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                            Introduction
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Steven Edward Loter is an American animator, storyboard artist,
director, and producer. His work includes 'Kim Possible' and
developing 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'.


                             Biography
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Loter's earliest works were as a character designer for Disney
Consumer Products and at Jim Henson Productions. He started his work
as a director directing episodes of 'The Ren & Stimpy Show', where
he learned from the team about helming an animated production. He
later worked as a director and producer on 'Kim Possible' starting on
season 2, as well as on 'Brandy & Mr. Whiskers' and 'American
Dragon: Jake Long'. Loter also directed the 'Happy Monster Band',
'Buzz Lightyear of Star Command', and Disney's 'The Legend of Tarzan'
series, as well as episodes of 'Duckman' and 'Stressed Eric'. In 2001,
he was hired as an additional director for 'Kevin Smith's Clerks The
Animated Series'. Unusual for a 6-episode series at that time to have
more than two directors, Loter was hired due to fellow directors Chris
Bailey and Nick Fillipi being too busy with their episodes to focus on
episodes 4 and 6, which he ended up directing. Loter applied his
experience on 'Ren & Stimpy' and 'Duckman' for his work on the
show.

In 2008, he directed a music video for the song "Hidden in the Sand",
for the indie rock band 'Tally Hall'. He was also an animation
director for 'The Penguins of Madagascar', which won a Primetime Emmy
Award in 2012 for Outstanding Animated Program.

Loter announced he was directing the feature film 'Tinker Bell and the
Legend of the NeverBeast' from DisneyToon Studios, at the D23 Expo on
August 9, 2013. The film is from the 'Tinker Bell' film series and is
executive produced by John Lasseter. It was released direct-to-video
on March 3, 2015. Loter, who was approached by Lasseter to pitch a
'Tinker Bell' film, drew inspiration for the film's story on his
daughter's love for animals and his own experiences as a father.
According to himself, Loter practiced pitching the project to his
wife. He worked with the production teams for 'Secret of the Wings'
and 'The Pirate Fairy' to ensure continuity within the films.

Starting on 2021, Loter works as an executive-producer on 'The Ghost
and Molly McGee', having joined the series due to long time
collaborators Bill Roth and Bob Motz serving as showrunners. As of
2023, Loter serves as showrunner and an executive producer on 'Moon
Girl and Devil Dinosaur', based on the comic book characters of the
same name. Loter was contacted by actor Laurence Fishburne to serve as
an executive-producer on the series due to his work on 'Kim Possible'.
Having been a fan of Marvel comics since childhood and excited at the
idea of working with Fishburne, Loter accepted. Loter and the team
pitched the series to Disney with a roller-skating sequence featuring
Childish Gambino's "Sweatpants", which was approved by Disney. From
this position, he approached musician Raphael Saadiq to compose the
score and provide songs for the series, being a fan of his; the two
were previously set to collaborate on the cancelled 'Cars' spin-off
film 'Metro'.


                           Personal life
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Loter is married, and has a daughter and a son. Loter was born and
raised in New York City and  moved to Los Angeles.

As a child, he used to watch 'Looney Tunes' shorts and "a very poorly
subtitled" bootleg of 'My Neighbor Totoro', which he credited as
inspirations for his work on animation. He also cited 'Lilo &
Stitch' as a personal inspiration.

Loter is a fan of anime, particularly 'Cowboy Bebop', and often
references it in his animation work, something he described as "one of
the things [he's] known for". He is a fan of Marvel Comics, and noted
some Inhumans to be among his favorite characters.


Films
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rowspan=2|Year  rowspan=2|Film  colspan="4" |Credited as
|Director       |Producer       |Writer Notes
|2002   |'Tarzan & Jane'    |Yes    |Yes    |       |Direct-to-video film
2003    |'Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time'        |Yes    |       |       rowspan="2"|Television
film
2005    |'Kim Possible: So the Drama'   |Yes    |Yes    |
2015    |'Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast' |Yes    |       |
|Direct-to-video film


Television
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rowspan="2" width="100" | Year  rowspan="2" | Title     colspan="3" |
Credited as     rowspan="2" | Notes
width="65" | Director   width="65" | Producer   Animation department
|1991-1995      |'The Ren & Stimpy Show'    |       |       |       |Layout supervisor
|1994-1997      |'Duckman'      |       |       |Yes    |Retake supervisor (episode: "Das
Dub")
|1994-1995      |'The Baby Huey Show'   |       |       |
|1998-2000      |'Stressed Eric'        |Yes    |       |
|1998-2004      |'Rocket Power' |Yes    |       |       |Unaired pilot only
|2000-2002      |'Clerks: The Animated Series'  |Yes    |       |
|2001-2002      |'Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'       |Yes    |       |
|2001-2003      |'The Legend of Tarzan' |Yes    |Yes    |
|2002-2007      |'Kim Possible' |Yes    |Yes    |
|2006   |'Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'    |Yes    |       |
|2006-2007      |'American Dragon: Jake Long'   |Yes    |       |
|2008-2015      |'The Penguins of Madagascar'   |       |       |
|2021-2024      |'The Ghost and Molly McGee'    |       |       |
|2023-present   |'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur' |       |       |       |Also developer
and showrunner


                       Nominations and awards
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Year    Award   Category        Nominee Result  Ref
2002    29th Daytime Emmy Awards        Outstanding Special Class Animated
Program         'The Legend of Tarzan'          |
2005    32nd Daytime Emmy Awards        Outstanding Children's Animated Program
rowspan="2" | 'Kim Possible'    |
2008    35th Annie Awards       Best Animated Television Production     |
|rowspan="2"|2012       |39th Annie Awards      Directing in a Television
Production      rowspan="2"|'The Penguins of Madagascar'                |
Daytime Emmy Awards     Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program            |
|2022   |Children's and Family Emmy Awards      |Outstanding Main Title and
Graphics        |'The Ghost and Molly McGee'    |       |
rowspan="3" | 2023      TCA Awards      Outstanding Achievement in Family
Programming     rowspan="4" | 'Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur'
align="center" |
|rowspan="2"|Children's and Family Emmy Awards  |Outstanding
Children's or Young Teen Animated Series        |       |rowspan="2"|
|Outstanding Special Class Animated Program     |
|2024   |GLAAD Media Award      |Outstanding Kids & Family Programming
or Film - Animated      |       align="center"|


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