---
name: "Rich Moore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rich-moore"
fi1m_id: "rich-moore"
imdb_id: "nm0601781"
tmdb_id: 165787
wikidata_id: "Q2499079"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "10 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:38:13.529904+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rich Moore

## Identity

Rich Moore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rich-moore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rich-moore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0601781
- **TMDB ID:** 165787
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2499079
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Moore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165787

Director and writer. Born 10 May 1963 in Oxnard, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 10 May 1963, Oxnard, California, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Clark Spencer](https://film.one/person/clark-spencer.md), [Phil Johnston](https://film.one/person/phil-johnston.md), [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2010s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Comedy 5, Adventure 3, Family 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,026m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Moore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2499079, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601781/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165787

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Zootopia*](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md) (82), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81), [*Wreck-It Ralph*](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md) (70), [*Ralph Breaks the Internet*](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rich Moore

> We value Rich Moore’s animation when its jokes are sharp and its characters still earn our affection. His television work gives us the strongest reason to recommend him; his features build detailed worlds around that interest in character.

In the sharpest stretches of *The Simpsons* (1989), somebody makes a fool of themselves and remains worth caring about. We laughed, then felt fond of the people being mocked, because the programme keeps its tenderness even when the jokes are merciless. Rich Moore was one of its original three directors, making 17 episodes between 1990 and 1993. Those episodes helped establish its early visual and comic style. We value that contribution to a programme whose humour can be so unforgiving without making affection seem foolish.

Moore went on to supervise *The Critic* (1994–1995) and the first four seasons of *Futurama* (1999), also directing episodes of the latter. Shaping the visual style of animated television was a substantial part of this stretch of his career. The recurring interest is character-driven comedy, with feeling given room alongside the jokes. We would not hurry past that television work on the way to the features: it deserves consideration in its own right.

His feature directorial debut, *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), builds a detailed video-game world whose rules support both the story and the visual gags. We like that practicality: inventing a place is more useful when its rules give the characters something to do. *Zootopia* (2016), which he co-directed, takes that interest in world-building into an animal society, combining ensemble comedy with social themes. *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018) continues the video-game premise. The connection with his television work is clear enough, though an elaborate setting alone is never a reason to care about the people inside it.

His collaborators include co-director Byron Howard and writer and co-director Phil Johnston, and we would be careful about handing Moore sole credit for work made with others. Equally, directing and shaping these animated worlds is a contribution worth recognising without pretending he invented every joke. Our strongest enthusiasm remains for the sharp humour and tenderness of *The Simpsons*, rather than for detailed fictional worlds as an attraction in themselves. Start with his early episodes, but do not take that as an obligation to watch the whole programme.

## Biography

Rich Moore is an American animation director, screenwriter and producer. He studied at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in 1987. He was one of the original directors on the animated series *The Simpsons*, directing 17 episodes between 1990 and 1993.

Moore later served as supervising director on *The Critic* and *Futurama*. He directed the Walt Disney Animation Studios features *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012) and *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), and co-directed *Zootopia* (2016). He has received Emmy Awards, Annie Awards and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsons.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (5) — the average rests on these

- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), Fi1m 66, as Zangief / eBay Bidder / Sour Bill / Stormtrooper (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Zootopia* (2016), Fi1m 82, as Doug (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)
- *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), Fi1m 70, as Sour Bill / Zangief (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md)
- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spellbound* (2024), as The Postmaster (voice)
- *Vivo* (2021), as Iguana (voice) · Producer
- *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018), as Zangief / eBay Bidder / Sour Bill / Stormtrooper (voice) · Director, Story — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/ralph-breaks-the-internet.md)
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *Zootopia* (2016), as Doug (voice) · Director, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md)
- *Feast* (2014), Thanks
- *Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives* (2013), as Rich Moore · Director
- *Wreck-It Ralph - Bit by Bit: Creating the Worlds of Wreck-It Ralph* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Wreck-It Ralph* (2012), as Sour Bill / Zangief (voice) · Story, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wreck-it-ralph.md)
- *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008), Additional Storyboarding
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Sequence Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones* (2004), Director
- *Baby Blues* (2000), series, Director
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *What a Cartoon!* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Director, Visual Development
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Hound Town* (1989), Animation Director
- *Technological Threat* (1988), Art Designer, Character Designer, Writer
- *A Story* (1987), Thanks
- *A Birthday* (1987), Thanks
- *Somewhere in the Arctic...* (1986), as Oohk (voice)
- *Snookles* (1986), as Snookles (voice)
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Animation
- *Untitled Jack and the Beanstalk Film*, Director, Story

## Gallery

- ![Screenwriter Phil Johnston (left) and director Rich Moore (right) at a press conference. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/61822/gallery-e829cf4928fc.jpg) Screenwriter Phil Johnston (left) and director Rich Moore (right) at a press conference. (2018) — NotimexTV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Phil_Johnston_and_Rich_Moore.jpg/1280px-Phil_Johnston_and_Rich_Moore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rich Moore](https://film.one/media/person/61822/gallery-a23fe9904742.jpg) Rich Moore — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Rich_Moore.jpg/1280px-Rich_Moore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rich Moore & Chris Hardwick speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsew](https://film.one/media/person/61822/gallery-da4507ef91ee.jpg) Rich Moore & Chris Hardwick speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsew — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Rich_Moore_%26_Chris_Hardwick_%287588058090%29.jpg/1280px-Rich_Moore_%26_Chris_Hardwick_%287588058090%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rich Moore speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61822/gallery-623809fd3b1e.jpg) Rich Moore speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Rich_Moore_%287588055316%29.jpg/1280px-Rich_Moore_%287588055316%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rich Moore speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61822/gallery-af11eb61f3eb.jpg) Rich Moore speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Rich_Moore_%287588056656%29.jpg/1280px-Rich_Moore_%287588056656%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2019: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Ralph Breaks the Internet*
- 2017: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Zootopia*
- 2013: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Wreck-It Ralph*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2002: Outstanding Animated Program (won)
- 1991: Outstanding Animated Program (won)

### Other awards — 3 won

- Annie Award 2017: Annie Award (won)
- Annie Award 2013: Annie Award (won)
- Annie Award 2003: Annie Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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