Rich Moore

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Rich Moore

Born (1963-05-10) May 10, 1963
Oxnard, CA
Nationality American
Alma mater California Institute of the Arts
Occupation Animation director, film director, screenwriter, voice actor
Notable work The Simpsons
The Critic
Futurama
Wreck-It Ralph
Zootopia

Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is an American film and television animation director, voice actor and a creative partner at both Rough Draft Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is best known for his work on the animated television shows The Simpsons, The Critic and Futurama, and for directing the animated Disney film Wreck-It Ralph and co-directing Zootopia. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a two-time Annie Award winner, and an Academy Award nominee.

Early life and education

Moore was born and raised in Oxnard, California.[1] He studied film and video at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1987.[2] While there, he narrated Jim Reardon's 1986 student film Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown.[2]

Career

Television

After graduating from CalArts, Moore worked for Ralph Bakshi on CBS's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, co-writing all 13 season 1 episodes in 1987.[3][4] Moore was one of the original three directors of The Simpsons, directing 17 episodes in the first 5 seasons from 1990 to 1993,[5] including some of the show's most famous episodes: "Flaming Moe's", "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie" and "Marge vs. the Monorail".[6][7] He won a 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for The Simpsons,[8] and was the sequence director on The Simpsons Movie in 2007.[9]

In 1994, Moore became a producer and supervising director for the animated series The Critic.[5] He then oversaw the creative development and production of Futurama as the show's supervising director. He also directed several episodes of the animated series from 1999 to 2001, including the classic "Roswell That Ends Well",[5][6] for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.[10]

Moore's other television animation directing credits include Comedy Central's Drawn Together and "Spy vs. Spy" for MADtv.[5] He served as supervising director on the 2009 animated Fox television series Sit Down, Shut Up.[11]

Film

In 2004, Moore directed the Warner Brothers animated short film Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones.[5] In 2008, he was invited by John Lasseter to join Disney as a director, with the suggestion that he develop a story set in the world of video games.[12] This would become the 2012 animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, Moore's feature directing debut, and a box office and critical success.[5][6] Moore also supplied the voices for the film's characters Sour Bill and Zangief.[13] Wreck-It Ralph won five Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature and a Best Director award for Moore,[14] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[15]

Moore's next animated feature film, Disney's Zootopia, which he co-directed with Byron Howard and Jared Bush, was released in March 2016, earning the highest US opening weekend gross in Disney Animation Studios history.[16][17]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
2004 Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones Director Short film, produced by Rough Draft Studios and Warner Brothers Animation
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Director, story by, voices of Sour Bill and Zangief Won Best Animated Feature at Annie Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, National Board of Review Awards;
nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
2016 Zootopia Co-director (with Byron Howard and Jared Bush), story by,
voice of Doug

Television directing credits

The Simpsons

The Critic

Futurama

Baby Blues

Drawn Together

Awards

Emmy Award
Annie Award
Academy Award

References

  1. ↑ John Gaudiosi, "'Wreck-It Ralph' Director Rich Moore Has Plenty of Game, Literally," The Hollywood Reporter, October 31, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Paul Fraser, "Wreck-It Ralph Director Rich Moore on his Film Sensibility: 'It's a CalArts Thing'," calarts.edu, November 29, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Interview: Rich Moore on His Long Journey With 'Wreck-It Ralph'," The Film Experience, February 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Chris Morris, "Saturday-Morning Revolution: When Ralph Bakshi Met Mighty Mouse," Nightflight.com, September 30, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jim MacQuarrie, "Interview With Rich Moore and Clark Spencer, the Director and Producer of Wreck-It Ralph," Wired, October 29, 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 Luke Goodsell, "Interview: Director Rich Moore on Wreck-It Ralph," Rotten Tomatoes, December 21, 2012.
  7. ↑ Germain Lussier, "Film Interview: Rich Moore, Director of ‘Wreck-It Ralph,’ Talks Sequels, Cameos, and a Game Deleted From the Film," /Film, September 12, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Emmy Awards: The Other Winners," Los Angeles Times, August 26, 1991.
  9. ↑ Alex Vo, "Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama’s Rich Moore," Rotten Tomatoes, July 30, 2007.
  10. 1 2 "Futurama," Emmys.com. Accessed March 27, 2016.
  11. ↑ Brian Lowry, "Review: 'Sit Down, Shut Up'," Variety, April 15, 2009.
  12. ↑ Rich Moore, "Game Theory: The Passion Behind 'Wreck-It Ralph'," New York Times, December 28, 2012.
  13. ↑ Andy Wilson, "Rich Moore: From The Simpsons to Wreck-It Ralph," Huffington Post, May 5, 2013.
  14. 1 2 Carolyn Giardina, "'Wreck-It Ralph' Wins Five Annie Awards Including Best Animated Feature," The Hollywood Reporter, February 2, 2013.
  15. 1 2 Brian Truitt, "Disney inspiration is huge for 'Ralph' director," USA Today, February 22, 2013.
  16. ↑ Peter Debruge, "Film Review: 'Zootopia'," Variety, February 12, 2016.
  17. ↑ Pamela McClintock, "Box Office: 'Zootopia' Defeats 'Deadpool' With Record $73.7M," The Hollywood Reporter, March 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ "30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners". International Animated Film Society. 2002. Retrieved 2007-06-28.

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