Julia Pott

5 movies as actor · 6 as director

Born Jun 13, 1985 (age 41)

Julia Pott (born June 13, 1985) is a British animator, illustrator, screenwriter, producer, and voice actress. She is the creator of Cartoon Network's Summer Camp Island, as well as the voice of Susie McCallister.

Pott, having an American mother, spent her childhood summers in The Hamptons and from the age of 6 was regularly drawing, telling people she wanted to be a cartoonist and work for Disney.

She completed a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Chelsea College of Arts in 2004, and studied Animation and Illustration at Kingston University, completing her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 2007. While at Kingston, her short animation My First Crush gained her attention and by 2012 had received nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube.

After graduating from Kingston, Pott made animated visuals for musical groups The Decemberists and Bat for Lashes, then enrolled in an MA in animation from the Royal College of Art, where she directed the animated shorts Howard (2010) and Belly (2011). After graduating with honors in 2011, she moved to Brooklyn and then to Los Angeles.

Career

Pott's films have competed at festivals around the world, including Sundance and SXSW. After working as a writ…