Mic Graves

Mic Graves
Born
Occupations
  • Animator
  • director
  • writer
  • producer
  • voice actor
Years active1998–present
Known for

Michael "Mic" Graves is an English animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known as the series director for the Cartoon Network animated series The Amazing World of Gumball (2011-2019), of which he is also a writer, executive producer, and the voice of Banana Joe. He is also the co-developer, supervising director, and executive producer of the animated series Elliott from Earth (2021).

Animation career

Graves first worked at Studio AKA where he worked on commercials, title sequences, and idents from 1994 to 2009; the most famous of these is The Canterbury Tales: Knight's Tale. While working at Studio AKA, he was hired to be an assistant art director on The Big Knights from 1999 to 2000. He was then hired by The Amazing World of Gumball creator Ben Bocquelet to be the series director and a writer, executive producer, and voice actor from 2011 to 2019.[1][2][3] After the show ended in 2019, he co-created Elliott from Earth and served as a supervising director, writer, and executive producer on the series.[4][5]

Filmography

Short films

Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Canterbury Tales: Knight's Tale Director

Television

Year Title Role
1999–2000 The Big Knights Assistant art director, artist
2003–2005 Monkey Dust Creative director
2011–2019 The Amazing World of Gumball Director, executive producer, writer, animation director, voice actor
2021 Elliott from Earth Co-developer, executive producer, supervising director, writer, script editor, voice actor

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