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Jim Smith(1954-2025)

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  • Animation Department
  • Music Department
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Jim Smith was born on 8 October 1954 in Lubbock, Texas, USA. He is known for The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991), Samurai Jack (2001) and Piranha 3D (2010). He died on 2 May 2025 in Texas, USA.
BornOctober 8, 1954
DiedMay 2, 2025(70)
BornOctober 8, 1954
DiedMay 2, 2025(70)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Billy West in The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
The Ren & Stimpy Show
7.5
TV Series
  • Art Department
Samurai Jack (2001)
Samurai Jack
8.5
TV Series
  • Art Department
Elisabeth Shue in Piranha 3D (2010)
Piranha 3D
5.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2010
Mel Blanc, John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Elizabeth Daily, Harvey Korman, Hlynur Sigurðsson, Marinó Sigurðsson, Elaine Silver, and Melanie Silver in The Flintstones (1994)
The Flintstones
5.1
  • Soundtrack
  • 1994

Credits

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Art Department

  • Cans Without Labels (2019)
    Cans Without Labels
    2.7
    Short
    • storyboard
    • 2019
  • Bigfoot Littlefoot (2019)
    Bigfoot Littlefoot
    7.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2019
  • The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown (2015)
    The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown
    5.4
    Video
    • storyboard cleanup
    • 2015
  • Elijah Wood, Melanie Lynskey, and Collin Dean in Over the Garden Wall (2014)
    Over the Garden Wall
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • background artist
    • 2014
  • The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
    The Looney Tunes Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2012
  • Bratz: Desert Jewelz (2012)
    Bratz: Desert Jewelz
    5.1
    • storyboards by
    • 2012
  • YooHoo and Friends (2011)
    YooHoo and Friends
    6.7
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2011
  • Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)
    Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur
    6.7
    Video
    • storyboard artist (as James Smith)
    • 2011
  • Mongo Wrestling Alliance (2011)
    Mongo Wrestling Alliance
    3.9
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • 2011
  • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
    The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
    5.8
    Video
    • storyboard artist
    • 2009
  • Tom and Jerry Tales (2006)
    Tom and Jerry Tales
    7.4
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist (as James C. Smith)
    • 2006–2007
  • The X's (2005)
    The X's
    5.8
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist
    • storyboard revisionist
    • 2005–2006
  • Samurai Jack (2001)
    Samurai Jack
    8.5
    TV Series
    • storyboarded by
    • additional storyboard
    • prop design ...
    • 2001–2004
  • Go! Go! Hypergrind (2003)
    Go! Go! Hypergrind
    6.9
    Video Game
    • stage design
    • 2003
  • Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' (2003)
    Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon'
    5.3
    TV Series
    • storyboard artist: Spumco USA
    • storyboard artist
    • designer
    • 2003

Animation Department

  • Pen Parody (2020)
    Pen Parody
    5.0
    TV Series
    • animation supervisor
    • 2023
  • Cans Without Labels (2019)
    Cans Without Labels
    2.7
    Short
    • animation
    • layout artist
    • 2019
  • George Liquor Learns Evolution
    • layout artist
    • 2013
  • Electric City (2012)
    Electric City
    6.6
    TV Series
    • layout artist
    • character layout
    • 2012
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    8.1
    TV Series
    • background layout artist
    • layout artist
    • 2010
  • Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' (2003)
    Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon'
    5.3
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • background designer
    • character designer: Ralph Bakshi
    • 2003
  • Samurai Jack (2001)
    Samurai Jack
    8.5
    TV Series
    • character designer
    • 2002
  • Commander Cork (2002)
    Commander Cork
    8.4
    TV Series
    • character layout artist
    • 2002
  • Yoake No Mariko (2001)
    Yoake No Mariko
    Video Game
    • background designer: spumco
    • character designer: spumco
    • 2001
  • The Oblongs (2001)
    The Oblongs
    7.1
    TV Series
    • character layout artist
    • 2001
  • Weekend Pussy Hunt (2000)
    Weekend Pussy Hunt
    7.0
    TV Series
    • layout by
    • layout artist
    • 2000
  • He-Hog the Atomic Pig
    4.0
    TV Movie
    • background artist
    • layout artist
    • 1999
  • Björk: Volumen (1999)
    Björk: Volumen
    8.8
    Video
    • layout artist
    • 1999
  • Björk in Björk: I Miss You (1997)
    Björk: I Miss You
    7.9
    Music Video
    • layout artist
    • 1997
  • What a Cartoon! (1995)
    What a Cartoon!
    8.4
    TV Series
    • additional layout
    • 1996

Music Department

  • Billy West in Ren and Stimpy Rocks (2001)
    Ren and Stimpy Rocks
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music
    • 2002
  • Billy West in The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
    The Ren & Stimpy Show
    7.5
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • composer: additional music
    • composer: Featuring The Music Of (as Screamin' Lederhosen, as Screamin' Lederhosen, as Screamin' Lederhosen) ...
    • 1991–1996
  • Big House Blues (1990)
    Big House Blues
    7.9
    Short
    • musician: guitar (as Jiminy 'Jelly-Roel' Smith)
    • 1990

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Screamin' Lederhosen
  • Born
    • October 8, 1954
    • Lubbock, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • May 2, 2025
    • Texas, USA(heart attack)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Began his career as a layout and storyboard artist in the early 1980s.

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