Kyle A. Carrozza

Kyle A. Carrozza
Kyle Carrozza at the Cartoon Network Studios
Born	(1979-05-19) May 19, 1979 (age 37) Catskill, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Art Institute of Philadelphia
Occupation	Animator, musician, cartoonist, voice actor, songwriter, producer, storyboard artist, character designer
Years active	1996–present
Known for	Mighty Magiswords, MooBeard the Cow Pirate
Home town	Catskill, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Lindsay Smith (m. 2014)

Kyle Adam Carrozza (born May 19, 1979) is an American animator, cartoonist, storyboard artist, musician, songwriter, composer, character designer, comedian, writer and voice artist who is the creator of the animated series Mighty Magiswords on Cartoon Network, billed as the network's first online digital series. Prior to Magiswords, he was also the creator of MooBeard the Cow Pirate; an animated short from Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons.

Besides animating and cartooning, Kyle is also an accordionist and singer in which he performs songs such as "I Like Pie" under the name "TV's Kyle" in The FuMP.

Kyle Carrozza was born in Catskill, New York. As a little kid, Kyle was influenced by many cartoon shows on television, mostly Bob Clampett's Looney Tunes. Most of the cartoons he watched were inspirations for his own drawing style. Shows such as Beany and Cecil and Garfield helped influence his drawings. He also got into anime in 1996 while he was at high school and particularly enjoyed watching Ranma 1/2 and Project A-ko. Several of his animation influences were from Bob Clampett, Bruce Timm, Doug TenNapel, Jhonen Vasquez, Tex Avery, Ralph Bakshi and numerous others.

During his summer times when he was a teenager, he attended several drawing classes titled "Center for Character Animation" where he studied under famous cartoonist Brian Mitchell. Mitchell taught him most of the things he never got at school. He graduated from Catskill High School in 1997 and in the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1999.