Patrick A. Ventura

Patrick Alexander Ventura (often shortened to Patrick Ventura or Pat Ventura) is an animation director, writer, animator, storyboard artist and character designer who has worked for Hanna-Barbera Productions, Cartoon Network, Disney, Warner Bros., Universal and Nickelodeon. Ventura is known for having written and directed several cartoon shorts for the What a Cartoon! series on Cartoon Network and the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons and Random! Cartoons'' series on Nickelodeon.

Career
Ventura graduated from CalArts in the late '70s and proceeded to work all over the animation industry as an artist, storyboarder and writer. He worked as a "gag man" at Disney features during their 1980s revival, writing many of the Roger Rabbit shorts and worked on Aladdin. He left for Hanna-Barbera Productions to work on Tom & Jerry Kids where he got to work alongside and learn from Joseph Barbera. While at Hanna-Barbera, Ventura was instrumental in the development of Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! showcase series (then known as World Premiere Toons). The series also gave Ventura his first chance to create his own shorts. Pat is a fan of silent comedians such Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and Harold Lloyd along with cartoons from the Golden Age such as Looney Tunes, the works of Tex Avery, and the works of the Fleischer Brothers. He currently runs an blog called VenturaToons.