{{Short description|English animator}} {{For|other people with similar names|Michael Graves (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | name = Mic Graves | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United Kingdom | occupation = {{flatlist| * Animator * director * writer * producer * voice actor }} | years_active = 1998–present | known_for = {{plainlist| * ''The Big Knights'' * ''Monkey Dust'' * ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' * ''Elliott from Earth'' }} }} '''Michael "Mic" Graves''' is an English animator, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He is best known as the series director for the Cartoon Network animated series ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' (2011-2019), of which he is also a writer, executive producer, and the voice of Banana Joe. He is also the co-developer, supervising director, and executive producer of the animated series ''Elliott from Earth'' (2021).
==Animation career== Graves first worked at Studio AKA where he worked on commercials, title sequences, and idents from 1994 to 2009; the most famous of these is ''The Canterbury Tales: Knight's Tale''. While working at Studio AKA, he was hired to be an assistant art director on ''The Big Knights'' from 1999 to 2000. He was then hired by ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' creator Ben Bocquelet to be the series director and a writer, executive producer, and voice actor from 2011 to 2019.<ref>''SEAT42F'' [https://seat42f.com/cartoon-network-announces-virtual-lineup-for-san-diego-comic-conhome-july-23/ "Cartoon Network Announces Virtual Lineup for San Diego Comic-Con@Home, July 23"]</ref><ref>''Variety'' [https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/disney-netflix-sony-cartoon-network-aardman-ready-annecy-unveils-1234625312/ "Annecy Film Festival Presentations Include ‘Frozen 2’ Doc, Lord & Miller, and ‘Chicken Run’ Reunion"]</ref><ref>''Animation Magazine'' [https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/strictly-star-joe-sugg-guests-on-cartoon-networks-gumball/ ‘Strictly’ Star Joe Sugg Guests on Cartoon Network’s ‘Gumball’]</ref> After the show ended in 2019, he co-created ''Elliott from Earth'' and served as a supervising director, writer, and executive producer on the series.<ref>''Animation Magazine'' [https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/trailer-elliott-from-earth-lands-on-cartoon-network/ "Trailer: ‘Elliott from Earth’ Lands on Cartoon Network"]</ref><ref>''Animation World Network'' [https://www.awn.com/news/elliott-earth-debuts-cartoon-network-march-29 "‘Elliott From Earth’ Debuts on Cartoon Network March 29"]</ref>
In January 2026, it was revealed that Mic Graves was directing and writing an animated feature film adaptation of Flat Stanley for Disney+.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-19 |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Flat Stanley' Feature Film In The Works At Disney+ |url=https://thedisinsider.com/2026/01/19/exclusive-flat-stanley-feature-film-in-the-works-at-disney/ |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=The DisInsider |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2026, the adult-oriented computer animated horror short-film "''Duck''" was released for the Cartoon Network Studios shorts program Cartoon Cartoons'','' which was co-created by Graves with Tony Hull. The animated short centers around a tow truck driver who faces a karmic death at the hands of an old woman and her pet duck in the middle of the roads on the stormy night of the British countryside.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC1_8qhf-OQ |title=Duck {{!}} Cartoon Cartoons |date=2026-03-09 |last=Warner Bros. TV |access-date=2026-03-09 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Short films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Title !! Role!! Notes |- | 1999 || ''The Canterbury Tales: Knight's Tale'' || Director || |}
=== Films === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year!! Title !! Role!! Notes |- | TBA || ''Flat Stanley'' || Director and writer ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-19 |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Flat Stanley' Feature Film In The Works At Disney+ |url=https://thedisinsider.com/2026/01/19/exclusive-flat-stanley-feature-film-in-the-works-at-disney/ |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=The DisInsider |language=en-US}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role |- || 1999–2000 || ''The Big Knights'' || Assistant art director, artist |- || 2003–2005 || ''Monkey Dust'' || Creative director |- || 2011–2019 || ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' || Director, executive producer, writer, animation director, voice actor |- || 2021 || ''Elliott from Earth'' || Co-developer, executive producer, supervising director, writer, script editor, voice actor |- |2026 |''Cartoon Cartoons'' |Episode: "Duck"<br>Co-creator, co-writer, co-executive producer, art director, voice of Driver, voice director<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC1_8qhf-OQ |title=Duck {{!}} Cartoon Cartoons |date=2026-03-09 |last=Warner Bros. TV |access-date=2026-03-09 |via=YouTube}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1071795}}
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