Name Zac Moncrief | Role Animator | |
Born January 8, 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-01-08 ) Spring Valley, New York Occupation Producer/Director- Animation Education California Institute of the Arts | ||
Animator: Zac Moncrief
Zachary Thomas Moncrief (born January 8, 1971) is a producer and director of animated television programs, currently serving as the producer for Warner Bros. Animation for the Cartoon Network series Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. In 2009, an episode from the hit Disney Television series Phineas and Ferb which he directed entitled "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category for Outstanding Special Class Short-format Animated Programs.
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Personal life
Moncrief left Montvale, New Jersey, in 1989 after graduating from Pascack Hills High School where his father was the vice principal. Among his classmates were Bruce Beresford-Redman and Rick Hurvitz, the executive producers and co-creators of the MTV reality show Pimp My Ride, as well as CNN White House correspondent Dana Bash. Upon completion of high school, he decided to attend California Institute of the Arts, a Disney-funded college specializing in animation.
Career
He gained an internship on an animated feature, The Pagemaster, and moved on as an assistant animator on the film Cats Don't Dance. While there, he sold a pilot to Fred Seibert (then president of MTV Networks and Hanna-Barbera), for the What-A-Cartoon! series titled "Godfrey and Zeek". This transitioned into doing story work for Hanna-Barbera's other series, Johnny Bravo.
Moncrief went on to open his own company, creating animation on several CD-ROMs, as well as a commercial work featuring Warner Bros.' Road Runner, The Carl's Jr. spot featuring Dennis Rodman as well as animation for a GM-sponsored ride at Walt Disney World. Soon after, Seibert came calling again with a new series on Nickelodeon called Oh Yeah! Cartoons. There, Moncrief created the shorts Kitty the Hapless Cat, Baxter and Bananas, and also worked on other shorts such as The Fairly OddParents and the Emmy winning short "Max and His Special Problem". He spent his remaining time at Nick storyboarding on season 1 of the game changing series Dora the Explorer.
Shortly thereafter, he was asked to teach at his alma mater (CalArts) and by Walt Disney Television Animation to storyboard on Teacher's Pet, the series (and its theatrical release) as well as direct-to-videos for Lilo & Stitch, Kim Possible and the network's newest show, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers.
Next, it was off to help bring back a series that has continued to be one of the strongest animated sitcoms in television history, Family Guy. The show's DVD sales had done so incredibly well that 20th Century Fox Television decided to bring the series back for season 4. Moncrief started as an Assistant Director and quickly moved into a Director role working on some of Seth MacFarlane's favorite episodes. (See "The Griffin Family History" or "Barely Legal")
He then followed fellow Family Guy director Dan Povenmire back to Disney again to help direct over 50+ episodes of the hit Disney Television series Phineas and Ferb. His job titles allowed him to be involved in every aspect from breaking stories to writing, from storyboarding to design and color, from editing to calling retakes. He was even involved in writing a few of the songs created for this groundbreaking show.
After his long run at Disney, he spent three years working at Bento Box as the Supervising Director on Comedy Central's hit show Brickleberry while also helping to develop shows at Nickelodeon.
In December 2013, he joined Warner Bros. Television Animation to produce and revamp the twelfth series in the Scooby-Doo franchise, titled Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, which is set to air in the Fall of 2015.
Family Guy
In 2005, Moncrief left Disney to become a director on the Fox television series Family Guy for Fox Animation Studios. He directed six episodes over a two-year span. Those six episodes were:
During this period, he also returned to CalArts as a teacher.
Phineas and Ferb
In 2007, Moncrief returned to Disney to work as a director and writer for Phineas and Ferb. As of December 2012, he had directed over 50 episodes in the series.
Credits
(also listed as Zachary Moncrief)
Below is a detailed list of his credits:
Nickelodeon's Oh Yeah! Cartoons including these episodes: