Rough Draft Studios

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company_name = Rough Draft Studios, Inc.
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foundation = Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, 1991
founder = Gregg Vanzo
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location = Glendale, California, United States
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key_people = Gregg Vanzo, "Nikki Vanzo", Claudia Katz, Rich Moore
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industry = Film and television animation
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homepage = [http://www.roughdraftstudios.com www.roughdraftstudios.com]
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Rough Draft Studios, Inc. (RDS) is an animation studio based in Glendale, California, United States with its sister studio Rough Draft Korea located in Seoul, South Korea. "RDS" was founded in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California by Gregg Vanzo. The studio has provided animation for television shows such as "The Ren & Stimpy Show", "The Maxx", "The Simpsons" and "Futurama".

Founding

Rough Draft Studios was originally founded in a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California garage by Gregg Vanzo and his wife Nikki Vanzo. While working on "The Ren & Stimpy Show", Nikki Vanzo approached John Kricfalusi, creator of "The Ren & Stimpy Show", about taking the animation to Korea.cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/arts/television/10LOOS.html?ex=1037509200&en=2961ee0504a113d0&ei=5062|title=Commuting the Pacific, Unseating 'The Simpsons'|last=Loos|first=Ted|date=November 10, 2002|publisher="The New York Times"|pages=2|accessdate=2008-07-05] In Korea, Nikki Vanzo founded and runs Rough Draft Korea.

Growth in business

After working on "The Ren & Stimpy Show", many other shows requested the assistance of "Rough Draft Korea" in animation and ink & paint. In 1992, Rough Draft Studios began producing animation for "The Simpsons" and then for "Beavis and Butt-Head" in 1993. Also in 1993, Gregg's brother Scott Vanzo was brought on board. Rough Draft Korea quickly built a strong portfolio in the animation business with shows like their first series "The Maxx" in 1995, which was nominated for an Annie Award.cite web|url=http://annieawards.org/23rdwinners.html|title=Legacy: 23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995)|publisher=International Animated Film Society|accessdate=2008-07-05] Claudia Katz, who had joined Rough Draft Studios in 1994 to produce "The Maxx", and Rich Moore, joining in 1995 after having worked with Gregg on "The Simpsons", completed the core of a Rough Draft Studios which would help "drive the cartoon boom of the late ‘90s".cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/rough_draft/index2.html|title=Rough Draft Studios: Drawing Inspiration|last=Driver|first=Dustin|publisher=Apple|pages=2|accessdate=2008-07-05] It was also in 1995 that Rough Draft Studios moved to Glendale, California.

Technology

Rough Draft Studios is known for its blending of 2-D with computer animation, or non-photorealistic rendering which it first used on "The Maxx" and further utilized with "Futurama" and "The Simpsons Movie".

Filmography

Feature films

* "" (2008) (co-production with 20th Century Fox; Direct-to-video)
* "The Simpsons Movie" (2007)
* "" (2007) (co-production with 20th Century Fox; Direct-to-video)
* "" (2005) (Direct-to-video; co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions & 20th Century Fox)
* Duck Dodgers - Attack of the Drones - Warner Bros. Theatrical Short
* The Whizzard of Ow - Warner Bros. Theatrical Short
* "American Dad! in Inside the CIA" - (co-production with 20th Century Fox, Underdog Productions & Fuzzy Door Productions; 20th Century Fox Theatrical Short)
* "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" - (co-production with Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies)
* "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" (1996)Furniss, Maureen. "Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics". "Indiana University Press". [http://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4mrirF5nkC&pg=PA66&dq=Rocko%27s+Modern+Life&lr=&sig=7NiWtolL90TNGYyoU3eXilMAZyI 66] .]

TV series

* "Futurama" - 20th Century Fox
* "Drawn Together" - Comedy Central
* "Baby Blues" - Warner Bros.
* ""- Cartoon Network
* "The Maxx" - MTV

Ink and paint

RDS' overseas Korean studio has produced ink & paint and animation for the following series and specials:
*"2 Stupid Dogs
*"Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
*"American Dad!
*"The Angry Beavers
*"Animaniacs
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*"Baby Blues
*"Baby Looney Tunes
*"Beavis & Butt-Head
*"Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
*"Camp Lazlo" [" [http://turnerinfo.turner.com/PrintItem.aspx?P=CARTOON&CID01=a43346d6-b792-4da7-899d-3c1b86ab7a65 Production Credits] ," "Turner Pressroom"]
*"CatDog
*"Catscratch
*"ChalkZone
*"Chowder (1997 series) (Seasons 3-5)
*"Chowder (Season 2)
*"Class of 3000
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*"Cow & Chicken
*"Care Bears
*"The Critic"
*"Danny Phantom
*"Daria
*"Dave the Barbarian
*"Dexter's Laboratory
*"Dilbert
*"Drawn Together
*"Duckman
*"Duck Dodgers
*"Eek! The Cat
*"Evil Con Carne
*"The Fairly OddParents
*"Family Guy
*"Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
*"Freakazoid!
*"Futurama
*"The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
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*"Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
*"I Am Weasel
*"Invader Zim
*"Jackie Chan Adventures
*"Johnny Bravo
*"Jumanji
*"Kim Possible
*"King of the Hill"
*"Korgoth of Barbaria
*"The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
*"The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
*"The Maxx
*"The Mighty B! (2008 Series)
*"Mission Hill
*"My Life as a Teenage Robot
*"Net Force Explorers
*"The New Woody Woodpecker Show
*"The Oblongs
*"Oh Yeah! Cartoons
*"Phineas and Ferb
*"Pinky and the Brain"
*"The Powerpuff Girls
*"Random! Cartoons
*"The Ren and Stimpy Show
*"The Replacements
*"Rocko's Modern Life"
*"Samurai Jack
*"Sheep in the Big City
*"The Simpsons"
*"The Simpsons Movie"
*"SpongeBob SquarePants
*"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
*"Squirrel Boy
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*"Timon and Pumbaa
*"The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
*"The X's
*"What a Cartoon! short: Buy One, Get One Free
*"Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
*"Yakkity Yak"

References

External links

* [http://www.roughdraftstudios.com/ Official site]

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