Nick Cross

Nick Cross (born August 17, 1971, Brampton, Ontario) is an Emmy award-winning Canadian independent animator. His works include The Waif of Persephone, Yellow Cake, Pig Farmer, and Black Sunrise,[1][2][3][4] which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with graphic novel artist Troy Little[5] and they collaborated on the development of the animated series Angora Napkin. He directed the pilot for the Nickelodeon series Pig Goat Banana Cricket created by graphic novel creator Dave Cooper and alternative comics creator Johnny Ryan. He was the art director for the Cartoon Network acclaimed mini-series Over the Garden Wall and is currently the art director of the network's shorts development program.

He is married to cartoonist Marlo Meekins

Filmography

Year Title Credit Notes ref.
1997 Rupert layout artist 13 episodes
2001 The Red Scarf producer, writer, animator, director [6]
2001–2002 The Ripping Friends model clean-up
2003 Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon art director, background designer, storyboard artist
2006 Tenacious D - "Classico" background artist [5]
2006 The Waif of Persephone producer, writer, animator, director [2]
2007 Wayside storyboard artist 2 episodes
2008 Danko Jones - "King of Magazines" animator, co-director Collaboration with Dave Cooper and Steve Stefanelli. [3]
2009 Angora Napkin co-creator, designer, animator, storyboard artist, background artist, layout artist, director Collaboration with Troy Little.
2009 Jimmy Two-Shoes storyboard artist "Meet the Gnomans"
2009 Yellow Cake producer, writer, animator, director [2]
2010 Scaredy Squirrel storyboard artist "Captain Nuts"
2010–2011 Babar and the Adventures of Badou storyboard artist 15 episodes
2011 The Pig Farmer producer, writer, animator, director [1]
2012 Pig Goat Banana Mantis! animator, director
2013 Perihelion animator, director [7]
2013 The Day My Butt Went Psycho! storyboard artist [8]
2013 Tome of the Unknown background painter Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. [9]
2014 Over the Garden Wall art director Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. [9]
2014 Back to Backspace art director
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water storyboard artist Time travel sequence [10]
2015 Jammers art director
2015 Ridin' with Burgess art director
2015 Twelve Forever art director, background designer
2015 Uncle Grandpa animator, storyboard artist, director Bumpers in "Guest Directed Shorts" [11]
2015 Uncle Grandpa background painter "The Great Spaghetti Western"
2015 Pig Goat Banana Cricket storyboard artist, director "Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five!"
2015 Apple & Onion art director
2015 Welcome to My Life art director
2015 Long Live the Royals character design 2 episodes
2016 Bottom's Butte art director, prop designer
2016 Infinity Train art director, prop designer
2016 Summer Camp Island art director
2016 Victor and Valentino art director

References

  1. 1 2 Ritika Bhandari. "Pig Farmer". Animation Reporter Magazine (May 2011).
  2. 1 2 3 Danny Young, Michael Woodside (March 2010), Nick Cross interview, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
  3. 1 2 "King of Videos". Ottawa Magazine (October 2009).
  4. ↑ "Nick Cross", Catsuka, NOLIFE, 2011
  5. 1 2 Jason Anders (2008). "Conversation with Nick Cross". Fulle Circle Magazine. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ Nick Cross (April 13, 2012). "The Red Scarf". Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ Nick Cross (March 22, 2013), Perihelion
  8. ↑ "Nick Cross @BrandonMurphyy i feel like i should warn you...............". June 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  9. 1 2 "2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ Nick Cross (February 7, 2015). "Spongebob Movie 2". Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  11. ↑ Nick Cross (May 6, 2015). "Uncle Grandpa". Retrieved June 29, 2015.

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