Person Details

Birthday: 1981-06-22 15:23:11

Death: 2015-02-01 15:23:11

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Providence - Rhode Island - USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 4

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

RWBY
Average
8

RWBY

(2013) Creator
RT Life
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4

RT Life

(2011) Camera Operator
RWBY Chibi
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7

RWBY Chibi

(2016) Creator
Dead Fantasy
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10

Dead Fantasy

(2007) Creator
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three
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9

Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three

(2011) Visual Effects
Dead Fantasy
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9

Dead Fantasy

(2007) Director
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
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0

Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two

(2010) Visual Effects

Acting

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2016 Creator
2013 Creator
2007 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Director
2007 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Animation
2011 Visual Effects
2010 Visual Effects
Year Role Movie/Tv

Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2011 Camera Operator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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