James "Wootie" Wootton is a Canadian animator and character designer. His career began with the Cartoon Network animated television series Ed, Edd n Eddy, created by Danny Antonucci, which premiered on the network on January 4, 1999. Wootton served as a title sequence animator and a storyboard artist during the series' run, which garnered him an Annie Award nomination for the third season episode "Wish You Were Ed" on November 10, 2001. Wootton would later work on George of the Jungle, Kid vs. Kat, Roy, Martha Speaks, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Packages from Planet X, All Hail King Julien, and Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny.
Filmography YearWorkCreditNotes1999–2007Ed, Edd n EddyStoryboard artist, storyboard director, animator: title sequenceTV series2007George of the JungleAnimation directorTV series2008–10Kid vs. KatAnimation director, storyboard artistTV series2009RoyKey animatorTV series2009–10Martha SpeaksAnimator: Studio BTV series2010–13My Little Pony: Friendship Is MagicCo-director, voice of MuleTV series2013–14Packages from Planet XDirectorTV series2014–17All Hail King JulienDirector; storyboard artistTV series2016Sausage PartyStoryboard artistFilm2018Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of DestinyDirectorTV series2020The WilloughbysStory artistFilm2021Trollhunters: Rise of the TitansStoryboard artistFilm2021He-Man and the Masters of the UniverseStoryboard artistTV series2022Blazing SamuraiStoryboard artistFilm
Accolades Date Award Category Work Shared with ResultAnnie AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television ProductionEd, Edd n EddyLeo AwardsBest Direction in an Animation Program or SeriesMy Little Pony: Friendship Is MagicJayson ThiessenDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directing in an Animated ProgramAll Hail King JulienStephen Heneveld, Christo Stamboliev, and Collette Sunderman
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