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'''Nick Cross''' is a Canadian animator, artist, cartoonist, director, writer, and producer based in [[Los Angeles, California]]. His works include ''The Waif of Persephone'', ''Yellow Cake'', ''Pig Farmer'', and ''Black Sunrise'',<ref name="pig">{{cite journal|author=Ritika Bhandari|journal=Animation Reporter Magazine|title=Pig Farmer|issue=May 2011}}</ref><ref name="ASIFA">{{citation|author1=Danny Young |author2= Michael Woodside|title=Nick Cross interview|publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive|date=March 2010}}</ref><ref name="king">{{cite journal|title=King of Videos|journal=Ottawa Magazine|issue=October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{citation|work=Catsuka|publisher=NOLIFE|url=http://www.catsuka.com/player.php?id=catsuka_emission_30|title=Nick Cross|year=2011}}</ref> which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with [[graphic novel]] artist [[Troy Little]]<ref name="fulle">{{cite web|url=http://www.fullecirclemagazine.com/2008/06/conversation-with-nick-cross.html|title=Conversation with Nick Cross|author=Jason Anders|work=Fulle Circle Magazine|date=2008|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref> and they collaborated on the development of the animated series ''Angora Napkin''. He directed the pilot for the [[Nickelodeon]] series ''[[Pig Goat Banana Cricket]]'' created by graphic novel creator [[Dave Cooper]] and [[alternative comics]] creator [[Johnny Ryan]]. He was the double Emmy winning art director for the [[Cartoon Network]] acclaimed miniseries ''[[Over the Garden Wall]]'' as well as the [[Cartoon Network Shorts Department|network's shorts development program]]. He was the supervising producer on the Cartoon Network and [[HBO Max]] series ''[[Tig n' Seek]]''.

He is married to cartoonist and comedian [[Marlo Meekins]].

==Black Sunrise==
''Black Sunrise'' is a planned feature film, produced and animated entirely by Nick Cross. Cross began the film before the rise in popularity of the internet, at which time he considered notions like the [[Illuminati]] and secret societies more mysterious and interesting to the general public than they are today. After completing 15 minutes of animation, time constraints prevented Cross from continuing his work on the film. Cross believes that the film, if completed, will not be received favorably because the topic of secret societies is overexposed, but he might still release segments of the film.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmiLxmAOJIk|title=Startoon Cartoon Podcast - Episode 19 - The One With Nick Cross Part 2|date=December 13, 2017|time=the start of the video and later from 20 minutes onward|accessdate=June 9, 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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| 1997 || ''[[Rupert (TV series)|Rupert]]'' || layout artist || 13 episodes ||
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| 2001–2003 || ''[[Untalkative Bunny]]'' || storyboard artist ||  ||  
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| 2001 || ''The Red Scarf'' || producer, writer, animator, director ||  || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/40332276|title=The Red Scarf|author=Nick Cross|date=April 13, 2012|accessdate=May 3, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2001–2002 || ''[[The Ripping Friends]]'' || model clean-up ||  || 
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| 2003 || ''[[Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"]]'' || art director, background designer, storyboard artist || || 
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| "align="center" rowspan="2"|2006 || ''[[Tenacious D]]'' - "Classico" || background artist ||  || <ref name="fulle" />
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| ''The Waif of Persephone'' || producer, writer, animator, director ||  || <ref name="ASIFA" />
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| 2007 || ''[[Wayside (TV series)|Wayside]]'' || storyboard artist || 2 episodes || 
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| 2008 || [[Danko Jones]] - "King of Magazines" || animator, co-director || Collaboration with [[Dave Cooper]] and Steve Stefanelli. || <ref name="king" />
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| "align="center" rowspan="4"|2009 || ''Angora Napkin'' || creator, designer, animator, storyboard artist, background artist, layout artist, director || Co-created by [[Troy Little]]. ||
|-
| ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' || storyboard artist || "Meet the Gnomans" || 
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| [[Spliced (TV series)|''Spliced'']] || storyboard artist || "Sgt. Snuggums" ||
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| ''Yellow Cake'' || producer, writer, animator, director  ||  || <ref name="ASIFA" />
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| 2010 || ''[[Scaredy Squirrel (TV series)|Scaredy Squirrel]]'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|storyboard artist || "Captain Nuts" || 
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| 2010–2011 || ''[[Babar and the Adventures of Badou]]'' || 15 episodes || 
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| 2011 || ''The Pig Farmer'' || producer, writer, animator, director ||  || <ref name="pig" />
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| 2012 || ''Pig Goat Banana Mantis!'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|animator, director ||  || <ref name="Andreeva 2013">{{cite web|author=Andreeva, Nellie|date=September 26, 2013|url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/nickelodeon-orders-two-animated-series-four-live-action-pilots-597541/|title=Nickelodeon Orders Two Animated Series, Four Live-Action Pilots|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|accessdate=November 6, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106162927/http://deadline.com/2013/09/nickelodeon-orders-two-animated-series-four-live-action-pilots-597541/|url-status=live|archivedate=November 6, 2014}}</ref>
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| "align="center" rowspan="3"|2013 || ''Perihelion'' || || <ref>{{citation|url=https://vimeo.com/62456806|title=Perihelion|author=Nick Cross|date=March 22, 2013}}</ref>
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| ''[[The Day My Butt Went Psycho!]]'' || storyboard artist ||  || <ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114819/https://twitter.com/ncrossanimation/status/606575643204067328|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url=https://twitter.com/ncrossanimation/status/606575643204067328|title=Nick Cross @BrandonMurphyy i feel like i should warn you...............|accessdate=June 23, 2016|date=June 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ''[[Tome of the Unknown]]'' || background painter || Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. || <ref name="Emmy2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/sites/default/files/Downloads/2015-creative-arts-winners-v1.pdf|title=2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|date=September 12, 2015|accessdate=September 15, 2015}}</ref>
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| "align="center" rowspan="2"|2014 || ''[[Over the Garden Wall]]'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|art director || Nick Cross awarded Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation. || <ref name="Emmy2015" />
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| ''[[Back to Backspace]]'' ||  ||
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| "align="center" rowspan="10"|2015 || ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' || storyboard artist || Time travel sequence || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncrossanimation.tumblr.com/post/110368879547/i-storyboarded-a-few-sequences-for-spongebob-movie|title=Spongebob Movie 2|author=Nick Cross|date=February 7, 2015|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
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| ''Jammers'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|art director ||  ||
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| ''Ridin' with Burgess'' ||  ||
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| ''Twelve Forever'' || art director, background designer ||  ||
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| "align="center" rowspan="2"|''[[Uncle Grandpa]]'' || animator, storyboard artist, director || [[Bumper (broadcasting)|Bumpers]] in "[[Guest Directed Shorts]]" || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncrossanimation.tumblr.com/post/118338293687/i-see-your-working-on-an-episode-of-uncle-grandpa#notes|author=Nick Cross|title=Uncle Grandpa|date=May 6, 2015|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
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| background painter || "The Great Spaghetti Western" || 
|-
| ''[[Pig Goat Banana Cricket]]'' || storyboard artist, director || "Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five!" ||
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| ''[[Apple & Onion]]'' || art director ||  ||
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| ''[[Welcome To My Life (Pilot)|Welcome to My Life]]'' || art director, background painter ||  ||
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| ''[[Long Live the Royals]]'' || character design || 2 episodes ||
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| "align="center" rowspan="4"|2016 || ''Bottom's Butte'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|art director, prop designer ||  ||
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| ''[[Infinity Train]]'' ||  || 
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| ''[[Summer Camp Island]]'' || "align="center" rowspan="2"|art director ||  ||
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| ''[[Victor and Valentino]]'' ||  ||
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| "align="center" rowspan="4"|2017 || ''The Fancies'' || art director, prop designer ||  ||
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| ''Legendary Place'' || art director, prop designer, background designer ||  ||
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| ''Tiggle Winks'' || art director, prop designer, background painter ||  ||
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| ''[[Craig of the Creek]]'' || art director, prop designer, background designer, background painter ||  ||
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| rowspan="3" "align="center" |2018 || ''Mushroom and the Forest of the World'' || art director, prop designer, background designer ||  ||
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| ''Sunshine Brownstone'' || art director, character designer, prop designer, color key, background designer, background painter ||  ||
|-
|''Steamboat Willie Redux''
|animator, director,art director, character designer, prop designer, color key, background designer, background painter
|Small animation for ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' re-animation project by [[Disney Consumer Products]]
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Steamboat Willie Redux scene | date=26 March 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQXWPQBY-8 |access-date=2023-09-25 |language=en}}</ref>
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| "align="center" rowspan="2"|2019 || ''Pops & Branwell'' || art director, prop designer ||  || 
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| ''Splitting Time'' || art director, prop designer, background painter ||  ||
|-
| "align="center" rowspan="2"|2020 || ''Cadette in Charge'' || art director, prop designer ||  || 
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| ''[[Tig n' Seek]]'' || supervising producer || ||
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| 2021 || ''[[Bone (comics)|Bone]]'' || co-executive producer ||  Cancelled in 2022 by [[Netflix Animation]] ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix Animation Erased: Executives Fired, Shows Canceled and Accusations of 'Staged Data' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html|last=Taylor|first=Drew|website=Yahoo!|date=April 20, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2022}}</ref>
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| 2022-24 || ''[[Smiling Friends]]'' || concept artist, background designer || 2 episodes || <ref>{{cite web|title=''Hey! Smiling Friends premiered this week on Adult Swim. Here's some concept art that I did for the Hallowe'en episode. @psychicpebble @MichaelRCusack''|url=https://x.com/ncrossanimation/status/1480902245512142849?lang=en|last=Cross|first=Nick|website=Twitter|date=January 11, 2022|access-date=July 6, 2024}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=''Here's some bg's I did for the most recent episode of Smiling Friends. A great show by a great team!''|url=https://twitter.com/ncrossanimation/status/1795495131866677347|last=Cross|first=Nick|website=Twitter|date=May 28, 2022|access-date=July 6, 2024}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1043526}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/ncross/videos Nick Cross on YouTube]

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