Dave Wasson

Dave Wasson
Dave Wasson
Born	Dave Wasson; September 11, 1968 (age 56); Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Occupations	Animator; storyboard artist, director; producer; writer; voice actor;
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Time Squad; The Cuphead Show!;
Website	davewasson.net

Dave Wasson^[1] (born September 11, 1968) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. Wasson created the Cartoon Network original series Time Squad,^[2] before going on to develop Star vs. the Forces of Evil as director, writer, and executive producer. He also served as director and writer of the series , supervising director of Making Fiends, and executive producer and director of the series The Buzz on Maggie. He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles. Wasson is currently developer and executive producer of The Cuphead Show! for Netflix.

Early life

Wasson studied film making and animation at the California Institute of the Arts.^[3]

Career

Wasson created a series of shorts at Nickelodeon for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, one of which, Max & His Special Problem, won him a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for Production Designer.^[4] Wasson created the Cartoon Network animated series Time Squad, which ran from 2001 to 2003. He has co-written, storyboarded, and directed a number of the shorts for the series Mickey Mouse Shorts. Wasson was the supervising director, supervising producer, and voice actor on Making Fiends.^[5] He was the executive producer and director of The Buzz on Maggie at Disney. He has also directed many animated commercials for the company Acme Filmworks located in Hollywood, California.

Credits

Television

Catschool - Supervising Director, Executive producer, Storyboard Artist
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987-1989) - Layout
What a Cartoon! (1996) - Character Layout ("Buy One, Get One Free")
Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998-2001) - Creator, Director, Writer, Art Director ("Max and His Special Problem", "Tales from the Goose Lady")
Time Squad (2001-2003) - Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer
The Buzz on Maggie (2005-2006) - Director, Executive Producer
Making Fiends (2008) - Director, Supervising Director, Supervising Producer, Art Director, Voice actor
The Mighty B! (2008-2011) - Character Designer
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015-2019) - Developed by, Story by, Supervising Director, Executive Producer
The Cuphead Show! (2022) - Creator, Developed by, Executive Producer, Writer, Theme Song Composer