Obie Scott Wade

Obie Scott Wade is an American producer, director and award-winning screenwriter. He has written for several television shows and is a show creator and director. In 2011, he created the original animated television series, SheZow.

Career

Wade wrote for various animated TV properties, including, Baby Looney Tunes and Zatch Bell. He created and directed Al Roach: Private Insectigator a black and white animated film noir short starring James Garner, Michelle Forbes, Kathy Kinney, Gregg Berger and Freddie Rodriguez for the cable channel Turner Classic Movies as part of the channel's 10th anniversary. Other original animated short films created, written and directed by Wade have been presented on the G4 channel and The Disney Channel.

In 2001, Wade co-created, wrote and directed the award-winning animated series Julius & Friends with Paul Frank. An official selection in the Sundance Film Festival, Julius & Friends featured 26x3-minute episodes. Each episode followed the exploits of Julius the monkey and his cast of eccentric friends as they encountered unexpected adventure in Planned Pines USA, the first planned community for cartoon characters. Starring the voice talent of Jason Schwartzman, Christina Pickles and Gregg Berger, Julius & Friends was the first original web-series created especially for kids and families.

Wade created SheZow, the animated television series,[1] the first children's television show in America to feature a young male protagonist, Guy Hamdon, who fights crime exclusively as a female superhero. Due to the gender fluidity of its lead character, SheZow came under scrutiny by conservative Christian groups such as One Million Moms and The Breitbart Group who claimed that SheZow was immoral. The media attention generated by the controversy gave SheZow exposure allowing it to gain a following.

In 2013 Wade was named a "Rising Star in Animation" by Animation Magazine.[2]

Filmography

Animation
Year Project Role
2012-13 SheZow Creator, Story Editor, Executive Producer
2009 The Random Axe Writer, Director
2007 Shorty McShorts' Shorts Creator, Writer, Director (Episode: SheZow)
2005 SheeZaam Creator, Writer, Producer
2005 Zatch Bell! Writer (Various Episodes)
2004 Al Roach: Private Insectigator Creator, Writer, Producer
2003 Julius and Friends: Plastic Surgery Co-Creator, Writer, Co-Director
2003 Julius and Friends: Vinyl Invasion Co-Creator, Writer, Co-Director
2002-05 Baby Looney Tunes Writer (Various Episodes)
2002 Julius and Friends: Bear in the Bubble Co-Creator, Writer, Co-Director
2002 Julius and Friends: Yeti, Set, Go Co-Creator, Writer, Co-Director
2001 Julius and Friends: Hole in One Co-Creator, Writer, Co-Director

Awards and Festival Selections

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Kyle (2013-06-03). "A Talk With "SheZow" Creator Obie Scott Wade « Nerdist". Nerdist.com. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  2. ↑ Ramin Zahed (2013-09-14). "Rising Stars of Animation". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  3. ↑ http://www.cicff.org/bin/file/docs/Award%20List%202001.pdf
  4. ↑ "Julius and Friends | Archives | Sundance Institute". History.sundance.org. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  5. ↑ "Julius & Friends "Yeti Set Go" | Archives | Sundance Institute". History.sundance.org. Retrieved 2013-12-19.

Further reading

http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/news/why-shezow-the-hubs-gender-bending-heroine-is-so-vital/56962#!Fi5LI

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