Biography
Ryan O'Loughlin is an Australian animation director, storyboard artist and character designer. Born on 24 December 1977 in Newcastle, New South Wales, he began working in the industry in the late 1990s as an animator.
He directed three episodes of the Netflix animated series Blue Eye Samurai (2023). He also contributed as a storyboard artist on the series and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for his storyboard work on the episode "Hammerscale". Earlier credits include head of story on 9 (2009) and story artist or character designer roles on films such as Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Wish Dragon (2021).
