Joel Trussell is a

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executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In film ...

and artist based in

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. He most recently was an executive producer for the adult, animated,

dark comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

Captain Fall ''Captain Fall'' is an American adult animated absurdist dark comedy crime drama television series created by Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen that premiered on Netflix on July 28, 2023. Produced by Netflix Animation, viewers follow Jonath ...

'' for

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. Before that he was an executive producer at

Disney Television Animation Disney Television Animation (DTVA; also shortened to Disney TVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is an American animation production company that serves as the television a ...

for the

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show ''

Pickle and Peanut ''Pickle and Peanut'' is an American animated television series created by Noah Z. Jones and developed by Joel Trussell. It aired on Disney XD from September 7, 2015, to January 20, 2018. It is about two friends, Pickle and Peanut, an anthro ...

'' which he helped develop alongside the creator

Noah Z. Jones Noah Zachary Jones (born June 20, 1973) is an American animator, screenwriter, illustrator and producer. He is the creator of the television series ''Fish Hooks'', ''Almost Naked Animals,'' ''The 7D'', and ''Pickle and Peanut''. Jones was born ...

. Before Disney, Trussell directed the 20 episode, award-winning, animated series '' Electric City'' which is created, written by and starring

Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...

. Trussell is additionally well known for directing several award-winning music videos, and many animated segments for ''

Yo Gabba Gabba! ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'' is a Children's television series, children's Musical film, musical television series created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz (producer), Scott Schultz and developed by Kay Wilson Stallings. The series is about five cos ...

'' on

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. In 2008 he was selected by

Mike Judge Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He ...

to direct the intro for ''

The Animation Show The Animation Show is a touring festival of animated short films that was first held in fall 2003. It was sponsored by MTV, and was created by award-winning animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt. Following the demise of other American touring ...

''. Pictoplasma has published his work in their Character Encyclopedia, and two collections of their Characters in Motion (2&3). He was selected as a speaker at their 2011 event in New York City and the 2012 event in Berlin.name="
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Music videos

References

External links

Joel Trussell's website
Joel Trussell on Twitter

Interview from 2012 with Cartoon Brew American music video directors Living people Disney Television Animation people 1972 births {{Tv-director-stub