Mike Milo#Animation Insider

{{About|the animator|the fictional character|Mike Milo (Cry Macho)}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Mike Milo

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1965|07|22}}

|birth_place= Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|nationality=American

|occupation= Animator, cartoon director, storyboard artist, writer, producer

|years_active = 1990–present

}}

Mike Milo (born July 22, 1965) is an American animator, director, storyboard artist, writer, and producer in the television industry.

Early life

Milo graduated in 1983 from Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.{{Cite news |last=Ivry |first=Bob |date=October 14, 1996 |title='Toon Boom Shapes Their Lives |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53158518/toon-boom-animates-their-lives/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610142857/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53158518/toon-boom-animates-their-lives/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |work=The Record |quote=Milo, a 1983 graduate of Northern Valley High School at Old Tappan, has more experience than Moncrief, but the same aim. |via=Newspapers.com}} Growing up in Old Tappan, New Jersey,{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=John |date=July 27, 2001 |title=Cartoon Hopes for Good Karma |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53158082/cartoon-hopes-for-good-karma-in-cartoon/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610141745/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53158082/cartoon-hopes-for-good-karma-in-cartoon/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |work=The Record |quote=But cartoonist Mike Milo hopes that will change just a bit with the Cartoon Network's premiere of his new animated short, Swaroop.... The look of the Shukla family is based on photos of Rao's family, and Milo, who grew up in Old Tappan and now lives in Los Angeles, used memories of his old New Jersey neighborhood to draw Swaroop's new suburban home. |via=Newspapers.com}} he began his animation career in 1990 animating commercials for Broadcast Arts (later known as Curious Pictures) in New York City.

Career

Milo's first directing job was at Film Roman, where he was the assistant director on Gracie Films' The Critic. He created and directed two shorts titled Bloo's Gang and The Ignoramooses for Cartoon Network's showcase series What a Cartoon!, and went on to direct numerous TV shows (some of which he had worked on earlier in his career) such as Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Xiaolin Showdown. He also did the first US pilot starring an east Indian boy called Swaroop{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVqUwGmEOI |title=Swaroop |access-date=December 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320115509/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcVqUwGmEOI&mode=related&search= |archive-date=March 20, 2007 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} for a WB/Cartoon Network co-production that ultimately ended up being in the "Big Pick" contest on The Cartoon Cartoon Show. From there, he went on to head up the animation department at 3DBob Productions on The Godman, a Christian feature distributed by Book of Hope International.{{Cite web |title=The Godman |url=http://www.bookofhope.net/pages/page.asp?page_id=7151 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410024740/http://www.bookofhope.net/pages/page.asp?page_id=7151 |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |website=Bookofhope.net}} He was creative producer and director on the WB show Generation O. He created and directed a cartoon for Nickelodeon{{Cite web |title=Nickelodeon Games, Episodes, Shows & Characters - Nick.com |url=http://www.nickelodeon.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219210211/http://nickelodeon.com/ |archive-date=February 19, 2007 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Nick.com}} and Frederator Studios{{Cite web |title=Frederator |url=http://www.frederator.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820143240/http://newtoons.frederator.com/ |archive-date=August 20, 2006 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Frederator.com}} called Flavio, which would be seen as part of the animated showcase series Random! Cartoons, in 2008. In 2007, he served as Director of Animation for Gigapix Studios{{Cite web |title=GigapixStudios.com |url=http://www.gigapixstudios.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602195344/http://gigapixstudios.com/ |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |access-date=June 28, 2022}} headed by David Pritchard, and has directed episodes of the animated series Chowder for Cartoon Network.