Nickelodeon told him that they would take the show, if they also obtained creative control. Antonucci spent months designing the show, before trying to sell it to Nickelodeon.
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He resolved, however, to ensure that the series was produced in a way similar to the cartoon styles from the 1940s to the 1970s. Ed, Edd n Eddy įeeling confined to "gross" and "edgy" work, such as his series The Brothers Grunt, Antonucci decided to produce an animated children's television show again with his company a.k.a. Antonucci went on to work on MTV's Cartoon Sushi show in 1997, directing, writing and providing voices, in addition to being responsible for the title sequence of the show. Cartoon, which produced the short-lived MTV series The Brothers Grunt, which began airing in 1994 and ended its run in 1995. On April 1, 1994, Antonucci started an animation company named a.k.a. He also originally created a mascot for Cartoon Network, known as the jester, as well as the mascot's bumpers. This led to additional work, including animated commercials for Levi Strauss & Co. The 'Lupo' character was eventually licensed by the Converse athletic shoe company. The short animated film screened at several film festivals, including Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation in the United States. Antonucci explains the short arose out of his own frustration at having to work in children's film for so long, and to try his hand at creating a full-fledged character on film.
Cartoon, and MTV work Īntonucci's first solo work was Lupo the Butcher, produced by International Rocketship Limited, about a short-tempered butcher who swears at the meat he is cutting and gets extremely mad at the smallest mistakes. International Rocketship Limited, foundation of a.k.a. His first effort was on the short film Hooray for Sandbox Land. He landed a job at International Rocketship Limited, animating short films and television commercials. Intending to move to Los Angeles in 1984 to find more work, Antonucci landed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Starting his career as an animator, Antonucci worked on numerous shows, including The Flintstone Comedy Show, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Smurfs, and Richie Rich.
Īntonucci attended the Sheridan College of Visual Arts but quit to take a job as an animator at Canimage Production, a division of Hanna-Barbera. His experiences as a child in an immigrant family deeply influenced his later work, such as Lupo the Butcher. Lupo the Butcher was a successful short and is considered to be a cult classic.Īntonucci's parents were Italian immigrants to Canada. Many of his commercials for Converse, ESPN and Levi's won a number of awards. Throughout his career, Antonucci won a number of awards. He went on to create Ed, Edd n Eddy for Cartoon Network. At MTV, he worked on a number of commercials, his series The Brothers Grunt, and the animation showcase program Cartoon Sushi, which he co-created with Keith Alcorn. He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials for International Rocketship Limited, and created his first solo work, the animated short Lupo the Butcher. He also created Lupo the Butcher, Cartoon Sushi, and The Brothers Grunt.ĭanny Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on a number of series, including Fables of the Green Forest, The Flintstone Comedy Show, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Smurfs, and Richie Rich. Antonucci is known for creating the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Ed, Edd n Eddy. Daniel Edward Antonucci ( / ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n uː tʃ i/, Italian: born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer.
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