Nick Cross

Nick Cross is a Canadian animator, artist, cartoonist, director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His works include The Waif of Persephone, Yellow Cake, Pig Farmer, and Black Sunrise, which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with graphic novel artist Troy Little and they collaborated on the development of the animated series Angora Napkin. He directed the pilot for the Nickelodeon series Pig Goat Banana Cricket created by graphic novel creator Dave Cooper and alternative comics creator Johnny Ryan. He was the double Emmy winning art director for the Cartoon Network acclaimed miniseries Over the Garden Wall as well as the network's shorts development program. He was the supervising producer on the Cartoon Network and HBO Max series Tig n' Seek.

He is married to cartoonist and comedian Marlo Meekins.

Black Sunrise Black Sunrise is a planned feature film, produced and animated entirely by Nick Cross. Cross began the film before the rise in popularity of the internet, at which time he considered notions like the Illuminati and secret societies more mysterious and interesting to the general public than they are today. After completing 15 minutes of animation, time constraints prevented Cross from continuing his work on the film. Cross believes that the film, if completed, will not be received favorably because the topic of secret societies is overexposed, but he might still release segments of the film.

Filmography

Year Title Credit Notes Ref. 1997 Rupert layout artist 13 episodes 2001–2003 Untalkative Bunny storyboard artist 2001 The Red Scarf producer, writer, animator, director 2001–2002 The Ripping Friends model clean-up 2003 Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" art director, background designer, storyboard artist 2006 Tenacious D - "Classico" background artist 2013 Scaredy Squirrel storyboard artist "Captain Nuts" Perihelion animator, director The Day My Butt Went Psycho! storyboard artist Tome of the Unknown background painter Short forCartoon Network Shorts Department Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. 2014 Over the Garden Wall art director Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. Jammers art director Short for Cartoon Network Shorts Department Ridin' with Burgess Twelve Forever art director, background designer Uncle Grandpa animator, storyboard artist, director Bumpers in "Guest Directed Shorts" background painter "The Great Spaghetti Western" Pig Goat Banana Cricket storyboard artist, director "Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five!" Apple & Onion art director Short for Cartoon Network Shorts Department Welcome to My Life art director, background painter Long Live the Royals character design 2 episodes 2016 Bottom's Butte art director, prop designer Short for Cartoon Network Shorts Department Infinity Train Summer Camp Island art director Victor and Valentino 2017 The Fancies art director, prop designer Legendary Place art director, prop designer, background designer Tiggle Winks art director, prop designer, background painter Craig of the Creek art director, prop designer, background designer, background painter 2018 Mushroom and the Forest of the World art director, prop designer, background designer Sunshine Brownstone art director, character designer, prop designer, color key, background designer, background painter Steamboat Willie Reduxanimator, director, art director, character designer, prop designer, color key, background designer, background painterSmall animation for Steamboat Willie re-animation project by Disney Consumer Products 2019 Pops & Branwell art director, prop designer Short for Cartoon Network Shorts Department Splitting Time art director, prop designer, background painter 2020 Cadette in Charge art director, prop designer Tig n' Seek supervising producer 2021 Bone co-executive producer Cancelled in 2022 by Netflix Animation 2022–2024 Smiling Friends concept artist, background designer 2 episodes 2026Cartoon Cartoonscharacter designer, additional animation“Dang! It’s Dracula!”“Foools”