , and Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny .

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Filmography

YearWorkCreditNotes
1999–2007 Ed, Edd n Eddy Storyboard artist, storyboard director, animator: title sequenceTV series
2007 George of the Jungle Animation directorTV series
2007 Kid vs. Kat Animation directorTV series
2009 Roy Key animatorTV series
2009–10 Martha Speaks Animator: Studio BTV series
2010–13 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Co-director, voice of MuleTV series
2013–14 Packages from Planet X DirectorTV series
2014–17 All Hail King Julien Director; storyboard artistTV series
2016 Sausage Party Storyboard artistFilm
2018 Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny DirectorTV series
2020 The Willoughbys Story artistFilm
2021 Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans Storyboard artistFilm
2021 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Storyboard artistTV series
2022 Blazing Samurai Storyboard artistFilm

Accolades

DateAwardCategoryWorkShared withResult
2001 Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production [1] Ed, Edd n Eddy
for "Wish You Were Ed"
Nominated
2012 Leo Awards Best Direction in an Animation Program or Series [2] My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Jayson Thiessen Nominated
2016 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program [3] All Hail King Julien Stephen Heneveld, Christo Stamboliev, and Collette Sunderman Nominated

References

  1. "29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001)". Annie Awards . ASIFA-Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  2. "Leo Awards, 2012 Nominees by Name". LeoAwards.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  3. Milligan, Mercedes (March 25, 2016). "DWA Netflix Series Dominate Daytime Emmy Animation Noms". Animation Magazine . Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-21.