Scott DaRos is an American animator, artist, and director who has won two Emmy Awards and been nominated for one Emmy and two Annie Awards.
As a character animator, DaRos received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2016. As animation director or co-director, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program in 2018, and was nominated for a second short in 2019.[1] All three Emmys were for his work on Robot Chicken. He received Annie Award nominations for character animation in 2016 for and in 2020 for Robot Chicken.[2] [3] He has animated or directed animation on M.O.D.O.K, SuperMansion, SpongeBob SquarePants, Buddy Thunderstruck, Robot Chicken, and other TV shows and shorts.[4]
DaRos received his BFA in studio art from the University of Connecticut in 2007.[5] After working in Los Angeles for ten years, he became a freelance artist at Threadwood, an animation business that he owns and operates together with his wife and 2009 UConn alum, Alexis Deprey. They specialize in stop motion and clay animation.[6] [7]