Randy Myers (animator)
{{short description|American animator and animation director (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Randy Myers
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|03|29}}
|birth_place = Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation = Animator, animation director
|years_active = 1994 – present
|known_for = Dexter's Laboratory
The Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack
My Life as a Teenage Robot
The Fairly OddParents
We Bare Bears
}}
Randy Myers (born March 29, 1967) is an American animator and animation director,{{cite web |last1=Hulett |first1=Steve |title=The TAG Interview - Randal Myers (Part I) |url=http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-tag-interview-randal-myers-part-i.html |website=The Animation Guild |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713140008/http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-tag-interview-randal-myers-part-i.html |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |date=March 18, 2014 |quote=Director and animator Randy Myers is nothing if not persistent. |url-status=live}} known for his animation direction work on the television series Samurai Jack and The Powerpuff Girls.
His other works include The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Dexter's Laboratory, Cats Don't Dance,{{Cite book|last=Beck|first=Jerry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&dq=%22randy+myers%22+animator&pg=PA51|title=The Animated Movie Guide|date=2005-10-28|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-56976-222-6|language=en|access-date=2021-11-19|archive-date=2022-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528073939/https://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&dq=%22randy+myers%22+animator&pg=PA51|url-status=live}} The Iron Giant, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Fairly OddParents, G.I. Joe: Renegades, among others. He was the supervising producer on We Bare Bears.
Awards
In 2004, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for his direction of Samurai Jack.{{Cite web|title=Randy Myers|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/randy-myers|access-date=2021-06-04|website=Television Academy|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221522/https://www.emmys.com/bios/randy-myers|url-status=live}}
In 2005, Myers won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for his work on the television miniseries Star Wars: Clone Wars.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNW2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22randy+myers%22+emmy|title=Emmy|date=2005|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|language=en|access-date=2021-11-19|archive-date=2022-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528073941/https://books.google.com/books?id=HNW2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22randy+myers%22+emmy|url-status=live}}
See also
{{Portal|Animation|Biography|California|Film|Television}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0616835}}
- [https://onanimation.com/2014/10/29/randy-myers-interview/ Interview from 2014]
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Category:20th-century American male artists
Category:21st-century American male artists
Category:American animated film directors
Category:American television directors
Category:Animators from Los Angeles
Category:Film directors from Los Angeles
Category:People from Panorama City, Los Angeles
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
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