David Feiss is an American

United States

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 animator

Animator

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Feiss was born in Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

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. He joined Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 around 1978 while still a teenager.

He worked on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons

The Jetsons

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, was a key animator on the Jetsons movie

Jetsons: The Movie

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, co-animated the Ren and Stimpy pilot "Big House Blues", was an animation director on The Ren & Stimpy Show during its first season and created the Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

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 original series Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them...

and its spin-off

Spin-off (media)

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, I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel is an American animated television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios in co-production with Hanna-Barbera, created by David Feiss, and broadcast on Cartoon Network....

. On his shows, David directed every episode and also worked as a writer, his writing credits usually collaborated with Michael Ryan

Michael Ryan

- Sports :* Mike Ryan , former New Zealand marathon and long-distance runner* Michael Ryan , America baseball outfielder* Mike Ryan , former Major League Baseball player...

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Feiss co-directed the animated segments of The Adventures of Hyperman, a computer game released in 1995 by IBM.

In early issues of his cousin Sam Kieth

Sam Kieth

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's comic-book The Maxx

The Maxx

The Maxx is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth and published originally monthly by Image Comics and now collected in trade paperback collections from DC Comic's Wildstorm imprint. The comic book, which stars a character of the same name, spawned an animated series that aired on the...

, David showcased his work with The Crappon (looks like the WB frog), Fred Flower and Uncle Italian Moose, which had a very similar style to Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them...

(it is reprinted in The Maxx Volume 5).

He was recently head of story for Sony's first CG animated film, Open Season

Open Season (film)

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David's most recent project is the upcoming film Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania (film)

Hotel Transylvania is an upcoming computer-animated 3D film produced by Sony Pictures Animation for Columbia Pictures and set to release on September 21, 2012. It is being directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, best known for his work on Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory, and produced by Michelle...

from Sony Pictures Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

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