Joe Brumm

Joseph Brumm is an Australian animator, director, and writer. After working on multiple British animated children's shows, he created the Peabody Award-winning Australian animated television series Bluey. Brumm was born in Winton in Central West Queensland, the second of three boys. His father worked for the Department of Primary Industries, while his mother was a librarian. After moving to Cairns when he was five years old, his family finally settled in the state's capital city of Brisbane when he was aged 12, where he began attending high school. He graduated from Marist College Ashgrove in 1995. After finishing high school, he studied animation at Griffith University and graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Animation (Honors). . After graduating university, Brumm relocated to London, where he obtained work as an animator on several British series such as Charlie and Lola, Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, and Tinga Tinga Tales.  Brumm returned to Brisbane in 2009 and established a small animation studio called Studio Joho with the intent of making an Australian version of Peppa Pig, swapping the pig characters with dog characters and changing the personality of the father figure. The show would be titled Bluey. Brumm decided the episodes of Bluey would centre around the two juvenile characters participating in play-based learning and creating their own adventures, creating a one-minute sample in 2016. Ludo Studio, a local company, picked it up and helped Brumm expand the sample into a five-minute pilot. Brumm and his wife Suzy subsequently created the first season of 52 seven-minute episodes, which were released in Australia in 2018. The show has gone on to achieve commercial success and critical acclaim internationally. In 2001, Brumm created an animated short called Causes, and he directed a 2015 short called The Meek. In October 2021, Brumm was named Griffith University's Outstanding Alumnus.  In June 2023, he was named as a Queensland Great. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Brumm, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Bluey

Bluey is an inexhaustible six year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures, developing her imagination as well as her mental, physical and emotional resilience.

Release Date2018-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd German Sausage Dog (voice)

Episode Count153

Vote Count623

WTF 101

Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys.

Release Date2019-01-07

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count5

Bluey Minisodes

A collection of funny and sweet episodes featuring Bluey and her family and friends. This collection of every day moments introduces some new characters and games they have been playing together.

Release Date2024-06-16

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count30

Bluey: The Movie

Based on the TV series of the same name. Plot TBA.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Bluey au cinéma !

Release Date2022-10-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Bluey at the Cinema: Family Trip Collection

A collection of Family Trip themed episodes from across the Bluey series, showing in cinemas this summer.

Release Date2024-08-09

DepartmentCrew

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Bluey’s Big Play

When Dad feels like a little bit of time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all the games and tricks to get Dad off that bean bag.

Release Date2025-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Bluey at the Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection

Bluey at the Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection is an hour-long treat for fans of Bluey to enjoy, made up of eight episodes from the TV show’s three series, all based around the fun of food! The compilation will showcase memorable moments such as Takeaway, Fancy Restaurant, and highlight the Heelers' skills in the kitchen with episodes such as Omelette and Duck Cake – cooking has never been so fun!

Release Date2025-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Causes

The flutter of a butterfly in the East can cause hurricanes in the West.

Release Date2000-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Meek

When her cold, lonely existence is changed forever by the arrival of a huge comet and a smouldering stranger, our heroine thinks her luck has changed. But when things sour she quickly finds out that knowing what's good for you doesn't always mean doing what's good for you.

Release Date2015-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Cleverman

A man is ready to go to work...

Release Date2008-09-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

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