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Monty Oum 
Monty Oum at PAX East in BostonBorn June 22, 1981 Nationality American Occupation Animator Years active 2007-present Monty Oum (born June 22, 1981)[1] is a web-based animator. He is known for his crossover fighting videos and is currently collaborating with Rooster Teeth Productions on Red vs. Blue Season 9.[2] Oum attracted attention within the gaming community after releasing the hit video Haloid in 2007 on GameTrailers, which has been called, "the most interesting Halo-related fan movie in existence."[3] The video has received more than 4 million views and is the most watched user-created content on the site.[4] In October of the same year he released the first video in his popular Dead Fantasy series.[5]
History
Oum dropped out of high school and began putting together fan videos as early as 2002.[6] In January 2007 he discovered some reverse engineering techniques online that allowed him to extract models from Halo 2 and, utilizing assets from Super Smash Bros. Melee, created the "ultimate showdown" between Master Chief and Samus Aran in Haloid, a portmanteau of their respective franchises. Two months after the premiere of Haloid, he was hired by Midway Games as a Combat Designer. In 2008 he was hired by Namco Games as a Combat Designer/Animator for Afro Samurai.[7] In 2009 Oum met Burnie Burns at a panel during San Diego Comic-Con International and the two discussed possibly teaming up.[8] He was officially announced as working for Rooster Teeth as character animator and choreographer at PAX East 2010.[9]
References
- ^ Burns, Burnie (2011-06-22). "Birth of A Legend". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2744103. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Holt, Chris (2011-07-03). "Celebrating 10 Years of Halo: An Interview with Red Vs Blue's Rooster Teeth 2011". Gamepro. http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/220805/celebrating-10-years-of-halo-an-interview-with-red-vs-blues-rooster-teeth/. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ Devore, Jordan (2007-04-18). "Haloid: the craziest fan movie you'll see this week". Destructoid. http://www.destructoid.com/haloid-the-craziest-fan-movie-you-ll-see-this-week-31068.phtml. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Popular User Movies". GameTrailers. http://www.gametrailers.com/umlisting.php?umgenre=machinima&list=popular. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Kietzmann, Ludwig (2007-10-13). "Haloid creator mashes up Final Fantasy and Dead or Alive". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/13/haloid-creator-mashes-up-final-fantasy-and-dead-or-alive. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Sweet, Meredith (2009-07-07). "GD at AX: Interview with Monty Oum". Gaming Dead. http://gamingdead.com/2009/07/07/gd-at-ax-interview-with-monty-oum. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Monkelban, Andrew (2009-07-29). "Monty Oum – Hail to the King". Popten. http://www.popten.net/2009/07/monty-oum-hail-to-the-king/. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Dean, Sam (2010-04-21). "Monty Oum Interview (PAX East 2010)". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXhZi8i_Sk. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Burns, Burnie (2010-03-29). "Monty Oum signs on with Rooster Teeth". Red vs. Blue. Rooster Teeth Productions. http://roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=1989. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
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