David Feiss
David Feiss | |
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 Feiss in 2018 | |
| Born | April 16, 1959 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Other name | Dave Feiss |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
| Known for | Cow and Chicken I Am Weasel YooHoo & Friends Armorsaurs |
| Spouse(s) |
Pilar Menendez
(m. 1984; div. 2007)Annmarie Ashkar Feiss
(m. 2009) |
| Relatives | Sam Kieth (cousin) |
David Feiss (born April 16, 1959) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director. He is best known as the creator of the Cartoon Network animated series Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel. In directing, he is known for directing the episodes of Armorsaurs.
Feiss began his career working for Hanna-Barbera in the late 1970s. He received his first credit for the 1981 adult animated film Heavy Metal. He gained notoriety throughout the late 1980s and 1990s as an animator for Jetsons: The Movie, Once Upon a Forest, The Town Santa Forgot and The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Pink Panther, among others.
In 1995, Cartoon Network, in search of aspiring creators of original programming, launched their animated series What a Cartoon!, which featured a showcase of animated shorts from up-and-coming animators, including Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Van Partible. Feiss' pilot, "No Smoking", was among the first shorts broadcast on the network and follows the unconventional sibling rivalry between a young cow named Cow and her older brother, a chicken named Chicken, as well as their human parents. The pilot was approved by the network for a full series run, Cow and Chicken, which premiered on July 15, 1997, and ran for four seasons. A spin-off series, I Am Weasel, following the duo of I.M. Weasel and I.R. Baboon, two characters featured in intermediate segments of Cow and Chicken, premiered on June 10, 1999, as a standalone series and ran for one season.
Since Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel, Feiss has continued to work in the animation industry on projects such as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dave the Barbarian, Open Season, Despicable Me 2, The Grinch, The Willoughbys, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Minions: The Rise of Gru, and The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.