Rich Moore is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor. In addition to directing the films Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and co-directing Zootopia (2016) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) for Walt Disney Animation Studios, he has worked on the animated television series The Simpsons, The Critic and Futurama. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a three-time Annie Award winner and an Academy Award winner.
Early life[]
Moore was raised in Oxnard, California.[1] He studied film and video at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1987.[2] While there, he narrated Jim Reardon's 1986 student film Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown.[2] Included in his CalArts class were famous filmmakers such as Andrew Stanton, Brenda Chapman, and Jim Reardon.
Career[]
Television[]
After graduating from CalArts, Moore worked for Ralph Bakshi on CBS's Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, co-writing all 13 season 1 episodes in 1987.[3][4] Moore was one of the original three directors of The Simpsons, directing 17 episodes in the first 5 seasons from 1990 to 1993,[5] including the episodes: "Flaming Moe's", "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie", and "Marge vs. the Monorail".[6][7] He won a 1991 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for The Simpsons: Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment,[8] and was the sequence director on The Simpsons Movie in 2007.[9]
In 1994, Moore became a producer and supervising director for the animated series The Critic.[5] He then oversaw the creative development and production of Futurama as the show's supervising director. He also directed several episodes of the animated series from 1999 to 2001, including the classic "Roswell That Ends Well",[5][6] for which he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.[10]
Moore's other television animation directing credits include Comedy Central's Drawn Together and "Spy vs. Spy" for MADtv.[5] He served as supervising director on the 2009 animated Fox television series Sit Down, Shut Up.[11]
Film[]
In 2004, Moore directed the Warner Bros. animated short film Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones.[5] In 2008, he was invited by John Lasseter to join Walt Disney Animation Studios as a director, with the suggestion that he develop a story set in the world of video games.[12] This would become the 2012 animated feature Wreck-It Ralph, Moore's feature directing debut, and a box office and critical success.[5][6] Moore also supplied the voices for the film's characters Sour Bill and Zangief.[13] Wreck-It Ralph won five Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature and a Best Director award for Moore,[14] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[15]
Moore's next animated feature film, Disney's Zootopia, which he co-directed with Byron Howard and Jared Bush, was released in March 2016, having the biggest worldwide opening for an animated film ever and the second highest-grossing animated feature film of 2016 to Finding Dory.
On April 8, 2019, Moore revealed that he had left Disney to join Sony Pictures Animation, where he would direct and produce original animated films for the studio.[16]
In while, On August 19, 2019, Moore was second tevealed that he had Disney and Sony Picture animated film.
On March 16, 2022, Moore revealed that he has entered into an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Skydance Animation.[17] On October 18, 2023, it was revealed that Moore is directing an untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project at Skydance.[18]
Awards[]
- Emmy Awards
- 1991 – Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour) for The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment")[8]
- 2002 – Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour) for Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well")[10]
- Annie Awards
- 2002 – Directing in an Animated Television Production for Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well")[19]
- 2012 – Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Wreck-It Ralph[14]
- 2016 – Directing in an Animated Feature Production for Zootopia (Shared with Byron Howard)[20]
- Academy Awards
- 2012 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Wreck-It Ralph[15]
- 2016 – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Zootopia[21]
- 2018 – Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Ralph Breaks the Internet[21]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Director | Story | Producer | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | The Simpsons Movie | No | No | No | Yes | Sequence Director | |
Futurama: Bender's Big Score | No | No | Animation Executive |
No | Direct-to-video | ||
2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Artist | |
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | No | No | Animation Executive |
No | Direct-to-video | ||
Futurama: Bender's Game | No | No | Animation Executive |
No | Direct-to-video | ||
2009 | Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | No | No | Animation Executive |
No | Direct-to-video | |
2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Sour Bill and Zangief | |
2016 | Zootopia | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Doug and Larry | Creative Leadership |
2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Sour Bill, Zangief, and Stormtrooper | Song Producer: "A Place Called Slaughter Race", Creative Leadership |
2021 | Vivo | No | No | Yes | Yes | Iguana | |
2024 | Spellbound | No | No | No | Yes | The Postmaster | Additional Literary Materials |
TBA | Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project | Yes | No | No | No | [18] |
Television directing credits[]
The Simpsons[]
- "The Telltale Head" (season 1, episode 8, original air date: 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 1, March 28, 1999)
- "Hell Is Other Robots" (season 1, 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 2, 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 2, episode 14, March 8, 2006)
References[]
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- ↑ Rogers, Nathaniel (February 18, 2013). Interview: Rich Moore on His Long Journey With 'Wreck-It Ralph'. The Film Experience.
- ↑ Morris, Chris (September 30, 2015). Saturday-Morning Revolution: When Ralph Bakshi Met Mighty Mouse. Night Flight. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Goodsell, Luke (December 21, 2012). Interview: Director Rich Moore on Wreck-It Ralph. Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019.
- ↑ Lussier, Germain (September 12, 2012). Film Interview: Rich Moore, Director of 'Wreck-It Ralph,' Talks Sequels, Cameos, and a Game Deleted From the Film. /Film. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Template:Cite newspaper
- ↑ Vo, Alex (July 30, 2007). Comic-Con Premieres New Futurama Footage; Plus, We Interview Futurama’s Rich Moore. Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Futurama. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved on March 27, 2016.
- ↑ Brian Lowry, "Review: 'Sit Down, Shut Up'," Variety, April 15, 2009.
- ↑ Rich Moore, "Game Theory: The Passion Behind 'Wreck-It Ralph'," New York Times, December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Andy Wilson, "Rich Moore: From The Simpsons to Wreck-It Ralph," Huffington Post, May 5, 2013.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Carolyn Giardina, "'Wreck-It Ralph' Wins Five Annie Awards Including Best Animated Feature," The Hollywood Reporter, February 2, 2013.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Brian Truitt, "Disney inspiration is huge for 'Ralph' director," USA Today, February 22, 2013.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McNary, Dave (April 8, 2019). "'Zootopia' Director Rich Moore Leaves Disney for Sony Pictures Animation". Variety. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grobat, Matt (March 16, 2022). "Oscar Winner Rich Moore Strikes Overall Deal With Skydance Animation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 18, 2023). Netflix Sets Skydance Animation In Multi-Year Deal, First Up Is Alan Menken Musical 'Spellbound;' Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem Star.
- ↑ 30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners. International Animated Film Society (2002). Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved on June 28, 2007.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Flores, Terry (November 28, 2016). "'Zootopia' Tops Annie Awards Nominations, 'Kubo and the Two Strings' in Close Second". Variety. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 'Zootopia' Is the 2017 Oscar Winner for Animated Feature Film. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2019. Retrieved on February 27, 2017.
External links[]
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