profile

    Monty Oum

    1981-06-22 (43 years old) in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    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.

    Movies

    poster
    Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two
    80 %|Nov 22, 2010
    Comedy

    Series

    poster
    On the Spot
    66 %|Nov 7, 2014
    Comedy, Talk, Reality
    poster
    RWBY
    79 %|Jul 18, 2013
    Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    poster
    Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
    86 %|Sep 28, 2011
    Animation, Comedy, Talk
    poster
    Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
    86 %|Sep 28, 2011
    Animation, Comedy, Talk
    poster
    Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures
    86 %|Sep 28, 2011
    Animation, Comedy, Talk
    poster
    RT Life
    30 %|Sep 23, 2011
    Comedy
    poster
    Immersion
    88 %|Nov 29, 2010
    Comedy, Reality