Scott DaRos is an American animator, artist, and director who has won two Emmy Awards and been nominated for one Emmy and two Annie Awards.

As a character animator, DaRos received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2016. As animation director or co-director, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program in 2018, and was nominated for a second short in 2019.[1] All three Emmys were for his work on Robot Chicken. He received Annie Award nominations for character animation in 2016 for Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas and in 2020 for Robot Chicken.[2][3] He has animated or directed animation on M.O.D.O.K, SuperMansion, SpongeBob SquarePants, Buddy Thunderstruck, Robot Chicken, and other TV shows and shorts.[4]

DaRos received his BFA in studio art from the University of Connecticut in 2007.[5] After working in Los Angeles for ten years, he became a freelance artist at Threadwood, an animation business that he owns and operates together with his wife and 2009 UConn alum, Alexis Deprey. They specialize in stop motion and clay animation.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Scott DaRos". Television Academy. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. ^ "'Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ^ "'Inside Out' Leads Annie Award Nominations; 'Anomalisa' Fails to Earn Writing Nom". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  4. ^ "Scott DaRos". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. ^ "Studio Art Alumni". UConn Art and Art History. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ "Meet Alexis Deprey and Scott DaRos". Voyage LA Magazine. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  7. ^ "Celebrating 60 Years of Successful Alumni". UConn School of Fine Arts. 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2022-01-25.

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