Team | United States | Baboon Animation

Mike de Seve

Mike de Seve is an Emmy-nominated animation writer and director, working in both feature films and television. As a director-writer at DREAMWORKS, he served as a sequence director and story consultant on MADAGASCAR, and as a story consultant on several films including SHREK 2, SHREK THE THIRD and →

Baboon’s Project Director Joe Vitale has written for such iconic properties as ANGRY BIRDS TOONS and SYLVESTER AND TWEETY and the global preschool mega-hit POCOYO. His recent TV credits also include DISNEY JR.’s P. KING DUCKLING and SPROUT’s award-winning SUPER WINGS. Internationally, his →

Joe Vitale

Mike Ryan

With two Emmy nominations and one Emmy Award to date, Mike Ryan has written and/or story-edited for such clients as DREAMWORKS, WARNER BROS., DISNEY, MARVEL, CARTOON NETWORK, NICKELODEON, HASBRO, MATTEL, CBS and FOX, among others. His credits include PHINEAS AND →

Anne Bernstein

Veteran writer and story editor Anne Bernstein's long association with the influential animated series DARIA endears her to clever misfits around the world. She's scripted for numerous kids' cartoons including BACKYARDIGANS, TUTENSTEIN, ROCKET MONKEYS, VIVA PINATA, ANGELO RULES, →

Buck Lewis

Award-winning designer-director Buck Lewis is one of the premiere character designers working in feature film animation today, having designed on fourteen of the biggest animated films of the last ten years, including CARS, MADAGASCAR, RATATOUILLE, ICE AGE, ALVIN AND THE CHIMPMUNKS, KUNG FU PANDA, →

Russell Marcus

An accomplished writer and producer for television, Russell has written on popular American comedies as diverse as GOLDEN GIRLS and SOUTH PARK. Marcus co-ran the iconic hit

MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, created the sit-com FAMILY RULES for UPN and has written live action pilots for ABC, CBS, →

Susan Kim

Four-time Emmy nominee Susan Kim has written for more than three dozen TV series, including THE OCTONAUTS, WONDER PETS!, ARTHUR, JUNGLE JUNCTION, OSWALD THE OCTOPUS, COURAGE THE COWARDLY DOG, and SPEED RACER. Her international credits include POCOYO and JELLY →

John Fountain

John has held nearly every key creative position in the field of animation including Producer, Writer, Director, Storyboard Artist, Art Director, Development Artist and Character Designer. He has worked at DISNEY, NICKELODEON, WARNER BROTHERS, MTV, CARTOON NETWORK and several studios overseas. →