Jim Reardon is an Academy Award-nominated animation director, storyboard consultant and screenwriter. He has worked extensively on the animated television series The Simpsons and is credited as a supervising director on seasons 9 through 15.
In 2009, Reardon was nominated for an Academy Award, along with co-writer Andrew Stanton, for Best Original Screenplay for the animated film Wall-E, but the award went to Dustin Lance Black for Milk.Variety: Jim Reardon
Filmography
- 2008: Wall-E (screenwriter, storyboard supervisor)
- 1993-2004: The Simpsons (animation director, storyboard consultant)
- 1990: Tiny Toon Adventures (writer)
- 1989: The Butter Battle Book (storyboard artist)
- 1988: Christmas in Tattertown (writer, layout artist)
- 1987: Mighty Mouse: The New Adventure (writer, storyboard artist, director)
- 1986: Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (director)
Animated Films and the Oscars
Wall-E is actually the third animated film in recent years to be nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Screenplay. The animated film Ratatouille received an Oscar nod in 2007, as did The Incredibles in 2004. Neither Ratatouille or The Incredibles actually took home the Best Original Screenplay Oscars they were nominated for, which continues a long history of animated films being snubbed by the Academy.Variety: Jim Reardon
Wall-E | The Simpsons | Academy Awards | Andrew Stanton | Pete Docter
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Fast Facts
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Name
Jim Reardon
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Reardon attended the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts in 1982
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His 1986 student project Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown has become a cult classic
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Worked as a writer on ''Mighty Mouse
The New Adventures
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Has also worked on Tiny Toon Adventures
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Reardon has director over 30 episodes of The Simpsons
