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Monty Oum

Monty Oum

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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.

Born: June 22, 1981 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Died: February 1, 2015 (Age 33)

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Monty Oum  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
TV Show
8.4
Actor8 Episodes2010-2023
TV Show
7.7
ActorLie Ren (voice)
28 Episodes
2012
TV Show
8
ActorSelf
1 Episode
2014
TV Show
ActorSelf
15 Episodes
2011
TV Show
ActorSelf (voice)
3 Episodes
2011
Movie
7.2
WritingOriginal Series Creator2023
TV Show
7.7
DirectingWriter, Director, Animation, Creator
116 Episodes
2012
TV Show
7.3
CreatorCreator2016-2023
TV Show
CameraCamera Operator
2 Episodes
2011
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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