Nick Cross is a Canadian animator, artist, cartoonist, director, writer, and producer based in

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. His works include ''The Waif of Persephone'', ''Yellow Cake'', ''Pig Farmer'', and ''Black Sunrise'', which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with

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artist

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and they collaborated on the development of the animated series ''Angora Napkin''. He directed the pilot for the

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series ''

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'' created by graphic novel creator

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and

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creator Johnny Ryan. He was the art director for the Cartoon Network acclaimed miniseries ''

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'' as well as the network's shorts development program. He was the supervising producer on the Cartoon Network and

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series '' Tig n' Seek''. He is married to cartoonist Marlo Meekins.

Black Sunrise

''Black Sunrise'' is a planned feature film, produced and animated entirely by Nick Cross. Cross began the film before the rise in popularity of the internet, at which time he considered notions like the

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and secret societies more mysterious and interesting to the general public than they are today. After completing 15 minutes of animation, time constraints prevented Cross from continuing his work on the film. Cross believes that the film, if completed, will not be received favorably because the topic of secret societies is overexposed, but he might still release segments of the film.

Filmography

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Nick Cross on YouTube
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