Ed Skudder
Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American animator, voice actor, director, producer, writer, storyboard artist, composer, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his work on Mondo Media's Dick Figures along with Zack Keller and its feature film Dick Figures: The Movie, as well as being the voice of Red and various characters. He's also known for co-developing Cartoon Network's Unikitty! along with Lynn Wang, as well for his work on his 2017 charity album, Neon.
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 Skudder at WonderCon in 2018 | |
| Born | Edward Daniel Skudder May 26, 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | edskudder |
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 for 6 Point Harness, he was co-developing a web-series for Mondo Media with Zack Keller called Dick Figures.
When the first episode of Dick Figures was released on YouTube, it was a massive success and it eventually became the most viewed web-series on YouTube. Skudder and Keller then started to make 49 more episodes. Skudder also voiced Red, Raccoon, and Mr. Dingleberry in Dick Figures. It was doing so well that Ed and Zack both created a Kickstarter to fund the feature-length film, 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 2013, Skudder went on to work as a writer and storyboard artist for Disney Television Animation's Pickle and Peanut. After that, Skudder worked as a creative director in animation at GoldieBlox.
After working at GoldieBlox, he co-created two animated mini web-series with Lynn Wang in 2015 for Spindo TV called Kicko Puncho Rhino and Power Gloves that were both premiered on YouTube. After the two web-series ended, Skudder worked at Nickelodeon where he co-created, co-directed, and co-written the short film, Space Mission: Danger with Lynn Wang for the 2015 Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program.
After that, Skudder was brought in to work with Warner Bros. Animation and The Lego Group with Lynn 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 a couple of songs in the show. However, the show didn't last long despite that it was picked up for a third season and had 104 episodes over the series run.
After Unikitty! ended in August 2020, Skudder is currently a story artist on an upcoming feature film by Illumination. He also made EFX Designs and for the upcoming series, The Cuphead Show and development storyboards and a bordomatic sequence for an unannounced film for Netflix.
Filmography
Feature Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | Aachi & Ssipak | Also co-director and co-writer (English dub only) | |
| 2008 | Cranberry Christmas | Animation department | |
| 2010 | The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie | Animation department | |
| 2013 | Dick Figures: The Movie | Red, Raccoon (Papa-san), Additional voices | Also co-director, co-writer, executive producer, storyboard artist, animator, compositor, and additional music composer |
| 2017 | eraserhead | Art department | |
| 2021 | TBA | Story Artist |
Short Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Magnificent Max | Production assistant | |
| 2008 | 8 Ball | Art department | |
| 2013 | Solstice | Co-director, animator, composer | |
| 2014 | Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou | Jinky | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Re\Visioned: Tomb Raider | Animation department | |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | |||
| Slacker Cats | |||
| 2010 - 2015 | Dick Figures | Red, Raccoon, Additional Voices | Also creator, director and writer |
| 2012 | Duke of Fancy | Additional voice | |
| Suck Tower | The Monster | ||
| 2013 | SuperFuckers | Pink Arrow | |
| Story War | Gremlin | ||
| 2015 | Like, Share, Die | Various voices | Also co-director and co-writer |
| Pickle and Peanut | Writer (1 episode only) | ||
| Crash Zoom | Pervert Pal #2 | ||
| 2016 | Space Mission: Danger! | Orbot the Robot | Also co-creator, co-developer (Pilot only) |
| 2017 | Teen Titans Go! | Director (1 episode only) | |
| 2017–2020 | Unikitty! | Co-developer, producer (season 1), co-executive producer (season 2 and 3), showrunner | |
| 2021 | The Cuphead Show! | Storyboard Artist |