Steve Loter

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Steve Loter
Born
Steven Edward Loter

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupation(s)Animator, storyboard artist, producer, director
Years active1995–present

Steven Edward Loter is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, and producer. His work includes Kim Possible and developing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur .

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Biography

Loter's earliest works were as a character designer for Disney Consumer Products and at Jim Henson Productions. [1] [2] He started his work as a director directing episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show , where he learned from the team about helming an animated production. [3] He later worked as a director and producer on Kim Possible starting on season 2, as well as on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers and American Dragon: Jake Long . Loter also directed the Happy Monster Band , Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , and Disney's The Legend of Tarzan series, as well as episodes of Duckman and Stressed Eric . [4] [3] In 2001, he was hired as an additional director for Kevin Smith's Clerks The Animated Series . Unusual for a 6-episode series at that time to have more than two directors, Loter was hired due to fellow directors Chris Bailey and Nick Fillipi being too busy with their episodes to focus on episodes 4 and 6, which he ended up directing. Loter applied his experience on Ren & Stimpy and Duckman for his work on the show. [5]

In 2008, he directed a music video for the song "Hidden in the Sand", for the indie rock band Tally Hall . [6] He was also an animation director for The Penguins of Madagascar , which won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2012 for Outstanding Animated Program. [7]

Loter announced he was directing the feature film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast from DisneyToon Studios, at the D23 Expo on August 9, 2013. The film is from the Tinker Bell film series and is executive produced by John Lasseter. It was released direct-to-video on March 3, 2015. [8] Loter, who was approached by Lasseter to pitch a Tinker Bell film, drew inspiration for the film's story on his daughter's love for animals and his own experiences as a father. [4] According to himself, Loter practiced pitching the project to his wife. [4] He worked with the production teams for Secret of the Wings and The Pirate Fairy to ensure continuity within the films. [4]

Starting on 2021, Loter works as an executive-producer on The Ghost and Molly McGee , having joined the series due to long time collaborators Bill Roth and Bob Motz serving as showrunners. [9] As of 2023, Loter serves as showrunner [10] and an executive producer on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , based on the comic book characters of the same name. Loter was contacted by actor Laurence Fishburne to serve as an executive-producer on the series due to his work on Kim Possible. Having been a fan of Marvel comics since childhood and excited at the idea of working with Fishburne, Loter accepted. [11] [12] [13] Loter and the team pitched the series to Disney with a roller-skating sequence featuring Childish Gambino's "Sweatpants", which was approved by Disney. [14] From this position, he approached musician Raphael Saadiq to compose the score and provide songs for the series, being a fan of his; the two were previously set to collaborate on the cancelled Cars spin-off film Metro. [15] [16]

Personal life

Loter is married, and has a daughter and a son. [4] Loter was born and raised in New York City and moved to Los Angeles. [17] [1]

As a child, he used to watch Looney Tunes shorts and "a very poorly subtitled" bootleg of My Neighbor Totoro , which he credited as inspirations for his work on animation. [1] He also cited Lilo & Stitch as a personal inspiration. [18]

Loter is a fan of anime, particularly Cowboy Bebop , [19] and often references it in his animation work, something he described as "one of the things [he's] known for". [5] He is a fan of Marvel Comics, and noted some Inhumans to be among his favorite characters. [13] [20]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCredited as
Director Producer Writer Notes
2002 Tarzan & Jane YesYesNoDirect-to-video film
2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time YesNoNoTelevision film
2005 Kim Possible: So the Drama YesYesNo
2015 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast YesNoStoryDirect-to-video film

Television

YearTitleCredited asNotes
DirectorProducer Animation
department
1991-1995 The Ren & Stimpy Show YesNoYesLayout supervisor
1994-1997 Duckman YesNoYesRetake supervisor (episode: "Das Dub")
1994-1995 The Baby Huey Show YesNoNo
1998-2000 Stressed Eric YesNoNo
1998-2004 Rocket Power YesNoNoUnaired pilot only
2000-2002 Clerks: The Animated Series YesNoNo
2001-2002 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command YesNoNo
2001-2003 The Legend of Tarzan YesYesNo
2002-2007 Kim Possible YesYesNo
2006 Brandy & Mr. Whiskers YesNoNo
2006-2007 American Dragon: Jake Long YesNoNo
2008-2015 The Penguins of Madagascar AnimationNoNo
2021–2024 The Ghost and Molly McGee NoExecutiveNo
2023–present Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur NoExecutiveNoAlso developer and showrunner [10]

Nominations and awards

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef
2002 29th Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Special Class Animated Program The Legend of Tarzan Nominated [21]
2005 32nd Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's Animated Program Kim Possible Nominated [22]
2008 35th Annie Awards Best Animated Television ProductionNominated [23]
2012 39th Annie Awards Directing in a Television Production The Penguins of Madagascar Nominated [24]
Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing in an Animated ProgramWon [25] [26] [27]
2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Main Title and Graphics The Ghost and Molly McGee Nominated [28]
2023 TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Nominated [29]
Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated SeriesNominated [30] [31]
Outstanding Special Class Animated ProgramWon
2024 GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids & Family Programming or Film – Animated Nominated [32]

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