Dave Wasson

David Wasson (born September 11, 1968) is an American animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a B.F.A. He is best known for creating Time Squad,^[1] developing Star vs. the Forces of Evil on which he is also a director, writer, and executive producer, and directing and writing on the series Mickey Mouse Shorts. He was the supervising director of Making Fiends and was the executive producer and director of the series The Buzz on Maggie. He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles.

Career[]

Wasson created the animated series Time Squad at Cartoon Network. He has co-written, storyboarded, and directed a number of the shorts for the series Mickey Mouse Shorts. Wasson was the supervising director, supervising producer, and voice actor on Making Fiends.^[2] He was the executive producer and director of The Buzz on Maggie at Disney. Dave also created a series of shorts at Nickelodeon for Oh Yeah! Cartoons one of which, Max and His Special Problem, won him an Emmy Award in 1999 for Production Designer.^[3] Dave has also directed many animated commercials for the company Acme Filmworks located in Hollywood California.

Credits[]

Television[]

• Catschool - Supervising Director, Executive producer, Storyboard Artist
• The Buzz on Maggie - Director, Executive Producer
• Making Fiends - Director, Supervising Director, Supervising Producer, Art Director
• Mickey Mouse - Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist
• Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures - Layout
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons - Creator, Director, Writer, Art Director ("Max and His Special Problem", "Tales from the Goose Lady")
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Developed by, Story by, Supervising Director, Executive Producer
• Time Squad - Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• What a Cartoon! - Character Layout ("Buy One, Get One Free")
• The Mighty B! - Character Designer
• The Cuphead Show! - Executive Producer

Movies[]

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Animator
• Cool World - Animator, Character Layout, Character Design
• Down with Love - Animation Director, Title Sequence
• Space Jam - Animator

Voice acting[]

• Making Fiends - Additional voices
• Mickey Mouse - Additional voices
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons - Max

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Dave Wasson on Acme Filmworks
• Dave Wasson at IMDb