Joe Murray
Joe Murray
Joseph David "Joe" Murrayis an American animator, writer, illustrator, producer, director, and voice actor, best known as the creator of the Nickelodeon animated series Rocko's Modern Life and the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. Born in San Jose, California, Murray was interested in a career in the arts when he was three. He credits his high school art teacher Mark Briggs with teaching him a lot about art. Murray was a political cartoonist for a newspaper, often targeting then...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
I fought hard to get this episode on because it dealt with adoption, and how someone feels when they find out who their real parents are.
We had an incredible staff, of some of the most talented in the business. Talent with egos that didn't get in the way. We all had the same goals.
I had to catch up with where creative technologies had gone since I worked on the show, did some bohemian painting,and continued research into animation, studying the masters, developing new methods, styles, character studies etc.
I was shocked. They were going to give me money to make this really odd show? Well, I still had little thought of it going to series, but I thought it was great that my next short film was going to be paid for.
When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.
I do not feel any artist can produce great art without putting great personality into it. It is always a piece of you that goes on the screen or the canvass.
Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.
I'm drawing, animating and writing better than I've ever been before, and I love my life with my wife Carol and the excitement of our new baby!!
I know when a concept or character is not working it is usually because I cannot find a relatable point with it, or an aspect of my personality.
The guy who actually did the belch talking is a producer at Warner brothers. Everyone told us how great he was, so we brought him in on recording day.
When you're a cancer survivor, the good thing is that you get checked all the time.
This is just the beginning. There are several million tons in the general vicinity (of East Texas).
Sometimes things just click. The one contribution I tried to do, was shield the staff from the corporate politics that occur on any show. But yes, we all got along very well.
I have never personally seen a hand transplant that is more useful than a prosthesis.