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Monty Oum

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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Born:
Jun 22, 1981 In Providence - Rhode Island - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two 2010-11-22
Latest Project:
Movie Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth 2018-04-20
Known For
Poster of On the Spot
Poster of RWBY
Poster of Immersion
Poster of Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
Filmography
Movie Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth Self 2018-04-20
Series On the Spot Self 2014-11-07
Series RWBY Lie Ren 2013-07-18
Series RT Life Self 2011-09-23
Series Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Pizza God (voice) 2011-09-28
Movie Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two Monty 2010-11-22
Series Immersion Unknown 2010-11-29