Tom Ruegger
Birth Name:
Tom Ruegger
Birth Place:
Metuchen, New Jersey, United States
Profession
Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Animation department, Director, Art department, Music department, Actor
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
- 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․"
- Created "The Premiere of Platypus Duck" after receiving a grant from the Arthur and Lillie Mayer Foundation
- 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․"
- Best known as the creator and senior producer of "Animaniacs" and as the writer and senior producer of "Tiny Toon Adventures․"
- 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
- 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