Darrell McNeil

Secret Lives of Women (2008, as 'Fred", reality show participant; topic 'Fetishes and Fantasies')

Artemis and S.O.S. Supermodels (1998, animated pilot film created, produced, directed and animated by McNeil for Gold Medal Productions.)

Co-Author/Publisher: Alex Toth; By Design! (1996, Eisner-nominated book published by McNeil's Gold Medal Productions

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1995) [uncredited]

Nexus (1991, animated pilot film, produced, written and directed by McNeil for Baron/Rude)

Comic Bok Collecting and History Home Video (1989, associate produced by McNeil for Encore Home Video)

[uncredited] behind the listed 'superman (1988)

Space Ghost Special (1986, Comico Publishing, credited for 'plot assist')

Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (1985) [uncredited]

Star Angels/Tales of the Blue Dolphin/Super Circus Squadron/Thunder Train/ Brat Pack/Merry Meta Mini-Mutants (1984 - 1986, series concepts created by McNeil, optioned by Encore Enterprises and Riverstar Entertainment)

Amber Ambrosia (1984, animated pilot film production and animated by McNeil for ATI)

Senior Editor/Principal Writer, TOON Magazine (1983 - 1995)

Super-Action Showcase (1982, animated pilot film created, produced and written by McNeil for Encore Enterprises.)

Writer, Animation News (1982 - 1992, long running media news column that was published in the Comic Buyers Guide newspaper.)

While still 18, McNeil was hired by H-B to become an inbetweener for the studio. He met and became close friends with Space Ghost developer/creator Alex Toth and Space Ghost voice Gary Owens. He eventually served as lead layout artist on a revival of "Space Ghost" in 1980.

Lavern and Shirley in the Army (1980) [uncredited]

New Adventures of Mighty Mouse (1979) [uncredited]

Star Trek, The Motion Picture (1979, special effects animator)

Fury Femmes (1979, feature film optioned by JDL Productions, w/McNeil attached to project as writer, co-producer)

Challenge of The Super Friends (1978) [uncredited]

Flash Gordon: Greatest Adventure of All (1978) [uncredited]

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977) [uncredited]

The Funny World of Fred and Bunni (1977) [uncredited]

Legends of the Superheroes (1977–78, development artist/unpaid character consultant)

Starting with Hanna-Barbera in 1976, McNeil worked for numerous animation studios over the next four decades, including Filmation Associates, Ruby-Spears, DIC, Bakshi, Encore, Saban, Marvel, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Disney, Invision, Calico, Vignette, Don Bluth, Universal, Warner Bros, Stan Lee/The Firm, and even a stint at Paramount animating special effects for the first "Star Trek" feature film.

The All New Super Friends Hour (1976) [uncredited]

T.I.M.E. Team/Cyberneks/Barefoot Countesses (1976, series concepts created by McNeil optioned by Hanna-Barbera Productions, w/development artwork created by Alex Toth)

After graduating from Westchester High School in 1975, McNeil attended Cal State University Long Beach where he took an animation history class taught by veteran Hanna-Barbera producer Art Scott. At a UCLA "Saturday Morning" class he met William Hanna and Joseph Barber themselves, and was encouraged by Barbera to pitch some of his own show concepts as possible H+B shows. He thus became the first black H-B writer/artist as well as the youngest creator (age 18) to sell animated show concepts. Three of the seven series he pitched were optioned. Hanna encouraged McNeil to enter H-B's then new training program, which the studio had created to train the next generation of animation artists.

In 1966, when the first of animated series produced specifically for the nascent "Saturday Morning Television" time period began airing, he was especially impressed by Hanna-Barbera's "Space Ghost and Dino Boy". He decided he would not only strive to become an animator, but that he would work for Hanna-Barbera, meet and befriend the main people involved with Space Ghost, and work on Space Ghost himself and get his name in the credits for it….all of which he eventually managed to do.

Darrell Tyrone "Big D" McNeil (November 26, 1957 - July 4, 2018) was an American animator, writer, editor, publisher, producer, and actor. He started at the age of eight performing as a background actor and bit player in various movies and television series. He entered the animation industry at the age of 18 with Hanna-Barbera Productions. He is currently developing and producing a number of animated and live action projects through his own company, Gold Medal Productions.

McNeil was born in Inglewood, California in the Los Angeles area, (specifically Inglewood) of California in 1957. Always interested in television, McNeil became a member of the Screen Children's' Guild. For the next several years, McNeil worked on a variety of different shows and movies, including 13 episodes of "The Brady Bunch", "Family Affair", "Cowboy In Africa", "The Partridge Family", and "Archie's Funhouse" {as one of the live action kids in the audience} for his future animation studio employer Filmation Associates. Even more than acting, he wanted to do animation.