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Monty Oum
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Monty Oum was the creator and lead animator on the show RWBY. He was born on June 22, 1981. He dropped out of high school around 2002 and started creating fan videos. In 2007, he…
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Monty Oum was the creator and lead animator on the show RWBY. He was born on June 22, 1981. He dropped out of high school around 2002 and started creating fan videos. In 2007, he used model from Halo 2 and Super Smash Bros. Melee to have a Spartan (Halo) and Samus Aran (Metriod) fight in the "ultimate showdown". Afterwards, he worked at Midway Games as a combat designer and then worked at Namco Games as a combat designer and animator for Afro Samurai. In 2009, he met Burnie Burns at a SDCC International panel. A year later at PAX East 2010, he was announced to be working at Rooster Teeth. He started to animate in Season 8 of the show that started Rooster Teeth, Red v Blue. After working hours on end on RvB, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum decided to give him his own project. This project would later be known as RWBY. Monty brought on Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross to write the animated series. RWBY premiered in 2012. On January 22, 2015, Monty was rushed to the hospital due to a severe allergic reaction. The doctors operated on him and Monty fell into a coma for 10 days. He passed away at 4:24 P.M on February 1, 2015.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two
Movie Original Series Creator
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2023
RWBY: Volume 9
Movie Creator
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2023
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One
Movie Original Series Creator
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2022
RWBY: Ice Queendom
TV show Characters
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2021
RWBY: Volume 8
Movie Creator
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2020
RWBY: Volume 7
Movie Creator
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2019
RWBY: Volume 6
Movie Creator
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2019
RWBY: Volume 2
Movie Director
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2019
RWBY: Volume 3
Movie Writer
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2019
RWBY: Volume 5
Movie Creator
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2019
RWBY: Volume 4
Movie Creator
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2018
Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth
Movie Self
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2016
RWBY Chibi
TV show Creator
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2014
On the Spot
TV show Self
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2013
RWBY: Volume 1
Movie Director
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2013
RWBY
TV show Lie Ren (voice)
More credits
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2011
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three
Movie Visual Effects
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2011
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
TV show Pizza God (voice)
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2011
RT Life
TV show Self
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2010
Immersion
TV show
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2010
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
Movie Monty
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2007
Dead Fantasy
TV show Creator
