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American animator, director, and screenwriter
Jim Reardon
Occupation(s) Animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, film and television director Years active 1986–present
Jim Reardon is an American
animator ,
storyboard artist ,
screenwriter , and film and
television director . He is best known for his work on the animated TV series
The Simpsons . He has directed over 30 episodes of the series and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 through 15. He has been described by
Ralph Bakshi as "one of the best cartoon writers in the business".
[1]
Career
Early career
Reardon attended the Character Animation program at the
California Institute of the Arts in 1982, where one of his student projects, the satirical cartoon
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986), has become a cult classic through the likes of YouTube. He was hired by
John Kricfalusi as a writer on
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and later worked on
Tiny Toon Adventures .
Reardon worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios for nearly a decade. Reardon supervised the storyboard department and co-wrote the
Pixar film
WALL-E with
Andrew Stanton , which was released on June 27, 2008.
[2] He was nominated for an
Academy Award for
Best Original Screenplay for WALL-E at the
81st Academy Awards .
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Filmography
Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) – director
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) – writer, storyboard artist, director
Christmas in Tattertown (1988) – writer, layout artist
The Butter Battle Book (1989) - storyboard artist
Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) – writer
The Simpsons (1990–2004) – director (seasons 2–15), supervising director (seasons 9–15), storyboard consultant (seasons 16–20)
List of The Simpsons episodes
WALL-E (2008) – screenwriter, story supervisor
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) – writer, head of story
[4]
Zootopia (2016) – writer, co-head of story
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) – characters, writer, director of story
References
External links
Awards for Jim Reardon
Nebula Award for Best Script
Soylent Green –
Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
Sleeper –
Woody Allen (1974)
Young Frankenstein –
Mel Brooks and
Gene Wilder (1975)
Star Wars –
George Lucas (1977)
The Sixth Sense –
M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
Galaxy Quest – David Howard and
Robert Gordon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon –
James Schamus , Kuo Jung Tsai, and
Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring –
Fran Walsh ,
Philippa Boyens , and
Peter Jackson (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers –
Fran Walsh ,
Philippa Boyens ,
Stephen Sinclair , and
Peter Jackson (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
Fran Walsh ,
Philippa Boyens , and
Peter Jackson (2004)
Serenity –
Joss Whedon (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle –
Hayao Miyazaki , Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth –
Guillermo del Toro (2007)
WALL-E –
Andrew Stanton ,
Jim Reardon , and
Pete Docter (2008)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
International National Other