Rich Moore

This article is about the animation director. For the football player, see Rich Moore (American football).

Not to be confused with Richard Moore.

Rich Moore
Born	May 10, 1963 (1963-05-10)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animation director

Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is an American animation director and a business partner in Rough Draft Studios, Inc., where he serves as Sr. Vice President of creative affairs. He is one of a handful of artists who in the early 90s redefined prime time television animation with his work on The Simpsons. His directing credits include The Simpsons, Futurama, The Critic, Drawn Together, Spy vs. Spy (for MADtv) and Baby Blues. He was also the supervising director on Futurama and The Critic, overseeing the creative production of both shows. His most recent work was sequence director on The Simpsons Movie and animation executive producer on the Futurama DVD movies. He studied animation at California Institute of the Arts. Rich has received two Emmy Awards, an Annie Award, and a Reuben Award for his directorial work.^{[citation needed]}

Rich also recently served as a supervising director on the Fox television series Sit Down, Shut Up, which debuted in 2009. Moore is currently directing Wreck-It Ralph for the Walt Disney Animation Studios with a 2012 release date.

During his college years at CalArts, Rich narrated his friend Jim Reardon's student film Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown.

Directing credits

The Simpsons

• "The Telltale Head"
• "Homer's Night Out"
• "Simpson and Delilah"
• "Treehouse of Horror"
• "Dead Putting Society"
• "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"
• "Lisa's Substitute"
• "Stark Raving Dad"
• "Bart the Murderer"
• "Flaming Moe's"
• "Lisa the Greek"
• "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
• "A Streetcar Named Marge"
• "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"
• "Marge vs. the Monorail"
• "The Front"
• "Cape Feare"

Futurama

• "Space Pilot 3000"
• "Hell Is Other Robots"
• "A Clone of My Own"
• "Anthology of Interest I"
• "Roswell That Ends Well"

Drawn Together

• "Clum Babies"
• "Alzheimer's That Ends Well"

Awards

Emmy Award

• 2002–Outstanding Animated Program (Programming Less Than One Hour) for "Roswell That Ends Well"

Annie Award

• 2002–Directing in an Animated Television Production for "Roswell That Ends Well"

External links

• Rich Moore at the Internet Movie Database