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Jason Ruiz Biography

Birth Name:Jason Ruiz

Profession Actor, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Is largely self-taught, and has only taken one official course in Flash animation from a local community college
  • Was the first graduate of the Fox Inkubation program, which was launched in 2008 to help young animators develop their talent and work on their projects
  • Began doing web animation when he was 12 years old
  • Quote: "The biggest misconception about being an animator is that it's all a big party, that we just sit around and drink beer and smoke weed all day․ It's not like that at all․ At the end of the day, we're working at an office․"
  • Best known as a writer and script supervisor for "A Day in the Life" and as a writer, producer, and actor for "Murder Police․"
  • Has worked with fellow "Murder Police" producer David A․ Goodman once before, on a project called "Fathers & Sons" that didn't get picked up by Fox
  • Initially pitched the idea for "Murder Police" to Fox by likening it to "Scooby-Doo solving murders․"