Tom Root (born September 20, 1973) is an American writer,
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animated stop motion sketch comedy television series, created and executive produced for Adult Swim by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, ...
''.
Early life
Root was born in
Iowa City
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, Iowa. He attended
Central Michigan University
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, graduating with a degree in journalism. While at CMU, Root edited the student newspaper ''CM Life''.
Career
Root was one of the original staffers of '' ToyFare'' magazine, and was a staff writer and copy editor for Wizard Entertainment's family of publications. While at ''ToyFare'' he was a co-writer of the magazine's 's popular '' Twisted ToyFare Theatre'' feature.
Root co-wrote ''
Writers on Comics Scriptwriting
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'', vol. 2, with Andrew Kardon in 2004. He also wrote
Archie Comics
Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Jughead'' in 2010.
Root and ''Robot Chicken'' co-creator Matthew Senreich created the
dult swim
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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
series '' Titan Maximum'' which premiered on September 27, 2009. He was a writer on Lucasfilm's ''
Star Wars Detours
''Star Wars Detours'' is an unaired American CGI-animated comedy series. It is differentiated from the other '' Star Wars'' animated series in that it is a parody of the franchise. It offers a comedic take on what happened between the prequel ...
'' animated series. Root also wrote '' The Simpsons''' ''Robot Chicken''-style animated opening in 2013.
Filmography
Tom Root's production company is called Tom is Awesome and produces many television shows, seen in the table below.