Ed Skudder
Edward D. Skudder is an American animator, voice actor, director, writer, producer, singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known for his work on Mondo Media's Dick Figures along with Zack Keller, as well as being the voice of Red. He was also known for its feature film Dick Figures: The Movie, where he served as the writer, director, executive producer, and the voice of Red, Raccoon, Mr. Dingleberry, and Captain Crookygrin.
Ed Skudder | |
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 Skudder at WonderCon in 2018 | |
| Born | Edward D. Skudder |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Animator, Voice Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Composer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Notable credit(s) | Dick Figures as Red, Raccoon (Papa-san) |
| Website | edskudder |
He's also known for co-developing Cartoon Network's Unikitty! along with Lynn Wang, where he served as a producer for season 1, co-executive producer for season 2 and 3, writer, director, and storyboard artist, along with writing and singing some songs as well. He is also known for his work on his 2017 charity album, Neon.
Early Life
Skudder started his college years at USC School of Cinematic Arts to study Cinematography and Film/Video Production from 2005 – 2008. That's when he met his creative partner, Zack Keller.
Career
Skudder started his career as an animator, director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and voice actor at the animation studio, Six Point Harness. While he was working on different projects for Six 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. Ed and Zack then started to make 49 more episodes. Skudder also voiced Red, Raccoon, and Mr. Dingleberry in Dick Figures. Dick Figures was doing so well that they both created a Kickstarter to fund the feature-length film, Dick Figures: The Movie (the first feature-length animated production by Mondo Media and Six Point Harness). It was known for being one of the most popular animated projects being funded through Kickstarter.
After Dick Figures ended in 2013, Ed worked as a writer and storyboard artist at Disney Television Animation for Noah Z. Jones's Pickle and Peanut. After that, Skudder worked at GoldieBlox writing, directing, producing, casting, animating two web-shorts with Lynn Wang.
After working at GoldieBlox, he co-created two animated web-series with Lynn Wang in 2015 for Spindo TV called Kicko Puncho Rhino and Power Gloves. After the 2 web-series ended, Ed 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, Ed 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 3rd season. Ed was also a singer and songwriter for a couple of songs in Unikitty. 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 mid-2020, Ed Skudder is currently a story artist on an upcoming feature film by Illumination. He also made storyboards for Netflix's The Cuphead Show, which is coming out in 2021.
Filmography
Feature Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Aachi & Ssipak | 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 |
| 2017 | eraserhead | Art department | |
Short Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Magnificent Max | Production assistant | |
| 2008 | 8 Ball | Art department | |
| 2013 | Solstice | Composer | |
| 2014 | Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou | Jinky | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, co-executive producer, showrunner | |
| 2020 | The Cuphead Show | Storyboard Artist |