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Steve Neilson(II)

  • Animation Department
  • Art Department
  • Director
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Steve Neilson is known for The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010), Wandering Wenda (2017) and Sumo Mouse (2010).
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    Known for

    The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010)
    The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Animation Department(as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
    Wandering Wenda (2017)
    Wandering Wenda
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Art Department
    Sumo Mouse (2010)
    Sumo Mouse
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    Hoze Houndz (1999)
    Hoze Houndz
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Animation Department

    Credits

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    Animation Department

    • Freaktown
      • animation unit director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2016
    • Oddballs (2022)
      Oddballs
      6.3
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • 2022
    • Noah Heyworth, Sab Nino, Ariana Diaz Caneja, Alexander L. Dyson, Otis Schalin, and Tiff in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Rehydrated (2022)
      The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Rehydrated
      7.9
      Video
      • animator
      • 2022
    • Freaktown (2016)
      Freaktown
      4.5
      TV Series
      • animation unit director
      • animator
      • 2016
    • The Tom and Jerry Show (2011)
      The Tom and Jerry Show
      7.2
      TV Series
      • animation director
      • animation director: PIP Animation Services Inc.
      • 2014
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
      6.4
      TV Series
      • animation unit director (as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
      • 2010–2013
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! (2012)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • animation unit director (as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
      • 2012
    • Sumo Mouse (2010)
      Sumo Mouse
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animatic director
      • 2010
    • Annie Bovaird in Caillou (1997)
      Caillou
      3.8
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2006
    • Gerald McBoing Boing (2005)
      Gerald McBoing Boing
      5.5
      TV Series
      • key animation artwork
      • 2005
    • Zeroman (2004)
      Zeroman
      6.1
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • overseas director: opening animation
      • 2004–2005
    • Mike Nawrocki in Larry Boy: The Cartoon Adventures (2002)
      Larry Boy: The Cartoon Adventures
      6.6
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2003
    • Hoze Houndz (1999)
      Hoze Houndz
      7.4
      TV Series
      • overseas director
      • key animation supervisor
      • 2000–2002
    • Franklin
      6.6
      Short
      • key animator
      • 2001
    • Marcia Bennett, Richard Binsley, Kristen Bone, Valerie Boyle, Elizabeth Saunders, Donald Burda, Cole Caplan, William Colgate, Corinne Conley, Gary Krawford, Amos Crawley, Diane D'Aquila, Catherine Disher, Shirley Douglas, Kyle Fairlie, Gil Filar, Olivia Garratt, Jake Goldsbie, Janet-Laine Green, Paul Haddad, Elizabeth Hanna, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Cody Jones, Tinashe, Sophie Lang, Dan Lett, Jonathan Malen, Judy Marshak, Bryn McAuley, Marc McMulkin, Al Mukadam, Richard Newman, Annick Obonsawin, Luca Perlman, James Rankin, Noah Reid, Wayne Robson, Tyrone Savage, Ruby Smith-Merovitz, Mari Trainor, Chris Wiggins, Philip Williams, Leah Renee, Scott Beaudin, Mitchell Eisner, Jamie Haydon-Devlin, Julie-Ann Dean, Shane McPherson, Arthur Anger, and Heaven White in Franklin (1997)
      Franklin
      6.5
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 1997–2000
    • Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993)
      Tales from the Cryptkeeper
      7.5
      TV Series
      • key animation director
      • 1999

    Art Department

    • CoComelon Lane (2023)
      CoComelon Lane
      3.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard supervisor
      • 2023–2024
    • Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race (2022)
      Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race
      5.7
      TV Special
      • storyboard artist
      • 2022
    • Mighty Express (2020)
      Mighty Express
      3.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2020–2022
    • Cyberchase (2002)
      Cyberchase
      6.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard revisionist
      • 2019–2020
    • Wandering Wenda (2017)
      Wandering Wenda
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Creative Director
      • Storyboard Supervisor
      • creative director ...
      • 2017–2018
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
      6.4
      TV Series
      • storyboard supervisor (as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
      • 2010–2013
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! (2012)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • storyboard supervisor (as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
      • 2012
    • Sumo Mouse (2010)
      Sumo Mouse
      7.9
      TV Series
      • storyboard supervisor
      • 2010
    • The Secret World of Benjamin Bear (2003)
      The Secret World of Benjamin Bear
      7.7
      TV Series
      • animatic
      • 2004
    • Marcia Bennett, Richard Binsley, Kristen Bone, Valerie Boyle, Elizabeth Saunders, Donald Burda, Cole Caplan, William Colgate, Corinne Conley, Gary Krawford, Amos Crawley, Diane D'Aquila, Catherine Disher, Shirley Douglas, Kyle Fairlie, Gil Filar, Olivia Garratt, Jake Goldsbie, Janet-Laine Green, Paul Haddad, Elizabeth Hanna, Ellen-Ray Hennessy, Cody Jones, Tinashe, Sophie Lang, Dan Lett, Jonathan Malen, Judy Marshak, Bryn McAuley, Marc McMulkin, Al Mukadam, Richard Newman, Annick Obonsawin, Luca Perlman, James Rankin, Noah Reid, Wayne Robson, Tyrone Savage, Ruby Smith-Merovitz, Mari Trainor, Chris Wiggins, Philip Williams, Leah Renee, Scott Beaudin, Mitchell Eisner, Jamie Haydon-Devlin, Julie-Ann Dean, Shane McPherson, Arthur Anger, and Heaven White in Franklin (1997)
      Franklin
      6.5
      TV Series
      • prop designer
      • designer
      • 2001–2004

    Director

    • Wandering Wenda (2017)
      Wandering Wenda
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017–2018
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010–2013
    • The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! (2012)
      The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Emily Hampshire, Stuart Stone, and Jordan Francis in Carl² (2005)
      Carl²
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director (as Steve 'Funky Chicken' Neilson)
      • 2007–2011
    • Hoze Houndz (1999)
      Hoze Houndz
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2003

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    • Alternative names
      • Steve Nealson

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    • Nickname
      • Funky Chicken

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