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Emmy-Winning Animators of TOWER, Amazon's UNDONE, and Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. Craig Staggs is an animator, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.

We are honored to serve as the character animation unit on Amazon’s groundbreaking new series: Undone. And proud to be the animation team behind Tower, an Emmy winning film directed by Keith Maitland. Craig Staggs and Steph Swope founded Minnow Mountain to create groundbreaking material for the new media environment that includes screens big and small. Our work displays a unique vision and persona

lity but is rooted in traditional creative processes and turbo charged with an insane work ethic. After earning a BFA in Photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Steph Swope began a diverse career in the visual arts. A veteran of the independent film industry, Steph rose from art department and photo/video research to producing award winning animation and video. His illustrations have been featured in publications such as The New York Times and the covers of Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy book series. His iconic work on Richard Linklater’s cult classic A Scanner Darkly lead to a successful freelance animation career before founding Minnow Mountain with the goal of developing original feature films, television and web series. We are excited to offer original content and professional services.

18/11/2024

We were honored to speak earlier this month at the 2024 World Animation Summit hosted by in Los Angeles.

02/11/2024

One minute demo reel to promote our appearance at the World Animation Summit in LA on Tuesday morning. If your attending the summit, please come have a sit down and listen to our yarn.

Thanks for having us.

01/11/2024

Established in 2012, Minnow Mountain is celebrating our 12th birthday with a fancy-ass photo shoot! Say hello to CEO Craig Staggs. Photos by the amazing .

Much gratitude to our VERY FANCY fans, friends, family, partners, crew, and clients that helped us in this journey.

31/10/2024

Established in 2012, Minnow Mountain is celebrating our 12th birthday with a fancy-ass photo shoot! Say hello to Madam President herself, Steph Swope. Photos by the amazing .

Much gratitude to our VERY FANCY fans, friends, family, partners, crew, and clients that helped us in this journey.

29/10/2024

We’re so excited to be speaking at the World Animation Summit on Tuesday, November 5th! We’ll talk about our strange, and sometimes hilarious, journey to becoming an arthouse animation studio.

18/10/2024

Attending Austin Film Festival this year? Make sure you catch Minnow Mountain President Steph Swope at this Character Development in Animated Storytelling panel on Thursday Oct. 24th.

15/10/2024

Minnow Mountain in . From 2020, the year so nice they named it twice.

14/10/2024

New Walter Foster books! New Walter Foster books!

01/10/2024

Posters.

30/09/2024

Rocking that sweet red booth stuff in the beautiful Read House Hotel while attending the Giant Screen Cinema Association Conference in Chattanooga.

20/09/2024

Looking forward to the UT Texas Entertainment and Media Industries Symposium tomorrow! They’ve invited me to speak on a panel with some other experts about the Texas Production Ecosystem and I can’t wait to compare notes and see what the others have to say😁 I know it’s a little last minute but would love to see you there!

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14/09/2024

When we wrap a show we play the Toot-Toot. It’s a solemn ritual.

13/09/2024

Books!!!

11/09/2024

We make/love arthouse animation.

Go to MinnowMountain.com to watch our demo reel.

26/08/2024

We had a great time presenting our Arthouse Animation talk at the organized Houston Media Conference this weekend. An attendee from the panel next to us said it sounded like a party. Because it was! A weird animation party. Reach out if you’d like to learn how you can get this talk for your organization or event.

Tower- 99%, Undone- 97%, Apollo 10 1/2- 91% on . Go to MinnowMountain.com to watch our demo reel.

19/08/2024

Arthouse Animation: A Magical Solution for Filmmakers
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM CDT

Two industry insiders break down arthouse animation clips for filmmakers. This talk is presented by charismatic animation veterans Craig Staggs and Steph Swope of Minnow Mountain, the team behind Tower (PBS), Undone (Amazon Prime), and Apollo 10 1/2 (Netflix). Great directors like Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, and Guillermo Del Toro choose arthouse animation to tell visionary stories. This presentation, featuring clips from notable films, will explore why filmmakers choose animation to move a story from script to screen.

Go to MinnowMountain.com to watch our demo reel.

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