--- description: Rooster Teeth animator and show creator Monty Oum died at the age of 33 on Sunday, the company announced on its website. title: Rooster Teeth Animator Monty Oum Dead at 33 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c15876026119540/69877d4ea988ca9f986ac413/160140122.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [remembrance](/tag/remembrance/) ## remembrance Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rooster Teeth Animator Monty Oum Dead at 33 by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2015 3:39 AM CUT  Animator Monty Oum arrives at the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 26, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Animator Monty Oum arrives at the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 26, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Jeff Vespa—WireImage/Getty Images by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2015 3:39 AM CUT Rooster Teeth animator and show creator Monty Oum [died at the age of 33](http://roosterteeth.com/news/entry.php?id=5448468 "undefined") on Sunday from complications stemming from a medical procedure, the company announced on its website. “As for honoring Monty, we will do that in our own way. In lieu of flowers or gifts, we ask that you simply do something creative. Use your imagination to make the world a better place in any way that you can,” the firm said in a statement. After his hospitalization, [a public fund](http://www.gofundme.com/MontyandSheena "undefined") was set up to support Oum, which has now raised almost $210,000\. Rooster Teeth said the money will go toward supporting his family. Oum was best known as the creator of the animated series _RWBY_, which follows a team of heroes who use an element called “Dust” to battle supernatural forces. The first episode has nearly 4 million views on YouTube. Rooster Teeth is a growing production studio based out of Austin that focuses on live-action shorts and animation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3693256/monty-oum-rooster-teeth-rwby-obituary-television-remembrance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3693256/monty-oum-rooster-teeth-rwby-obituary-television-remembrance/"},"headline":"Rooster Teeth Animator Monty Oum Dead at 33","datePublished":"2015-02-03T03:39:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:05:33.166Z","description":"The Austin native was the show creator and animator for the popular series RWBY","url":"https://time.com/3693256/monty-oum-rooster-teeth-rwby-obituary-television-remembrance/","keywords":["remembrance","Television","Internet","obituary","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c15876026119540/69877d4ea988ca9f986ac413/160140122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c15876026119540/69877d4ea988ca9f986ac413/160140122.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"24th Annual Producers Guild Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"24th Annual Producers Guild Awards - Red Carpet","creditText":"Jeff Vespa—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3693256/monty-oum-rooster-teeth-rwby-obituary-television-remembrance/","name":"Rooster Teeth Animator Monty Oum Dead at 33"}}]}] ```