Biography Danny Antonucci

1 biography

1.1 life , career
1.2 international rocketship limited, foundation of a.k.a. cartoon, , mtv work
1.3 ed, edd n eddy
1.4 wildbrain , upcoming series
1.5 accolades

biography
early life , career

antonucci s parents italian immigrants canada. experiences child of immigrant parents influenced later work.

antonucci attended sheridan college of visual arts quit take job animator @ canimage production, division of hanna-barbera. worked on numerous shows, including flintstones comedy hour, scooby-doo , scrappy-doo, smurfs, , richie rich.

intending move los angeles in 1984 find more work, antonucci landed in vancouver, british columbia. landed job @ international rocketship limited, animating short films , television commercials. first effort on short film hooray sandbox land.

international rocketship limited, foundation of a.k.a. cartoon, , mtv work

antonucci s first solo work lupo butcher, produced international rocketship limited, short-tempered butcher swears @ meat cutting , gets extremely mad @ smallest mistakes. antonucci says short arose out of own frustration @ having work in children s film long, , try hand @ creating full-fledged character on film. short animated film screened @ several film festivals, including spike , mike s sick , twisted festival of animation in united states.

the lupo character licensed converse athletic shoe company. led additional work, including animated commercials levi strauss & co. , mtv. created bumpers cartoon network featuring jester.

on april 1, 1994, antonucci started animation company named a.k.a. cartoon, produced short-lived mtv series brothers grunt, began airing in 1994 , ended run in 1995. antonucci went on work on mtv s cartoon sushi show in 1997, directing, writing , providing voices, in addition being responsible title sequence of show.

ed, edd n eddy

feeling confined gross , edgy work, such series brothers grunt, antonucci decided produce animated children s television show again company a.k.a. cartoon. resolved, however, ensure series produced in way similar cartoon styles 1940s 1970s. antonucci spent months designing show, before trying sell nickelodeon. nickelodeon told him take show, if obtained creative control. antonucci refused give it, , instead took show cartoon network. deal made cartoon network commission show, after agreed let antonucci go in own direction.

antonucci strong advocate of hand-drawn animation. wobbling animation in ed, edd n eddy homage hand-drawn cartoons style harkens cartoons of 1940s 1970s. give impression of movement, ed, edd n eddy uses shimmering character outlines similar squigglevision. crawling lines not active in dr. katz, professional therapist, still visible, , antonucci likens cartoons of 1930s.

according antonucci, characters based on real people in life. personalities of ed, edd, , eddy based on personal traits of himself, , activities of 2 sons. eds possess personality traits similar 3 stooges, money-making schemes , antics invariably backfire. cul-de-sac children , kanker sisters based on children grew with. antonucci stated believed important add plank, board of wood, show, stating thought cool show plank taking on character of own , cause jonny things never do. stated rolf based on himself , cousins, since part of immigrant family, , grew in first-generation foreign household different customs , ways of living.

ed, edd n eddy a.k.a. cartoon show have theatrical movie based on animated television series. series finale movie, ed, edd n eddy s big picture show, aired on november 8, 2009, officially ending series. however, reruns continued air on network until july 1, 2011. on march 30, 2012, series received opportunity air re-runs on revived block cartoon planet.

wildbrain , upcoming series

while antonucci working on ed, edd n eddy s big picture show, announced on september 4, 2008 signed wildbrain; antonucci stated kicking around 3 different ideas first wildbrain project. on june 11, 2013, animator joe murray posted short interview antonucci class on website, , on end wrote: s working on new series, rock on.

accolades

antonucci s first solo work lupo butcher successful short , considered cult classic. eric fogel, creator of celebrity deathmatch, stated lupo butcher opened [his] eyes world of animation strictly grownups , inspired [him] pursue career path bit more... twisted . throughout career, antonucci received number of awards. worked on number of award-winning commercials converse, espn , levi s. in 1998, work on cartoon sushi, antonucci received national cartoonists society division award television animation. series ed, edd n eddy received several awards , nominations; work on series, antonucci won reuben award best television animation in 1999 , leo award best director in animated production or series in 2000. became best known ed, edd n eddy, 11-year run remains longest running original cartoon network series , canadian-made animated series date. cartoon network s popular series among boys ages 2–11. bob higgins, head of wildbrain, considered ed, edd n eddy landmark in animation . joe murray, famous creating animated series rocko s modern life , camp lazlo, called antonucci 1 of founders , mainstays of modern animation .