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Tom Ruegger Biography

Birth Name:Tom Ruegger

Birth Place:Metuchen, New Jersey, United States

Profession Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Animation department, Director, Music department, Actor, Art department

Fast Facts

  • Studied animation, film, and writing at Dartmouth University, where one of his professors was "Cinderella" and "Song of the South" writer Maury Rapf
  • Created "The Premiere of Platypus Duck" after receiving a grant from the Arthur and Lillie Mayer Foundation
  • After graduation he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as an assistant animator at Hanna-Barbera on projects like "Jana of the Jungle" and "Godzilla․"
  • Quote: "For me, the key to writing a good script and to making a good show is that, on a personal level, I need to love the characters․ Care about 'em․ Want good things for them․ Make them look good․ Show their dimensions and make them likeable․"
  • Worked as a writer for Filmation on projects like "Flash Gordon" and "Blackstar" before returning to Hanna-Barbera and spending many years on the "Scooby Doo" franchise
  • Best known as the creator and senior producer of "Animaniacs" and as the writer and senior producer of "Tiny Toon Adventures․"
  • Was responsible for most of the joke credits and sign-offs at the end of each episode of "Tiny Toon Adventures," "Animaniacs," and "Freakazoid․"

Awards

  • 1989Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: nominated
  • 1991Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: winner
  • 1991Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Original Song: winner
  • 1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1992Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: nominated
  • 1992Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program: winner
  • 1993Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: nominated
  • 1993Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program: nominated
  • 1993Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: winner
  • 1993Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
  • 1994Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Children's Program: nominated
  • 1994Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program: nominated
  • 1994Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Original Song: winner
  • 1994Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Children's Program: nominated
  • 1995Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Animation: nominated
  • 1995Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Children's Program: nominated
  • 1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1996Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: winner
  • 1996Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Original Song: winner
  • 1996Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Achievement in Animation: winner
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
  • 1997Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: winner
  • 1997Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: nominated
  • 1997Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Special Class Animated Program: winner
  • 1998Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: nominated
  • 1998Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: nominated
  • 1999Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: nominated
  • 1999Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: nominated
  • 1999Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Special Class Animated Program: winner
  • 2000Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Children's Animated Program: winner
  • 2015Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Original Song - Main Title and Promo: nominated