Nick Cross facts for kids
Nick Cross is a super talented animator from Canada. He's created many cool animated films like The Waif of Persephone, Yellow Cake, Pig Farmer, and Black Sunrise. For these, he did everything himself: writing, directing, animating, and producing!
Nick is friends with Troy Little, who draws amazing graphic novels. They worked together to create the animated series Angora Napkin. Nick also directed the first episode for the Nickelodeon show Pig Goat Banana Cricket. This show was created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan, who are both well-known for their unique comics.
He was the art director for the popular Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall. This means he helped decide the look and feel of the show. He also worked on Cartoon Network's special program for developing new short cartoons. Later, he was the supervising producer for the Cartoon Network and HBO Max series Tig n' Seek.
Nick is married to another talented artist, cartoonist Marlo Meekins.
About Black Sunrise
Black Sunrise is a movie Nick Cross planned to make all by himself. He wanted to produce and animate the entire film! Nick started working on this movie a long time ago, even before the internet became super popular. Back then, ideas like the Illuminati and secret societies felt much more mysterious and exciting to people.
He managed to animate about 15 minutes of the film. However, he got very busy with other projects and couldn't finish it. Nick thinks that if he finished Black Sunrise now, people might not find the topic of secret societies as interesting because it's been talked about a lot. Still, he might release parts of the film for everyone to see!
Nick Cross's Work in Animation
Nick Cross has worked on many different animated shows and films. He's done everything from drawing backgrounds to directing entire episodes. Here's a look at some of his projects:
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Rupert | layout artist | 13 episodes | |
| 2001–2003 | Untalkative Bunny | storyboard artist | ||
| 2001 | The Red Scarf | producer, writer, animator, director | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Waif of Persephone | producer, writer, animator, director | |||
| 2007 | Wayside | storyboard artist | 2 episodes | |
| 2008 | Danko Jones - "King of Magazines" | animator, co-director | Collaboration with Dave Cooper and Steve Stefanelli. | |
| 2009 | Angora Napkin | co-creator, designer, animator, storyboard artist, background artist, layout artist, director | Collaboration with Troy Little. | |
| Jimmy Two-Shoes | storyboard artist | "Meet the Gnomans" | ||
| Yellow Cake | producer, writer, animator, director | |||
| 2010 | Scaredy Squirrel | storyboard artist | "Captain Nuts" | |
| 2010–2011 | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | 15 episodes | ||
| 2011 | The Pig Farmer | producer, writer, animator, director | ||
| 2012 | Pig Goat Banana Mantis! | animator, director | ||
| 2013 | Perihelion | |||
| The Day My Butt Went Psycho! | storyboard artist | |||
| Tome of the Unknown | background painter | Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. | ||
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | art director | Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. | |
| Back to Backspace | ||||
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | storyboard artist | Time travel sequence | |
| Jammers | art director | |||
| Ridin' with Burgess | ||||
| Twelve Forever | art director, background designer | |||
| Uncle Grandpa | animator, storyboard artist, director | Bumpers in "Guest Directed Shorts" | ||
| background painter | "The Great Spaghetti Western" | |||
| Pig Goat Banana Cricket | storyboard artist, director | "Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five!" | ||
| Apple & Onion | art director | |||
| Welcome to My Life | art director, background painter | |||
| Long Live the Royals | character design | 2 episodes | ||
| 2016 | Bottom's Butte | art director, prop designer | ||
| Infinity Train | ||||
| Summer Camp Island | art director | |||
| Victor and Valentino | ||||
| 2017 | The Fancies | art director, prop designer | ||
| Legendary Place | art director, prop designer, background designer | |||
| Tiggle Winks | art director, prop designer, background painter | |||
| Craig of the Creek | art director, prop designer, background designer, background painter | |||
| 2018 | Mushroom and the Forest of the World | art director, prop designer, background designer | ||
| Sunshine Brownstone | art director, character designer, prop designer, color key, background designer, background painter | |||
| 2019 | Pops & Branwell | art director, prop designer | ||
| Splitting Time | art director, prop designer, background painter | |||
| 2020 | Cadette in Charge | art director, prop designer | ||
| Tig n' Seek | supervising producer |
