Annie Poon

Annie Poon is an American animator based in New York City. Her short "Runaway Bathtub" is in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art. Poon's works have appeared in other various venues, including the National Gallery, the Brooklyn Museum, the New Museum, and the Museum of Arts and Design. The Chicago International Children's Festival, Nickelodeon, and PBS have shown her cartoons. Poon cites the drawings of Shel Silverstein, Quentin Blake, and John Lennon as her main influences. It is in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Poon belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church) and her works often draw on her religion. "Die Wicked Die" is a series of animations portraying "action packed" scriptural violence influenced by "Itchy and Scratchy."

"The Split House" depicts Poon's own struggle with mental illness, specifically, with schizoaffective disorder. Poon worked on the animation over the course of more than ten years.

Oh Puppy! Poon calls her naïve and passionate "Puppy" character her alter ego. Puppy's strips were first published on Fredflare.com. The strips have been collected in a book titled Oh Puppy!, and Puppy has appeared in three animations: "Oh Puppy" the rap video, "Puppy's Super Delicious Valentine's Biscuits,"

Awards Poon's works have won a number of awards. Year Organization Award title,Category Work Result Refs 2006 Association for Mormon Letters AML Awards,Best Film of 2006 The Book of Visions 2016 Association for Mormon Letters AML Awards,Best Film of 2016 The Split House

Personal life Poon is married to her husband, Kah Leong Poon, whom she met while studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Croatia.