Monty Oum

I need to be fast. Fast is something important.

Monty Oum is the creator, director, writer, animator and a voice actor of RWBY. He currently works for Rooster Teeth Productions, where he animates the popular Machinima series Red vs. Blue. He has also worked on several individual fan projects, such as Dead Fantasy and Haloid, although he states that his main goal is to create an original series. Hence, RWBY. He voices Lie Ren.

The Beginning of RWBY
The idea for the RWBY series was in Monty's head since Season 9 of Red vs. Blue. One night while at IHOP with Shane, Monty decided he was going to design the world for RWBY right there. He decided to start on his world because, according to him, "geography determines your culture and culture determines your people" (Monty's Journal 11/7/12), so his world was created with a napkin and some ketchup.

According to Monty, Burnie had told him that as long as he finished Red vs. Blue Season 10, he could do whatever he wanted. And thus he got permission to go through with RWBY.



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Trivia

 * As a very time efficient person, he has ripped out certain keyboard keys that don't contribute to his work.
 * He is a high school drop out.
 * Monty is Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese.
 * He was meant to voice Headmaster Ozpin before he chose Shannon McCormick instead.
 * He often includes a crow in his works, which is possibly referenced by the character of Qrow.
 * He is allergic to cats.

Links

 * deviantArt Profile
 * Rooster Teeth Profile