David Feiss
| David Feiss | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 16, 1959 Sacramento, California, United States |
| Residence | Sacramento, California |
| Occupation | Writer, storyboard artist, animator |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse(s) | Annmarie Ashkar Feiss[1] (6 children; David and Sara (first wife), Colin, Quinn, Morgan (stepsons) and Harrison) |
David Feiss (born April 16, 1959) is an American animator.[2]
Feiss was born in Sacramento, California. He joined Hanna-Barbera around 1978 while still a teenager.[3]
He worked on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons, was a key animator on the Jetsons movie, co-animated the Ren and Stimpy pilot "Big House Blues", was an animation director on The Ren & Stimpy Show during its first season and created the Cartoon Network original series Cow and Chicken and its spin-off, I Am Weasel. On his shows, David directed every episode and also worked as a writer, his writing credits usually collaborated with Michael Ryan.
Feiss co-directed the animated segments of The Adventures of Hyperman, a computer game released in 1995 by IBM.
In issues #5 and #30 of his cousin Sam Kieth's comic book The Maxx, David showcased his work with The Crappon (which looks like the Warner Brothers frog mascot), Fred Flower and Uncle Italian Moose, which had a very similar style to Cow and Chicken (they are reprinted in WildStorm's The Maxx Volumes 1 and 5 trades). Feiss also collaborated with Kieth on a story featured in Parody Press's 1992 one-shot comic book Pummeler, spoofing Marvel Comics' famous character The Punisher.[4]
In 2006, he was the head of story for Sony's first CG animated film, Open Season.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Heavy Metal | animator: segment "Taarna" | |
| 1982 | Heidi's Song | assistant animator | |
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | animator | |
| 1987 | The Tracy Ullman Show | animator: segments/graphic designer | |
| 1988 | Katy Meets the Aliens | animator | |
| 1990 | Jetsons: The Movie | key animator | |
| The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades | animator | ||
| 1993 | Once Upon a Forest | animator | |
| The Town Santa Forgot | storyboard artist | ||
| A Flintstone Family Christmas | storyboard artist | ||
| 1996 | All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | storyboard artist/character designer/directing animator | |
| 1997 | Cow and Chicken | creator/writer/director/character designer | |
| I Am Weasel | creator/writer/director/character designer | ||
| 2006 | Open Season | head of story | |
| 2007 | The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas | writer | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Cowboy Robot | |
| 2011 | Rango | storyboard artist | |
| YooHoo & Friends | Santa Claus | creator, director, executive producer, writer, character designer | |
| Thriller Night | writer | ||
| Gift of the Night Fury | story artist | ||
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | additional story artist | |
| Free Birds | storyboard artist | ||
| 2014 | Super Manny, Earl Scouts, Steve's First Bath, and Attack of the 50 Ft. Gummy Bear[5] | director | |
| The Boxtrolls | additional story artist | ||
| Penguins of Madagascar | story artist | ||
| 2015 | Minions | story artist | |
| 2016 | Open Season: Scared Silly[6] | director |
References
- ↑ Fritz, Steve (November 13, 2000). "Meet Charlie Adler, The New King of Voice Actors". Mania.com. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
David got that idea from his ex wife, Pilar, who is Spanish.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff, Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television, (Applause Theater & Cinema Books, 2006), 80.
- ↑ Lenburg, 80.
- ↑ David Feiss @ Comic Book Database http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=7598. Retrieved 14 February 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "David Feiss". Sony Pictures Animation. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
- ↑ Sony Pictures Animation (June 10, 2015). "OPEN SEASON is Back with a Brand New Comedy Adventure!" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved June 10, 2015.