Background
Mike was born in 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
animator director writer voice actor storyboard artist character designer
Mike was born in 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Mike went into animation, too, studying in the Character Animation program at California Institute of the Arts.
Smith did character design, animated, caricatured, and storyboard work early in his career, most notably for music videos Innuendo by Queen and Anarchy in the U.K. by Megadeth, Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire. When Cartoon Network started producing new shows as Cartoon Network Studios, he quickly expanded into new roles in series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and Craig McCracken. He wrote designed characters, or directed art for episodes of series including Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and Samurai Jack.