Patrick Alexander Ventura (born 1959) is a retired[1] animation director, writer, animator, storyboard artist and character designer who has worked for Hanna-Barbera Productions, Cartoon Network, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal and Nickelodeon. Ventura is known for having written and directed several cartoon shorts for the What a Cartoon! series on Cartoon Network and the Oh Yeah! Cartoons and Random! Cartoons series on Nickelodeon.
Works[]
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990-1993)
- Look Out Below (1995)
- George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular (1995)
Trivia[]
- He was going to develop a Screwball Squirrel show, featuring Screwy Squirrel and Meathead in short cartoon adventures reminiscent of the Avery gag filled chase MGM cartoons, Joseph Barbera did not like this direction and wanted Screwy to be likable, and retooled it into the version featured on Droopy, Master Detective.[2]