Audu Paden
Audu Paden (born 20 December 1963) is a Peabody, Gemini and Emmy award winning American television producer, director, cartoonist and writer. Born in London to American parents and raised internationally, spending many years in subsaharan Africa he later studied theater at Northwestern University and then animation at the UCLA animation workshop in the 1980s. He is the showrunner for the Monster High and Ever After High series for Mattel as well as the producer of the Hot Wheels entertainment. Credits include" Animaniacs", "Pinky and the Brain", "Rugrats", "The Simpsons", "Extreme Ghostbusters", "Godzilla, the Animated series", "Starship Troopers", "MTV Spider-Man", "Stuart Little 3", "Monster High", "Ever After High","Max Steel", "Hot Wheels Battle Force Five", "Polly Pocket", "Heavy Gear", "The Book of Virtues". He is also a voice director and actor.
Personal and Professional Life
Paden has produced and directed over 200 hours of television programming, including over 100 half-hours of computer animation and 15 CGI features.[1] He has worked at Mattel since August 2007 and is currently a show runner, writer and producer. He is married to western wildlife painter Theresa Paden and has three children.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989-present | The Simpsons | Storyboard Revision (Brush with Greatness) |
| 1991-1992 | Rugrats | Storyboard Artist, Storyboard Cleanup Artist |
| 1991-1996 | Taz-Mania | Storyboard Artist |
| 1993-1997 | Animaniacs | Directed 14 episodes, Storyboard Artist |
| 1995-1996 | Pinky and the Brain | Directed 6 episodes, Storyboard Artist |
| 1996-1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Storyboard Artist |
| 1996 | Project G.e.e.K.e.R. | Producer |
| 1997 | Extreme Ghostbusters | Series Director, Producer of episodes:
True Face of a Monster |
| 1998-2000 | Godzilla: The Series | Director of 2 episodes, Producer of all 40 |
| 1999-2000 | Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles | Directed 3 episodes, Series Producer |
| 2001 | Heavy Gear: The Animated Series | Supervising Producer |
| 2003 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Series Director, Co-Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild | Director |
| 2007 | Tak & the Power of Juju | Director, Supervising Producer |
| 2008 | Max Steel: Bio Crisis | Supervising Producer |
| 2009-2011 | Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5 | Supervising Producer |
| 2009 | Max Steel vs The Mutant Menace | TV movie—Supervising Producer |
| 2010 | Monster High: New Ghoul at School | TV Movie—Director, Supervising Producer, Voice Director |
| 2010 | Max Steel vs The Toxic Legion | Director, Producer, Voice Director |
| 2011 | Monster High: Scream Building | Director, Voice Director, Art Director, Supervising Producer, Writer |
| 2011 | Monster High: Fright On! | Art Director, Director, Character Designer, Voice Director |
| 2012 | Hot Wheels Battle Force 5: Full Revolution | Executive Producer, Writer |
| 2013-2014 | Max Steel | |
| 2014 | Monster High: Freaky Fusion | Voice Director, Executive Producer |