Maxwell Atoms

Maxwell Atoms
Born	Adam Burton January 21, 1974 (1974-01-21) (age 37) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Occupation	Animator, Writer, Voice actor, Producer
Years active	1995-present

Maxwell Atoms (birth name: Adam Burton) (born January 21, 1974) is an American animator, writer and voice actor. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,^[1] Evil Con Carne, and has developed a Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at Film Roman, a freelance artist at Warner Bros., had a brief stint at Wild Brain and had also worked on Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat. Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a writer and storyboard artist on Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel. Atoms also performed the voice of "Jeff the Spider" and "Piff" on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and voiced "Cod Commando" on Evil Con Carne. He also voiced several additional characters in the TV-movie Billy & Mandy's Big Boogie Adventure. Atoms has been recognized several times for innovation and creativity in his work.

According to Atoms, his inspirations in cartooning started in school with surrealism, influenced by monster movies and old Saturday morning cartoons. Atoms has stated to interviewers that anything is possible in animation: the only limit is your imagination. Atoms grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is an animation graduate from the University of The Arts, Philadelphia. He got his first job as an intern at Film Roman at 22 years of age.

Atoms is good friends with fellow animator Tom "Mr." Warburton, creator of Codename: Kids Next Door and C. H. Greenblatt, the creator of Chowder. He and Tom have made multiple references to each other's shows and have made a cross-over TV movie, The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door. Atoms is currently an executive producer and voice actor of the Disney show Fish Hooks with Noah Z. Jones .^[2]

Awards

1. Special internship, Film Roman. University of the Arts. 1996.
2. Annie nomination (1998)- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. Cow & Chicken “The Karate Chick”.
3. Top Pick Cartoons (2001-2). TV Guide.
4. Comic-Con (2005, 2006 and 2007).
5. 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Children's Programming, 2007 - The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

References

1. ^ "Video Game Features, PC Game Features". http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/animator-brings-popular-toon-to-video-game-world/69109/?biz=1. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 
2. ^ "Fish Hooks announcement" (Press release). Disney Channel Medianet. October 30, 2009. http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2009/doc/FishHooks_Announcement.doc. Retrieved 2009-11-28. 

External links

• Maxwell Atoms at the Internet Movie Database.
• Maxwell Atoms' blog page

References

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Name	Atoms, Maxwell
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Date of birth	October 5, 1974
Place of birth	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
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