Monty Oum

Quick Facts

Full Name	Monty Oum
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1981(1981-06-22)
Age	43
Date Of Death	2015-02-01
Birthplace	Providence
Country	United States
Birth City	Rhode Island
Horoscope	Gemini

Monty Oum Biography

Monty Oum is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on June 22, 1981 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. This popular animator was nominated for a Producers Guild of America Award in recognition of his work on Red vs. Blue. He also won a Streamy Award as well as an International Academy of Web Television Award to recognize his work on RWBY, another web series.

He was the voice actor He and writer, director, and voice actor Kerry Shawcross collaborated on Rooster Teeth Productions’ popular RWBY web series. and director , who collaborated together on the popular RWBY web series by Rooster Teeth Productions.

Monyreak “Monty” Oum (/oʊ m / OHM ; June 22, 1981 – February 1, 2015) was an American web-based animator and writer. A self-taught animator, he scripted and produced several crossover fighting video series, drawing the attention of internet production company Rooster Teeth, who hired him. There, he provided custom animations for Red vs. Blue, and created the original animated series RWBY. Oum married Sheena Duquette on May 10, 2014.

Oum dropped out of high school and began putting together fan videos as early as 2002. In January 2007, he discovered some reverse engineering techniques online that allowed him to extract models from Halo 2 and, utilizing assets from Super Smash Bros. Melee, created the “ultimate showdown” between a SPARTAN (Halo) and Samus Aran (Metroid) in Haloid, a portmanteau of their respective franchises. In the years following Haloid, Oum released a number of similar mash-up combat videos in which characters from the Final Fantasy franchise fought against others from the Dead or Alive franchise of fighting games, under the title Dead Fantasy. In total, five full videos in this series were produced, along with two music videos in which various of the series’ heroines dancing to pop music—a preview of an additional episode that was never completed was later leaked online but never officially released by Oum.

In 2014, he married Sheena Duquette. After suffering a severe allergic reaction during a medical procedure, he died tragically in 2015.

Monty Oum Net Worth

Monty Oum is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Monty Oum 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a Midway Games designer before joining the Rooster Teeth productions team.

He also created Dead Fantasy, a pop-music-based series.

Oum was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1981. He described himself as “Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese”. He had four older brothers and two older sisters. As a teenager, he was a student at New Urban Arts, a community art studio for high school students in Providence.

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Who is Monty Oum Dating?

According to our records, Monty Oum married to Sheena Duquette. As of December 1, 2023, Monty Oum’s is not dating anyone.

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On January 22, 2015, Oum was hospitalized following a severe allergic reaction after receiving a maintenance allergy shot that rendered him comatose. On January 30, Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns stated that Oum was “in critical care and it is not known if he will recover”. A donation page was set up for the medical expenses on GoFundMe, which received over $210,000. On February 1, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Oum died as a result of the allergic reaction. His funeral was held on February 7.

Facts & Trivia

Monty Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Monty Oum celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

Oum suffered from a severe allergic reaction during a medical procedure and fell into a coma on January 22, 2015. He died on February 1, 2015.

What happened Monty Oum?

Monty Oum passed away at age 33 on February 1, 2015 after having suffered “a severe allergic reaction during a simple medical procedure” that left him comatose and unable to recover. He is survived by his wife, Sheena.

Did Monty Oum write all of RWBY?

Monyreak “Monty” Oum, was the creator, director, co-writer , animator, and a voice actor of RWBY. He voiced Lie Ren in Volumes 1 and 2 and was succeeded by his brother Neath Oum.

What was Monty Oum allergic to?

In November, he wrote on Twitter that he was being tested for allergies. Getting tested for allergies. Apparently im allergic to juniper.

What happened to the creator of RWBY?

Monty Oum, director of animation for online-video pioneer Rooster Teeth and creator of the hit online series RWBY, died Sunday. He was 33. Austin- based Rooster Teeth said in a blog post that Oum had suffered a severe allergic reaction during a routine medical procedure last month that left him in a coma.

Is RWBY Cancelled?

Rooster Teeth typically premieres the next season of RWBY in the fall. Sadly, it appears that Volume 9 will not be hitting that release schedule. In a recent Twitter post, Joey Clary who serves as Co-Head of Animation at Rooster Teeth shared that Volume 9 has been delayed with a goal of releasing it in 2022.