Directing
Monty Oum
- Born
- Jun 22, 1981 · Aged 33
- Died
- Feb 1, 2015
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 6
- Directing credits
- 3
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…
