2023 • Animated Feature
Director • Writer • Creator
I create animated worlds families want to return to.
Original films, series, and characters built with heart, humor, and cinematic scale.
What Ross does
Turns original ideas into cinematic worlds with the emotional clarity to connect and the creative scale to grow.
Selected work
Films made for the big screen and global audiences.
2018 • Animated Feature
Charming
2015 • Animated Feature
A.C.O.R.N.S.
2025 • Animated Series
PakaPaka
2025 • Animated Series • Netflix Kids
Ocean Explorers
2025 • Animated Series • Crayola
Scribble Scrubbies
About Ross
Director first.
Storyteller always.
Ross Venokur is a director, writer, and creator of original animated films, series, and entertainment franchises for family audiences.
Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has built original stories across feature films, television, publishing, and digital media, combining comedy, heart, and imaginative world-building with franchise-minded storytelling.
He wrote and directed the animated feature films Charming and Rally Road Racers, directed A.C.O.R.N.S., and co-created Game Over, one of television's first CG-animated primetime series. His work has taken him to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, The Jim Henson Company, Carsey-Werner, and other leading studios, where he has collaborated with talent including John Cleese, Demi Lovato, Sia, J.K. Simmons, Jimmy O. Yang, Sharon Horgan, and many others.
Today, Ross continues to develop original animated films, series, and entertainment properties for theatrical, streaming, broadcast, and digital platforms. Whether creating original IP or bringing established brands to life, his focus remains the same: crafting unforgettable characters, emotionally engaging stories, and imaginative worlds that entertain audiences of all ages.
Press & acclaim
Stories audiences enjoy. Work critics remember.
Selected responses to Ross’s animated films, together with publications that have covered his work across entertainment.
“Fun and inspiring. It will undoubtedly entertain kids and tweens.”
“The best film of its kind for some time, so catch it if you can.”
“A diverting joy ride for the littles.”
“A terrific new animated feature the entire family will enjoy.”
“Charming teaches lessons about the importance of sacrifice and selflessness.”
Studios, platforms, and brands
Three decades of building stories with some of the most recognized names in entertainment.
Ross has created, written, directed, produced, and developed work across theatrical film, television, streaming, publishing, and global family brands. The range is broad, but the through line is consistent: strong ideas, memorable characters, and entertainment built to reach audiences at scale.
Original worlds
What he is building now.
Original worlds in development for film, television, and streaming.
RADIUS
In development
Blast Radius
An original animated feature with an optimistic vision of an AI future, developed for the FutureVision XPRIZE.
DINER
A character-driven family comedy in development at Netflix.
EARTH IN SPACE
When Walk Off The Earth is whisked off into space, they learn the universe is in jeopardy and their music is the only thing that just might save it.
After being accidentally thrown away with the tree, Ornold the Ornament sets out on a year-long odyssey to find his beloved Christmas.
Creative point of view
Family entertainment should never feel small.
Ross creates ambitious stories with humor, visual imagination, and emotional truth. The work is designed for children, but never talks down to them, and always gives adults a reason to stay in the room.
Let’s build something memorable
Original films. Family franchises. Stories people want to return to.
Ross Venokur
venokur@gmail.comManagement
jen@huntershouse.com