Mike Roth (animator)

Mike was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he attended Allentown School District public schools. He graduated from School of the Visual Arts in 1999 with a BFA.^{[citation needed]}

Most recently, Mike developed and directed the animated streaming feature Merry Little Batman, starring the iconic caped crusader, for Amazon.^[1][2][3] Prior to this role, Roth developed and supervised the development of several projects with Disney Television Animation.^[4] Roth was also the Co-Executive Producer of Cartoon Network's Emmy winning Artists Program where he was responsible for the development and production pipeline of their shorts. Several shorts under Mike's supervision went to series, including Craig of the Creek, Apple and Onion, Summer Camp Island, Victor and Valentino, Infinity Train, and more.^{[citation needed]}

Roth served as a writer and producer on Cartoon Network's animated series Regular Show,^[5] for which he received multiple Emmy nominations (Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program 2015, 2014, & 2011)^[6][7] and won the Emmy in 2012 (Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program).^[8] He has also written and storyboarded on a number of other animated shows including Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb, Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants as well as Paramount Pictures' feature films The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Rugrats in Paris.^{[citation needed]}