Monty Oum

Writer · Died February 1, 2015, aged 33 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Monty Oum was the creator and lead animator on the show RWBY. He was born on June 22, 1981. He dropped out of high school around 2002 and started creating fan videos. In 2007, he used model from Halo 2 and Super Smash Bros. Melee to have a Spartan (Halo) and Samus Aran (Metriod) fight in the "ultimate showdown". Afterwards, he worked at Midway Games as a combat designer and then worked at Namco Games as a combat designer and animator for Afro Samurai. In 2009, he met Burnie Burns at a SDCC International panel. A year later at PAX East 2010, he was announced to be working at Rooster Teeth. He started to animate in Season 8 of the show that started Rooster Teeth, Red v Blue. After working hours on end on RvB, Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum decided to give him his own project. This project would later be known as RWBY. Monty brought on Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross to write the animated series. RWBY premiered in 2012. On January 22, 2015, Monty was rushed to the hospital due to a severe allergic reaction. The doctors operated on him and Monty fell into a coma for 10 days. He passed away at 4:24 P.M on February 1, 2015.

What are Monty Oum's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

58%

Self

18%

Ideas

11%

Society

7%

Morality

6%

Friendship4 Loyalty2 Coming of age2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling

3

Hopeful

4

Warm

2

Joyful

1

Absurd

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Feel-good3 Hopeful2 Fun2

How their films end

Happy1
Bittersweet3
Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Monty Oum's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Monty Oum's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

21 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen Part Two(2023)
Characters · Original Series Creator
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
RWBY: Volume 9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Creator
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen Part One(2023)
Characters · Original Series Creator
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
RWBY: Ice Queendom(2022)
Show 12 episodes · Characters
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
RWBY: Volume 8 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Creator
RWBY: Fairy Tales(2021)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
RWBY: Volume 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Creator
RWBY: Volume 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Creator
RWBY: Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Director
RWBY: Volume 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Director
RWBY: Volume 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Writer
RWBY: Volume 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Creator
RWBY: Volume 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Creator
RWBY Chibi(2016)
Show Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
RWBY(2012)
Show 116 episodes · Director · Animation · Creator · Writer · as Lie Ren (voice)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Visual Effects
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 3 episodes · as Pizza God (voice) · as Self (voice)
RT Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Show 15 episodes · Camera Operator · as Self
Immersion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Show 8 episodes · Actor
Rooster Teeth Shorts: Volume Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Visual Effects · as Monty
Dead Fantasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Show Creator