Joel Ragan Trussell (June 19, 1972) is an American television producer, director and animator based in Los Angeles, California. Known for his work in animation, he has executive produced Netflix Animation's Captain Fall (2023), executive produced and developed Disney XD's Pickle and Peanut (2015–2018), and directed Tom Hanks' animated miniseries Electric City (2012).

Trussell has also directed several award-winning music videos, and many animated segments for Yo Gabba Gabba! on Nickelodeon. In 2008 he was selected by Mike Judge to direct the intro for The Animation Show. Pictoplasma has published Trussell's work in their Character Encyclopedia, and two collections of their Characters in Motion (2&3). He was selected as a speaker at their 2011 event in New York City and the 2012 event in Berlin.

Music videos

YearArtistSong title
2003Kid606"The Illness"
2004Atomic Swindlers"Float"
2005Jason Forrest"War Photographer"
2006Coldcut"This Island Earth"
M. Ward"Chinese Translation"
2007Morcheeba"Enjoy the Ride"
Morcheeba"Gained the World"
2008Jakob Dylan"Evil is Alive and Well"
2009The Gossip"Love Long Distance"
Kid606"Mr. Wobble's Nightmare"
2012M. Ward"The First Time I Ran Away"
2023M. WardSupernatural Thing"

External links

  • Joel Trussell on Twitter
  • Interview from 2012 with Cartoon Brew