Ron Smith is an animator, voice actor, and director at Big Idea. He was the sixth person to work for the company, and worked on VeggieTales and directing 3-2-1 Penguins! He still works for the company after they moved to Franklin, Tennessee and started working for other animation companies, such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Animation, and Blue Sky Studios. His last credited role was producer for VeggieTales Live! Sing Yourself Silly. He is married to Julie Smith.
Once upon a time, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, and his sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are. Together they discover the secret of the Jewels of the Shining Isle. They will need their special gifts and all the love of their noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather to survive the venomous Fangs, sea dragons, flabbits, and (gulp) toothy cows! The Wingfeather Saga blends the whimsy and heart of THE PRINCESS BRIDE with the vastness and peril of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. After living for years under occupation by the evil Fangs of Dang, the Igiby children find a map rumored to lead to the lost Jewels of Anniera---the one thing the Fangs will do anything to find---and the family is thrown headlong into a perilous adventure, uncovering hidden truths about who they are that will change their world forever.
Release Date:2022-12-02
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Lead Animator
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:5
Princess Poppyseed's life on her family's farm is far from the glamorous but lonely world of her favorite pop singer Vanna Banana. On a chance meeting at a playground, Vanna and Princess cross paths and discover they look almost exactly alike-which leads to a crazy secret plan where they decide to switch lives! As each girl realizes that the life they longed for doesn't fulfill all their dreams, they learn the life God gave them is the one for which they were uniquely and lovingly designed.
Release Date:2011-08-16
Department:Art
Job:Concept Artist
Vote Count:1
Joined by a quartet of space-traveling penguins, siblings Michelle and Jason embark on a series of intergalactic adventures in which the fearless 7-year-old twins learn important lessons on morality and values along the way. Highlights include a stop on a small planet populated by feuding sheep, a mission to settle a dispute between a group of garden gnomes and pink flamingos and a visit to the over-indulgent world known as Planet Gutt.
Release Date:2008-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Development Manager
Character:Kevin / Vacuum Character (voice)
Jason and the penguins are called on to save the planet of Tell-a-Lie before its giant moon flattens the planet.
Release Date:2003-07-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Kevin (voice)
Vote Count:1
Larry the Cucumber's vision of the future includes automated robotic hosts telling jokes with random punch lines and musical numbers in which the performers and themes are chosen entirely by chance. As Bob the Tomato quickly points out, the jokes of the future aren't very funny because they don't make sense. Worse, technical malfunctions in the Ventrilomatic hosts actually promote emotional instability. Nonetheless, Bob admits that Larry's vision of the future contains some very cool adaptations of classic songs like Gilbert and Sullivan's fast-talking "Modern Major General" and Binky the Aardvark's solo performance of Mozart's The Barber of Seville. Larry's vision of the future also includes an amusing animated short about greed called "Lunch." Junior Asparagus calls Bob and Larry back to the present with a final song celebrating God's unconditional love.
Release Date:2003-05-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Rusty / The Ventril-o-matic (voice)
Vote Count:3
Jason Conrad is bored staying at his grandmother's house with his sister for the summer. It gets worse when his best friend write to tell him all about Space Camp, but he has nothing interesting to write about. When he finally finds something of interest - a pet mouse - the space-faring penguins come to life and draft him into helping them deliver an emergency supply of duct tape to Space Colony Doublewide before the doom funnel season gets started. But will the arrive in time?
Release Date:2002-12-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Kevin / Professor (voice)
Vote Count:1
Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggies set sail on a whale of an adventure in Big Idea's first full-length, 3-D animated feature film. This is the story of Jonah and the Whale as you've never seen it before - a story where we learn that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.
Release Date:2002-10-04
Character:City Official / Crazy Jopponian (voice)
Vote Count:101
You know what they say; "Green and steady, passage ready. Red and blinky, conditions stinky."
Release Date:2002-01-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Kevin (voice)
Vote Count:1
Foul play is afoot on space-base Bullamanka. The conniving Lizard King has defeated the kindly Bandicoot King in a bizarre local game called "Squid-Tac-Toad!" But did he play by the rules? Michelle tries to beat the Lizard King at his own game. Can she keep the Bandicoot King - and her penguins friends - from going down the "gurgler"? What is a "gurgler," anyway? In this wild adventure filled with action, intrigue, Red-Naped Ibs and Yellow-Capped Whopper Dingys, you and your family will learn why God likes it when we play by the rules.
Release Date:2001-05-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Kevin / Lizard King / Ventril-o-matic (voice)
Vote Count:2
Jason and the crew go on a leisure trip to a carnival, but are confronted by carnival barker Uncle Blobb and his diabolical interplanetary real estate scheme as he attempts to turn them into "Seeds of Discontent."
Release Date:2001-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Kevin / Uncle Blobb / Alien Kid (voice)
Vote Count:1
Meet Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel, and Kevin... four of the Wackiest space cowboys ever to leave our solar system! You'll see why summer for two kids at their grandmother's cabin in the Poconos is going to be a blast! Stuck with their eccentric English grandmother for an entire summer, Jason and Michelle Conrad are sure their vacation is a bust...until an amazing discovery in grandmum's attic sends them on an adventure they'll never forget!
Release Date:2000-11-14
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Kevin / Vacuum Character (Voice)
Vote Count:4
3-2-1 Penguins. is a kids cartoon that teaches kids about the Bible and helps them learn different Bible verses with Zidgel, Midgel, Fidgel and Kevin with the help of Michelle and Jason.
Release Date:2000-11-14
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Vote Count:2
Any rumors caught your ear lately? Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot learn just how easily rumors get started when they accidently launch a whopper about LarryBoy's butler, Alfred! Before they know it, their little story is spreading all over Bumblyburg like a weed! Can LarryBoy stop the rumor before Alfred gets hurt? Can anyone stop the rumor before LarryBoy gets hurt?!? In the end, the kids learn that God doesn't want us to tell stories that can hurt. He wants us to spread nice words! Don't miss the action in LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed!
Release Date:1999-07-27
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation Director
Vote Count:18
A lesson in obedience, it's the Bible story of Joshua and the Walls of Jericho as told by our beloved Veggies. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, the children of Israel finally get to go to the Promised Land! Only one little thing they've overlooked ... the city of Jericho and its massive wall! Josh will have to decide whether it's better to do things his way or God's way!
Release Date:1997-09-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Lead Animator
Vote Count:15
With his dad's bowling plate in pieces, Junior Asparagus has to think fast. But when his new friend encourages him to tell a little white lie, he finds that making a lie bigger and bigger can get you stuck in it.
Release Date:1997-04-11
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Lead Animator
Vote Count:11
In every VeggieTales video, Larry the Cucumber sings one of his special "Silly Songs with Larry". This video contains many of the most popular Silly Songs, hosted by The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (who debut a Silly Song of their own).
Release Date:1997-01-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Modeling
Vote Count:4
Appearing in his own TV commercials, unscrupulous toy maker, Wally P. Nezzer has convinced all of Dinkletown that "Christmas is when you get stuff!" With the town's children begging for more toys, it's sure to be the worst Christmas ever -- until one brave little Buzz-Saw Louie doll decides to take matters into his own hands! The Toy That Saved Christmas reminds children of all ages that "Christmas isn't about getting; it's about giving.
Release Date:1996-10-22
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:14
Have you ever felt too small to do a really big job? That's what Dave felt when his brothers headed off to defend their country, leaving him behind with the sheep. This re-telling of the classical biblical story of David and Goliath teaches kids that with God's help, even the little guys can do big things!
Release Date:1996-03-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:15
There's trouble brewing at the Nezzer Chocolate Factory! To celebrate the sale of two million chocolate bunnies, company president Nebby K. Nezzer announces that his workers may eat as many bunnies as they like! This sounds great, until three boys named Rack, Shack and Benny remember that their parents taught them not to eat too much candy. By paralleling the Biblical story of Sadrach, Meschach and Abednego and the fiery furnace, "Rack, Shack, & Benny" teaches kids how to resist peer pressure and stand up for what they believe in. Kids of all ages will love the songs, humor and dazzling 3D computer animation of VeggieTales!
Release Date:1995-06-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Character:Factory Worker
Vote Count:14
Two stories, told by the VeggieTales gang, talk about why it's important to love your neighbor. "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo": The inhabitants of the towns Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot, who are constantly fighting, attempt to make peace with each other. "The Gourds Must Be Crazy": The USS Applepies is in the path of a giant meteor! Scooter and Junior Asparagus frantically work to fix the ship's engines, but will they rely on oddball crewmembers Jimmy and Jerry Gourd to help them?
Release Date:1995-02-01
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:8