Rich Moore facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rich Moore
Moore in 2012
Born	Richard L. Moore (1963-05-10) May 10, 1963 (age 62) Oxnard, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Animation director screenwriter voice actor
Years active	1986–present
Employer	Klasky Csupo (1989–1992) Film Roman (1992–1995) Rough Draft Studios (1995–2008) Walt Disney Animation Studios (2008–2019) Sony Pictures Animation (2019–2022) Skydance Animation (2022–present)
Notable work	The Simpsons The Critic Futurama Wreck-It Ralph Zootopia Ralph Breaks the Internet

Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is a super talented American animation director, screenwriter, and voice actor. He is famous for directing popular animated TV shows like The Simpsons and Futurama. Rich Moore also directed awesome Disney movies such as Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Zootopia (2016), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). He has won many important awards, including two Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards, and an Academy Award!

Early life and education

Rich Moore was born and grew up in Oxnard, California. He loved movies and studied film and video at the California Institute of the Arts. He graduated in 1987 with a special degree called a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While he was there, he even narrated a student film called Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown. Some of his classmates became famous filmmakers too, like Andrew Stanton and Brenda Chapman.

Career highlights

Rich Moore has had an amazing career in animation, working on many beloved shows and movies.

Television animation work

After college, Moore started working on the TV show Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures. He helped write all 13 episodes of the first season in 1987.

Directing The Simpsons

Rich Moore was one of the first three directors for the super popular show The Simpsons. He directed 17 episodes in the first five seasons, from 1990 to 1993. Some of the famous episodes he directed include "Flaming Moe's" and "Marge vs. the Monorail". In 1991, he won an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for The Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment". He also helped direct parts of The Simpsons Movie in 2007.

Working on The Critic and Futurama

In 1994, Moore became a producer and supervising director for another animated series called The Critic. Later, he helped create and produce Futurama as its supervising director. He directed several episodes of Futurama from 1999 to 2001, including the classic episode "Roswell That Ends Well". For this episode, he won another Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

Moore also directed episodes for other TV shows like Drawn Together and "Spy vs. Spy" for Family Guy.

Animated feature films

In 2008, a famous director named John Lasseter invited Rich Moore to join Walt Disney Animation Studios. John suggested that Moore create a story set in the world of video games.

Directing Wreck-It Ralph

This idea became the 2012 animated movie Wreck-It Ralph, which was Moore's first time directing a full-length film. The movie was a huge success, both at the box office and with critics! Moore even voiced some characters in the film, like Sour Bill and Zangief. Wreck-It Ralph won five Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and Moore won an award for Best Director. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Creating Zootopia

Moore's next big animated movie for Disney was Zootopia. He directed it with Byron Howard and Jared Bush. The film came out on March 4, 2016, and earned over $1 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing animated films of that year. Zootopia also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature!

Sequel to Wreck-It Ralph

After Zootopia, Moore returned to direct Ralph Breaks the Internet, which is the sequel to Wreck-It Ralph. He directed it with Phil Johnston. This movie was also a big financial success, earning more money than the first Wreck-It Ralph film. It was nominated for many awards, including the Academy Awards, Annie Awards, and Golden Globe Awards.

New adventures in animation

In 2019, Rich Moore left Disney to join Sony Pictures Animation. There, he worked on new animated films and produced the movie Vivo. In 2022, he moved to Skydance Animation. He is currently directing an exciting new movie based on the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Filmography

Rich Moore has worked on many different animated projects. Here are some of his main works:

Films

Shorts

Awards and recognition

Rich Moore has won many important awards for his amazing work in animation.

Feature film awards

Emmy Awards

• 1991 – Won Outstanding Animated Program for The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment")
• 2002 – Won Outstanding Animated Program for Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well")

Annie Awards

• 2002 – Won Directing in an Animated Television Production for Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well")
• 2012 – Won Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Wreck-It Ralph
• 2016 – Won Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Zootopia (Shared with Byron Howard)

Academy Awards

• 2012 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Wreck-It Ralph
• 2016 – Won: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Zootopia
• 2018 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Ralph Breaks the Internet

Television directing credits

Here are some of the TV episodes Rich Moore directed:

The Simpsons

• "The Telltale Head" (season 1, episode 8, February 25, 1990)
• "Homer's Night Out" (season 1, episode 10, March 25, 1990)
• "Simpson and Delilah" (season 2, episode 2, October 18, 1990)
• "Treehouse of Horror" (season 2, episode 3, October 25, 1990)
• "Dead Putting Society" (season 2, episode 6, November 15, 1990)
• "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" (season 2, episode 13, February 7, 1991)
• "Lisa's Substitute" (season 2, episode 19, April 25, 1991)
• "Stark Raving Dad" (season 3, episode 1, September 19, 1991)
• "Bart the Murderer" (season 3, episode 4, October 10, 1991)
• "Flaming Moe's" (season 3, episode 10, November 21, 1991)
• "Lisa the Greek" (season 3, episode 14, January 23, 1992)
• "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" (season 3, episode 24, August 27, 1992)
• "A Streetcar Named Marge" (season 4, episode 2, October 1, 1992)
• "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" (season 4, episode 6, November 3, 1992)
• "Marge vs. the Monorail" (season 4, episode 12, January 14, 1993)
• "The Front" (season 4, episode 19, April 15, 1993)
• "Cape Feare" (season 5, episode 2, October 7, 1993)

The Critic

• "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1, January 26, 1994)
• "Lady Hawke" (season 2, episode 3, March 19, 1995)
• "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show" (season 2, episode 10, May 21, 1995)

Futurama

• "Space Pilot 3000" (co-directed with Gregg Vanzo) (season 1, episode 0, March 28, 1999)
• "Hell Is Other Robots" (season 2, episode 9, May 18, 1999)
• "A Clone of My Own" (season 2, episode 15, April 9, 2000)
• "Anthology of Interest I" (co-directed with Chris Louden) (season 3, episode 20, May 21, 2000)
• "Roswell That Ends Well" (season 4, episode 1, December 9, 2001)

Baby Blues

• "Bizzy Moves In" (season 1, episode 2, July 28, 2000)

Drawn Together

• "Clum Babies" (season 2, episode 5, November 16, 2005)
• "Alzheimer's That Ends Well" (season 3, episode 14, March 8, 2006)

See also

In Spanish: Rich Moore para niños