Cast & Crew
Sirena Irwin - Writer, Director, Producer, Actor (Babs and Mouse)
Sirena Irwin voice directs multiple shows for Dreamworks (past shows have included Voltron and Puss In Boots, as well as backup directing for SheRa). She also voice directs for Cartoon Network and she cast and voice directed Niko and The Sword of Light for Amazon/Titmouse. She was mentored and trained by the accomplished 8-time Emmy winner, Andrea Romano. In addition to being a voice director Sirena is an actor as well as a theater and short film director. In the world of animation she has recurred on Spongebob since 1999 and various other animated shows (Batman, Stan Lee’s Stripperella, The Loud House, etc.). She has studied acting & directing with famed coach Larry Moss for over a decade and she has performed improv and sketch extensively. She likes the funny. Also, she works well with children. Or adults who act like children. Or adults who act like adults. I guess you could sum it up as this, she works well with humans. Oh, and animals. Or humans that do the voices of animals. Wow, this just won’t stop. Or will it?
Andrea Love - Animation Director, Associate Producer
Andrea Love is an independent stop motion animator and animation director based in Port Townsend, WA. A
life long lover of movies, Andrea received a BA from Hampshire College in 2010, with a concentration in video
production and film studies. She specializes in stop motion and needle felting. Andrea works from her home studio, where she builds wire armature puppets and three dimensional worlds out of wool, wood and paper mache Over the past five years, Andrea has worked with several businesses and non profits including HansenCrafts, The Port Townsend School of Woodworking, and the Northwest Straits Foundation. The work she has done in her community earned her a nomination for the 2017 Young Professional of the Year Award from Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. She creates commercial work as well as animated documentaries that touch on themes including environmental issues, sustainable agriculture, and mental health. The short film FEAR, which she animated and co-directed, screened at several film festivals around the country including the Tribeca Film Festival and the LA Shorts Fest. Her animation is set to appear in the Bowmakers, a feature documentary directed by Ward Serrill to be released in 2019.
Michael Angelo - VFX Supervisor
Michael Angelo began his career in film and television working in the camera department at Magnetic Image in Northern California while completing a Broadcasting degree at San Francisco State University. Michael directed and produced a short documentary about a housing and care facility for autistic children and adults in Marin County, while taking a second job as a researcher for THX Lucasfilm. This gained him access to the world of visual effects at the infamous Industrial Light and Magic where he shadowed renowned Visual Effects Supervisor Ken Ralston and fell in love with visual effects. Shooting and editing test commercials for ad agency Goodby Silverstein and Partners, Michael then moved fully into post production working as an online editor, colorist and visual effects artist at Pacific Video Resources in San Francisco where he spent years working with directors in all mediums including well known documentarist Werner Herzog. In 2000 Michael turned his focus to visual effects working as an Autodesk Flame VFX artist, project highlights include Super Bowl commercials and feature films Knight and Day, Time Traveler’s Wife, X-Men, Origins, Jumper, Live Free or Die Hard and more. In 2012 Michael began directing the documentary feature "A DocumenTree" about the infamous TreeMan.. In 2018 he began visual effects work for the Messy Adventures of Mud.
Camryn Jones - Actor (Mud)
Camryn Jones was born in Houston, TX. Often called an old-soul, Camryn's feisty, yet endearing personality shines a bright light on those who meet her. She began acting and modeling at the age of 6 and is a trained dancer in numerous styles. She has appeared in the feature film, "Created Equal", directed by Bill Duke, the ABC series "The Mayor", the NBC series Law & Order, and several other leading and supporting roles for TV and short-film. Most recently, after visiting Los Angeles for a few short weeks, Camryn booked a series regular role in the ABC pilot, "Steps". Additionally, she's been the face for numerous national and local commercials, and the voice for several TV and film roles.
In addition to acting, Camryn loves to dance, cook, travel, and hang out with friends.
Melany Ochoa - Actor (Leila)
Melany Ochoa was born in Sugar Land, TX and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 4. She became fascinated with singing and acting through watching her older sister. Genesis Ochoa. Melany booked her first acting role in a commercial for Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance. After Melany's start in commercials and promos, she has appeared in various film and T.V. projects including: work on FX channel's The Bridge, a recurring role on Mayans M.C. a guest spot on Austin & Ally, recurring voices on Adventure Time and the role of Julia Parkes in Bad Asses
In her free time, Melany enjoys sewing and designing her own clothes and jewelry.
Oz Irwin - Actor (Puddin')
At the age of 3, Oz was intrigued by 3 things. Gardening, cooking and the French horn. After taking a cooking class he thought it'd be mighty fun to host a cooking show for families. That genesis of an idea then flourished into "Sit Down. Eat Up" - the pilot was shot in the Chicago area with another family when he was 5 years old. That same year he finally began studying the French horn. A year later and his interest had turned to fishing so he began hosting his fishing escapades around the Los Angeles area. The web series was called "Fishin' In the City with Oz." He fished everywhere from the Los Angeles River to Echo Park Lake to the Griffith Park fountain. He was soon to add a keen knowledge of music and lyrics including everything from Frank Sinatra to Johnny Cash to Pharrell. Then he began his study of the cello. Which, as with the French horn, he hates to practice but likes to play. In The Messy Adventures of Mud, Puddin' is the first animated character that he has voiced.
Kevin Michael Richardson - Actor (Captain Skinny Pants
Kevin has portrayed a multitude of characters in animated series and video games. His many credits include Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch, Goro in Mortal Kombat, Skulker on Danny Phantom, Jolee Bindo in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Tartarus from Halo 2, Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, Openly Gator from Queer Duck, Dark Laser on The Fairly OddParents, Maurice from The Penguins of Madagascar, Slam Tasmanian and Tech E. Coyote on Loonatics Unleashed. In 2001, he voiced Barney Rubble in the animated movie The Flintstones: On the Rocks. He voiced Trigon in the animated series Teen Titans. In 2004, he became the first African-American to voice the Joker in the Kids WB animated series, The Batman, a role for which he was twice nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series. In 2008, he did the voice of Bishop for Wolverine and the X-Men. Later, he did the voice of Nick Fury on The Super Hero Squad Show. His credits go on and on. Believe.
Dee Bradley Baker - Actor (Sir Ennio)
Over the past two decades, Dee has earned an extraordinary reputation among show creators and fans alike with his chameleon-like acting skills and his wide range of realistic creature sounds, from tiny birds and insects to gigantic monsters. His major roles, many of which feature his vocalizations of animals, include animated series such as American Dad!, Codename: Kids Next Door, Gravity Falls, Phineas and Ferb, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Ben 10, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra and The 7D, live-action series such as Legends of the Hidden Temple and Shop 'til You Drop, films such as The Boxtrolls and Space Jam and video games such as Halo, Gears of War, Viewtiful Joe, and Spore. He and Sirena have voiced 100s of characters on Spongebob Squarepants over the past 20 years.
Cree Summers - Actor (Theme Song Lead voice, Basketvillian)
Summer was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan. She is known for playing Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World. In animation, Summer was the original voice of Penny in the 1983 cartoon Inspector Gadget. She also voiced Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Princess Kida in the franchise of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom, Maxine "Max" Gibson in Batman Beyond, Foxxy Love in Drawn Together, Numbuh 5 in Codename: Kids Next Door, Magma in X-Men Legends, Yvonne and Gordon in Mrs. Munger's Class, Cleo the Poodle in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy, Witch Haggar in Voltron: Legendary Defender, and Beast Girl in Teen Titans Go!
Zehra Fazal - Actor (Basketvillian)
Zehra is excited to be on this messy adventure with Mud! Her voice work includes characters such as Halo from Young Justice Outsiders (WB), Rizavi from Voltron: Legendary Defender (Dreamworks), Faraday from Craig of the Creek (Cartoon Network), Pocahontas/Boudica from Adam Ruins Everything (truTV), and the voice of the Jupiter/Resolute spaceships in the Netflix original series Lost in Space.
Instagram and Twitter: @ZehraFazal Website: zehrafazal.com
Eric Andrew Kuhn - Composer
Eric Andrew Kuhn is a multi-instrumentalist (drums, guitar, piano, bass, assorted keys and percussion), composer and producer currently based in Ypsilanti, MI. He records and performs with Eric and Erica, The Light Switches, Grasses and The Kickstand Band; composes original music for film, video, advertising and dance; runs; and drinks too much coffee. Past musical groups and collaborators include Silian Rail, Sean Hayes, B. Hamilton and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down. He has been playing, recording and touring since he was too young to be allowed in the places he was playing.
Additional Crew
Jeff Sheridan - Recording Engineer and Dialogue Editor
Bryan Parker - Sound Design and Final Sound Mix
Annie Shermer - Puppet Costumes
Channing Showalter - Felting Assistant
David Conklin and Linda Townsend - Foley
Production Recording Services provided by Soundworks
Post Production Sound Services and Final Mix provided by Formosa Sound
Bryan Parker - Supervising Sound Editor
Visual Effects provided by: Michael Angelo Media and many volunteers!
Many thanks to Alice and John