Scott DaRos

{{short description|American animator and director}}

Scott DaRos is an American animator, artist, and director who has won two Emmy Awards and been nominated for one Emmy and two Annie Awards.

As a character animator, DaRos received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2016. As animation director or co-director, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program in 2018, and was nominated for a second short in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Scott DaRos|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/scott-daros|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Television Academy|language=en}} All three Emmys were for his work on Robot Chicken. He received Annie Award nominations for character animation in 2016 for Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas and in 2020 for Robot Chicken.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-25|title='Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1258805/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2016-02-04|title='Inside Out' Leads Annie Award Nominations; 'Anomalisa' Fails to Earn Writing Nom|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-annie-award-nominations-861211/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}} He has animated or directed animation on M.O.D.O.K, SuperMansion, SpongeBob SquarePants, Buddy Thunderstruck, Robot Chicken, and other TV shows and shorts.{{Cite web|title=Scott DaRos|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5178554/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=IMDb}}

DaRos received his BFA in studio art from the University of Connecticut in 2007.{{Cite web|date=2018-09-06|title=Studio Art Alumni|url=https://art.uconn.edu/alumni/studio-art-alumni/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=UConn Art and Art History|language=en-US}} After working in Los Angeles for ten years, he became a freelance artist at Threadwood, an animation business that he owns and operates together with his wife and 2009 UConn alum, Alexis Deprey. They specialize in stop motion and clay animation.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=Meet Alexis Deprey and Scott DaRos|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-alexis-deprey-scott-daros/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Voyage LA Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2021-09-09|title=Celebrating 60 Years of Successful Alumni|url=https://sfa.uconn.edu/sfa-celebrates-60-years/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=UConn School of Fine Arts|language=en-US}}