Monty Oum

Born: 1981-06-22

Monty Oum was the creator and lead animator on the show RWBY. He was born on June 22, 1981. He dropped out of high school around 2002 and started creating fan videos. In 2007, he used model from Halo 2 and Super Smash Bros. Melee to have a Spartan (Halo) and Samus Aran (Metriod) fight in the "ultimate showdown". Afterwards, he worked at Midway Games as a combat designer and then worked at Namco Games as a combat designer and animator for Afro Samurai. In 2009, he met Burnie Burns at a SDCC International panel. A year later at PAX East 2010, he was announced to be working at Rooster Teeth. He started to animate in Season 8 of the show that started Rooster Teeth, Red v Blue. After working hours on end on RvB, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum decided to give him his own project. This project would later be known as RWBY. Monty brought on Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross to write the animated series. RWBY premiered in 2012. On January 22, 2015, Monty was rushed to the hospital due to a severe allergic reaction. The doctors operated on him and Monty fell into a coma for 10 days. He passed away at 4:24 P.M on February 1, 2015.


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Why We’re Here: 15 Years of Rooster Teeth

as Self
Released: 2018-04-20

The founders and media personalities of Rooster Teeth reflect on their history, growth and...

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Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two

as Monty
Released: 2010-11-22

Rooster Teeth Shorts returns with a vengeance, as well as a magical prototype, an evil button, a...

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RWBY

as Lie Ren (voice)
First aired: 2013-07-18

The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and...

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Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Pizza God (voice)
First aired: 2011-09-28

The animated shenanigans of the Rooster Teeth staff. Audio taken from the Rooster Teeth Podcast.

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Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Self (voice) / Gavin Free (voice)
First aired: 2011-09-28

The animated shenanigans of the Rooster Teeth staff. Audio taken from the Rooster Teeth Podcast.

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Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

as Self (voice)
First aired: 2011-09-28

The animated shenanigans of the Rooster Teeth staff. Audio taken from the Rooster Teeth Podcast.

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RT Life

as Self
First aired: 2011-09-23

Everything that goes on behind closed doors at Rooster Teeth Productions.

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On the Spot

as Self
First aired: 2014-11-07

Rooster Teeth Productions' official weekly game show that pits two Rooster Teeth teams against...

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Immersion

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-11-29

Immersion is an ongoing American Rooster Teeth Live action production Sci-Fi Comedy TV Web...

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