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Joe Murray is a Director, Writer, Executive producer, Storyboard Artist and Character Designer American born on 3 may 1961 at San Jose (USA)
Joseph David "Joe" Murray (born May 3, 1961) is 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 President Jimmy Carter. As a young adult Murray was hired as a designer at an agency, where he invested his earnings from the production company into independent animated films. In 1981 at age 20, he founded his independent illustration production company, Joe Murray Studios, while he was still in college.
Later in 1992, Murray created his first animated color film, My Dog Zero, for which he was awarded a Student Academy Award. He decided to develop a television series titled Rocko's Modern Life for Nickelodeon. After pitching it to Nickelodeon, the company decided to create the concept. While creating the series, Murray hired comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui to supply the voice for the character of Rocko. The series premiered on Nickelodeon on September 18, 1993, and ended on November 24, 1996, completing four seasons and 52 episodes. After Rocko's Modern Life Murray wanted to create another television series, this time for Cartoon Network. He created his second series Camp Lazlo as a pilot, where he served as the producer of that pilot. After Cartoon Network decided to create the show, Murray brought fellow Rocko cast members Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants) and Mr.Lawrence to voice the main characters Lazlo (Alazraqui), Scoutmaster Lumpus (Kenny) and Edward (Lawrence). The series first aired in 2005, and ended production in 2008, with five seasons and 65 episodes.
Murray is the winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards for Camp Lazlo (Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Animated Programs) and Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for the TV film Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?. He is currently working on the website KaboingTV, which is dedicated to animation. Murray is also a writer and illustrator and is the author of the book Creating Animated Cartoons with Character, which features animators about their careers in animated cartoons.
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Later in 1992, Murray created his first animated color film, My Dog Zero, for which he was awarded a Student Academy Award. He decided to develop a television series titled Rocko's Modern Life for Nickelodeon. After pitching it to Nickelodeon, the company decided to create the concept. While creating the series, Murray hired comedian and actor Carlos Alazraqui to supply the voice for the character of Rocko. The series premiered on Nickelodeon on September 18, 1993, and ended on November 24, 1996, completing four seasons and 52 episodes. After Rocko's Modern Life Murray wanted to create another television series, this time for Cartoon Network. He created his second series Camp Lazlo as a pilot, where he served as the producer of that pilot. After Cartoon Network decided to create the show, Murray brought fellow Rocko cast members Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants) and Mr.Lawrence to voice the main characters Lazlo (Alazraqui), Scoutmaster Lumpus (Kenny) and Edward (Lawrence). The series first aired in 2005, and ended production in 2008, with five seasons and 65 episodes.
Murray is the winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards for Camp Lazlo (Outstanding Special Class – Short-Format Animated Programs) and Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More) for the TV film Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?. He is currently working on the website KaboingTV, which is dedicated to animation. Murray is also a writer and illustrator and is the author of the book Creating Animated Cartoons with Character, which features animators about their careers in animated cartoons.
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Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (2007)
, 1hDirected by Joe Murray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Carlos Alazraqui, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny, Doug Lawrence, Steve Little, Rodger Bumpass
Rating74%
The story opens with Lazlo missing, and Clam and Raj relating the tale up to this point.
, 1h40Directed by Bill Kopp, Joe Murray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Bill Kopp, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny, Charles Adler, John DiMaggio, Jess Harnell
Rating67%
Tom and Jerry have wrecked the house they lived in during a frantic Tom-Jerry-esque chase, so they enter a race/reality show titled the "Fabulous Super Race", which offers the race-winner a luxurious mansion. Tom and Jerry, having built their own customized vehicles from scrap materials in a junk yard, present themselves to J.W., producer and head of Globwobbler Studios, and his assistant Irving, who are hosting the race. Race commentators are Biff Buzzard and Buzz Blister. The two then meet the contestants: Steed, Grammy, Gorthan, Soccer Mom, and Dr. Professor. Dr. Professor is eliminated before the race when he and his vehicle are vaporized by anti-matter.
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Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (2007)
, 1hDirected by Joe Murray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Carlos Alazraqui, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny, Doug Lawrence, Steve Little, Rodger Bumpass
Roles Story
Rating74%
The story opens with Lazlo missing, and Clam and Raj relating the tale up to this point.
Producer
Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (2007)
, 1hDirected by Joe Murray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Carlos Alazraqui, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny, Doug Lawrence, Steve Little, Rodger Bumpass
Roles Executive Producer
Rating74%
The story opens with Lazlo missing, and Clam and Raj relating the tale up to this point.
Art
Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo? (2007)
, 1hDirected by Joe Murray
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Carlos Alazraqui, Jeff Bennett, Tom Kenny, Doug Lawrence, Steve Little, Rodger Bumpass
Roles Storyboard Artist
Rating74%
The story opens with Lazlo missing, and Clam and Raj relating the tale up to this point.
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Rango (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Gore Verbinski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films, Reptile
Actors Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Character Designer
Rating72%
Rango, a pet chameleon (Johnny Depp) becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners' car by accident. He meets an armadillo named Roadkill (Alfred Molina) who is seeking the mystical Spirit of the West and directs the parched chameleon to find water at a town called Dirt. While wandering the desert, he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red-tailed hawk and has a surreal nightmare before meeting the desert iguana Beans (Isla Fisher), a rancher's daughter, who takes the chameleon to Dirt, an Old West town populated by desert animals.