Youngest? John Reynolds.
Regarding our post on Alex Kirwan our loyal fan Stephen Levinson comments: “Is 16 the youngest age someone has been in the animation business?”
I can’t answer for the history of the animation business Stephen, but as for Frederator and Oh Yeah! Cartoons, believe it or not, the answer is an unequivocal “No!”
In 1998 Butch Hartman came into the office and introduced Larry Huber and me to 11 year old John Reynolds, a friend of a friend of the family, who had written his own cartoons. In and of itself that wasn’t too unusual, but the interesting part was that he also had worked out a complete storyboard and character designs. We were very impressed with Johnny’s initiative.
We liked his Terry & Chris best, and Butch agreed to supervise and direct the short. Johnny would become our creative consultant and come in Fridays after junior high in Simi Valley (and any other day he could squeeze it in). We finished John’s (and Butch’s) short in 1999, and it debuted in the second season of
So Stephen, there you you have it. John Reynolds, the youngest Frederator Studios creator.
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On December 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thats pretty awsome!! Thanks guys for getting the info about that! I was sitting in my Computer Art class looking at posts and was like hey, thats me! Thanks guys! Didnt think anyone saw the post i made
On December 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
We read it *all*. (Thanks for all the comments Stephen.)
On December 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
How very wonderful and exciting for John Reynolds! And how is John doing these days? I love success stories in the animation field!