Robertryan Cory
| Robertryan Cory | |
|---|---|
| Born | Austin, Texas |
| Residence | Burbank, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Robert Ryan Cory |
| Occupation | Animator |
| Known for | |
| Awards | Creative Arts Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" |
Robertryan Cory (also spelled as Robert Ryan Cory) is an American animator known for his work in character design for series such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, the latter of which he co-developed and earned a Creative Arts Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2012 for. He has recently worked as lead character designer on season 2 of Gravity Falls, and is now working on Aaron Springer's forthcoming Disney XD series Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer.
Cory was born to musician parents, which called for moving throughout the country frequently. In middle school, he attended a program where he would animate 30-second anti-smoking campaign spots. Cory submitted one for three years in a row; his final spot was banned for being vulgar. He explained that he had fun "doing the inappropriate one with my friends and I just thought this is what I should do when I grow up." He started working in animation at the age of 15 after crashing a party for cartoonists and exposing his sketchbook "full of dirty drawings". He interned at a nearby animation studio before being promoted to inbetweening work. After graduating from high school, Cory attended college where he worked simultaneously as a comics artist for a porn company, where he would animate "money shots" for a series titled Pop-up Porn (a spoof of Pop-Up Video). Although he explained the money was "really great", Cory quit shortly after questioning the content matter and the direction of his career.
Cory considered Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" as one of his favorite projects to work on, given that his "only goal" in life at the time was to work on The Ren & Stimpy Show before it. Since it had been off the air for nearly a decade, Cory thought that such a task would be "impossible" to do. He called it "one of the worst experiences emotionally," though it provided him with "so many talented people" which motivated him to practice harder on his work. He felt his work for SpongeBob SquarePants as his second favorite, calling all of his prior artwork of poor quality. Like Ren & Stimpy, he appreciated his coworkers and wanted to discipline himself to "earn their respect."
...
Wikipedia