Ed Skudder
Edward Daniel Skudder (born May 26, 1986) is an American director, writer, showrunner, animator, musician, and voice actor. He is known for being the showrunner and co-executive producer for the Cartoon Network animated series "Unikitty!". He is also the creator of the animated web series "Dick Figures" and the co-director and co-writer of its Kickstarter-funded feature film "". 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, he was co-developing a web series for Mondo Media with Zack Keller called "Dick Figures". When the first episode 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, "" (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 2015, Skudder went on to work on Disney Television Animation's "Pickle and Peanut", as a writer for one episode and as a storyboard artist for two episodes of the show. 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" which 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. In 2017, Skudder was brought in to work with Warner Bros. Animation as a writer, director, and storyboard artist for an episode of "Teen Titans Go!", 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. As of September 2019, Skudder is currently the head of story on an upcoming Illumination feature film. He also made prop and EFX designs for "The Cuphead Show!" as well as freelance storyboards for an unannounced film for Netflix.