Maxwell Atoms
Maxwell Atoms | |
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| Born | Adam Burton January 21, 1974 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of The Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, screenwriter, television director, television producer, voice actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Maxwell Atoms (real name Adam Burton; January 21, 1974) is an American animator, screenwriter and voice actor.
Early life
According to Atoms, his inspirations in cartooning started in school with surrealism, influenced by monster movies and old Saturday morning cartoons. Atoms has stated to interviewers that anything is possible in animation: the only limit is your imagination. Atoms grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado and is an animation graduate from the University of The Arts, Philadelphia. He got his first job as an intern at Film Roman at 22 years of age.
Career
He is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,[1] Evil Con Carne, and has developed a Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at Film Roman, a freelance artist at Warner Bros., had a brief stint at WildBrain and had also worked on Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat. Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a writer and storyboard artist on Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel. Atoms also performed the voice of "Jeff the Spider" and "Piff" on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and voiced "Cod Commando" on Evil Con Carne. He also voiced several additional characters in the TV-movie Billy & Mandy's Big Boogie Adventure. Atoms has been recognized several times for innovation and creativity in his work.
Atoms is good friends with fellow animator Tom "Mr." Warburton, creator of Codename: Kids Next Door and C. H. Greenblatt, the creator of Chowder. He and Tom have made multiple references to each other's shows and have made a cross-over TV movie, The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door. As well for C.H, Chowder made a brief cameo on Underfist. Atoms was also an executive producer and voice actor of the Disney show Fish Hooks with Noah Z. Jones.[2]
As of 2012, Atoms begun developing a new project entitled Dead Meat, "an awesome black comedy/buddy action/puppet gore web series",[3] which is still in production as of July 2013 and had a successful Kickstarter campaign as of November 15, 2013. In an interview in 2013, Atoms stated that the series would be posted somewhere on the internet once it is finished. In early 2014, Atoms stated that he hopes to get the series released in 2015.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1998–1999 | Cow and Chicken | N/A | Storyboard Artist |
| 1998–1999 | I Am Weasel | N/A | Props Storyboard Artist |
| 2001–2002 | Grim & Evil | N/A | Creator director writer Executive Producer |
| 2003–2008 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Jeff the Spider Additional voices |
Creator writer Executive Producer |
| 2003–2007 | Evil Con Carne | Additional voices | Creator writer Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Chowder | Additional voices | Storyboard Artist |
| 2010–2014 | Fish Hooks | Additional voices | Director Storyboard Artist Executive Producer |
| — | Dead Meat | N/A | Creator |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Billy and Mandy | N/A | Student film |
| 2007 | The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door | N/A | Writer |
| 2007 | Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | I'll Cut You Guy Pirate #2 Horrorbot Burnt Skeleton Guard |
Writer |
| 2007 | Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen | Jeff the Spider, Mystery Announcer, Man | Writer |
| 2008 | Underfist | Jeff the Spider | Writer |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall | Jeff the Spider |
Awards
- Special internship, Film Roman. University of the Arts. 1996.
- Annie nomination (1998)- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. Cow & Chicken "The Karate Chick".
- Top Pick Cartoons (2001–02). TV Guide.
- Comic-Con (2005, 2006 and 2007).
- 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Children's Programming, 2007 – The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
References
- ^ "Video Game Features, PC Game Features". Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ "Fish Hooks announcement" (Press release). Disney Channel Medianet. October 30, 2009. Retrieved November 28, 2009.
- ^ http://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/61406817768/what-exactly-is-dead-meat
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