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Rich Moore

Rich Moore

Director, actor and writer, also producer · Born May 10, 1963 (63) · Oxnard, California, USA

Oscar winner · 2 Primetime Emmys · 2 BAFTA Awards

Rich Moore (born May 10, 1963) is an American film and television animation director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor. He is best known for serving as a director on primetime animated television series such as The Simpsons, The Critic and Futurama as well as directing the films Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Zootopia (2016) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) for Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is a two-time Emmy Award winner, a three-time Annie Award winner and an Academy Award winner. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rich Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 10, 1963 (63)
From
Oxnard, California, USA
Works as
Director, actor and writer, also producer
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 32 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 18% in 30 days

What are Rich Moore's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
20%
Society
14%
Power
13%
Morality
11%
Ideas
5%
Survival
4%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 6 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
9
Absurd
5
Warm
3
Thrilling
3
Hopeful
2
Other
10

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

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 Rich Moore's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rich Moore'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

32 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spellbound(2024)

    as The Postmaster (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Vivo(2021)

    Producer · as Iguana (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Return to Zootopia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Original Story

  • Ralph Breaks the Internet(2018)

    Director · Story · as Zangief / eBay Bidder / Sour Bill / Stormtrooper (voice)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Finding Dory(2016)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Zootopia(2016)

    Director · Story · as Doug (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Feast(2014)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Garlan Hulse: Where Potential Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · as Rich Moore

  • Wreck-It Ralph - Bit by Bit: Creating the Worlds of Wreck-It Ralph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Writer · as Self

  • Wreck-It Ralph(2012)

    Director · Story · as Sour Bill / Zangief (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Sit Down, Shut Up(2009)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Horton Hears a Who!(2008)

    Additional Storyboarding

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Futurama: Bender's Game(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Simpsons Movie(2007)

    Sequence Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Futurama: Bender's Big Score(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Drawn Together(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Duck Dodgers in Attack of the Drones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Baby Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Futurama(1999)

    Show 7 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • What a Cartoon! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

  • The Critic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 23 episodes · Director · Visual Development

  • The Simpsons(1989)

    Show 17 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Hound Town(1989)

    Animation Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Technological Threat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Art Designer · Character Designer · Writer

  • A Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Thanks

  • A Birthday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Thanks

  • Somewhere in the Arctic... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Oohk (voice)

  • Snookles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Snookles (voice)

  • Amazing Stories(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Animation

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Eddie and the Beanstalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Story

Career shape

A full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 1985 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Zootopia (2016)

$1B worldwide

Highest rated

Zootopia (2016)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting8 of 27: 3 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thDirecting12 of 27: 5 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score96thWriting8 of 27: 2 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing1 of 27: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew10 of 27: 8 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

27 titles, 9 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s8 · 2 acting · 6 crew1990s3 · crew2000s5 · crew2010s8 · 4 acting · 8 crew2020s2 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

an Oscar, 2 Primetime Emmys and 2 BAFTA Awards from 12 major nominations, 1991–2019.

WinNomination
  1. 2019
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
  2. 2017
    • Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
  3. 2016
    • BAFTA Award, won · BAFTA Kids Vote - Feature Film
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Feature Film
  4. 2013
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature
  5. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  6. 2003
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  7. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  8. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 1999
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  2. 1991
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rich Moore's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · director

Sit Down, Shut Up (2009)

80th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, director, writer

Zootopia (2016)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rich Moore's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles18–71 · median 34 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles6–70 · median 19 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles7–64 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles5–54 · median 22 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles30–60 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Rich Moore work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rich Moore's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claudia Katz shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers