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Matthew O'Callaghan(I)

  • Director
  • Animation Department
  • Writer
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Matthew O'Callaghan is known for The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Life with Louie (1994) and Mission to Mars (2000).
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    • Awards
      • 6 nominations total

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    Known for

    Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Eve Brenner, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Barrie Ingham, Melissa Manchester, Susanne Pollatschek, Frank Welker, and Alan Young in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
    The Great Mouse Detective
    7.1
    • Animation Department
    • 1986
    Life with Louie (1994)
    Life with Louie
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Mission to Mars (2000)
    Mission to Mars
    5.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 2000
    Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, and Don Adams in Inspector Gadget (1999)
    Inspector Gadget
    4.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Director

    • Mickey Mouse Funhouse (2021)
      Mickey Mouse Funhouse
      5.4
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • directed by: segment Festival of Heroes!
      • 2021–2024
    • Flash in the Pain (2014)
      Flash in the Pain
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Mel Blanc and Billy West in Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
      Daffy's Rhapsody
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Mel Blanc in I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
      I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Rabid Rider (2010)
      Rabid Rider
      6.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Fur of Flying (2010)
      Fur of Flying
      6.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Coyote Falls (2010)
      Coyote Falls
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Crispin Glover, Jane Krakowski, Diedrich Bader, Billy Connolly, Mike Epps, Olivia Hack, Danny Mann, Joel McHale, Sean P. Mullen, Steve Schirripa, Fred Stoller, Cody Cameron, and Maddie Taylor in Open Season 2 (2008)
      Open Season 2
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Frank Welker in Curious George (2006)
      Curious George
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
      Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
      6.4
      Video
      • director
      • 2004
    • Life with Louie (1994)
      Life with Louie
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1994–1998
    • Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman (1994)
      Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
      8.5
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 1994
    • The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992)
      The Itsy Bitsy Spider
      6.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 1992
    • Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987)
      Sport Goofy in Soccermania
      6.7
      Short
      • Director (as Matt O'Callaghan)
      • 1987

    Animation Department

    • Trash Truck (2020)
      Trash Truck
      8.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2021
    • Kelly Hu, Paul F. Tompkins, Mandy Moore, Jeffrey Ross, Zachary Levi, Eden Espinosa, and James Monroe Iglehart in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
      Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
      7.7
      TV Series
      • retake director
      • 2017–2020
    • Steve Carell in Despicable Me 3 (2017)
      Despicable Me 3
      6.3
      • story artist
      • 2017
    • Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, and Matthew Gray Gubler in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
      Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
      5.0
      • animation supervisor
      • 2015
    • Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart on the Go (2013)
      Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart on the Go
      6.6
      Video
      • animation director
      • 2013
    • Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Conrad Vernon in Shrek the Third (2007)
      Shrek the Third
      6.1
      • story artist
      • 2007
    • Robby Benson, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Corey Burton, Bill Farmer, Kyle Menke, Mark Moseley, Russi Taylor, Carolyn Gardner, and Paigie Sparkletasia in House of Mouse (2001)
      Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
      6.6
      Video
      • animator (segment "Mickey's Christmas Carol", uncredited)
      • 2001
    • Cary Elwes, Eric Idle, Bryan White, Andrea Corr, Jessalyn Gilsig, Don Rickles, and Jaleel White in Quest for Camelot (1998)
      Quest for Camelot
      6.3
      • character animator (as Matt O'Callaghan)
      • 1998
    • Life with Louie (1994)
      Life with Louie
      8.3
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • 1994–1998
    • Freakazoid! (1995)
      Freakazoid!
      7.5
      TV Series
      • character designer
      • storyboard artist
      • 1995
    • Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman (1994)
      Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
      8.5
      TV Short
      • character designer
      • 1994
    • Whoopi Goldberg, Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Jim Cummings, Phil Hartman, and Frank Welker in The Pagemaster (1994)
      The Pagemaster
      6.2
      • character animator (as Matt O'Callaghan)
      • 1994
    • Peer Augustinski, Kristiane Backer, Roger Carel, Craig Charles, Rupert Degas, Ottfried Fischer, Howard Lew Lewis, Thomas Piper, and Pierre Tornade in Asterix in America (1994)
      Asterix in America
      5.9
      • animator (as Matt O'Callaghan)
      • 1994
    • Elisabeth Moss, Ellen Blain, Michael Crawford, Paige Gosney, Benji Gregory, and Ben Vereen in Once Upon a Forest (1993)
      Once Upon a Forest
      6.5
      • character animator
      • character designer
      • sequence director
      • 1993
    • Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Bill Farmer, Barbara Goodson, Christopher Collins, Patricia Parris, Ronnie Schell, Ned Luke, and Tom Williams in Rover Dangerfield (1991)
      Rover Dangerfield
      5.9
      • character animator
      • character designer
      • sequence director
      • 1991

    Writer

    • Mel Blanc and Billy West in Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
      Daffy's Rhapsody
      7.1
      Short
      • story
      • 2012
    • Mel Blanc in I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
      I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat
      6.5
      Short
      • story by
      • 2011
    • Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
      Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
      6.4
      Video
      • screenplay
      • story (segment "Christmas impossible", segment "Mickey's dog-gone christmas")
      • 2004
    • Life with Louie (1994)
      Life with Louie
      8.3
      TV Series
      • created for television by
      • story
      • teleplay ...
      • 1994–1998
    • Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman (1994)
      Life with Louie: A Christmas Surprise for Mrs. Stillman
      8.5
      TV Short
      • created for television by
      • written by
      • 1994
    • The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994)
      The Itsy Bitsy Spider
      6.8
      TV Series
      • created by
      • developed by
      • creator (as Matt O'Callaghan, as Matt O'Callaghan)
      • 1994
    • The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992)
      The Itsy Bitsy Spider
      6.3
      Short
      • story by (uncredited)
      • 1992
    • Vincent Price, Val Bettin, Eve Brenner, Candy Candido, Diana Chesney, Barrie Ingham, Melissa Manchester, Susanne Pollatschek, Frank Welker, and Alan Young in The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
      The Great Mouse Detective
      7.1
      • story adapted by
      • 1986

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    Coyote Falls

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