David Feiss (born April 16, 1959) is an American animator.[1]
Feiss was born in Sacramento, California. He joined Hanna-Barbera around 1978 while still a teenager.[2]
He worked on the 1980s revival of The Jetsons, was a key animator on the Jetsons movie, 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 original series Cow and Chicken and its spin-off, I Am Weasel. On his shows, David directed every episode and also worked as a writer, his writing credits usually collaborated with Michael Ryan.
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's comic-book The Maxx, 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 (it is reprinted in The Maxx Volume 5).
He was recently head of story for Sony's first CG animated film, Open Season.
David's most recent project is the upcoming film Hotel Transylvania from Sony Pictures Animation.