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Minnow Mountain Emmy-Winning Animators of TOWER, Amazon's UNDONE, and Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood. Craig Staggs is an animator, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.

We are honored to serve as the character animation unit on Amazon’s groundbreaking new series: Undone. And proud to be the animation team behind Tower, an Emmy winning film directed by Keith Maitland. Craig Staggs and Steph Swope founded Minnow Mountain to create groundbreaking material for the new media environment that includes screens big and small. Our work displays a unique vision and persona

lity but is rooted in traditional creative processes and turbo charged with an insane work ethic. After earning a BFA in Photography from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Steph Swope began a diverse career in the visual arts. A veteran of the independent film industry, Steph rose from art department and photo/video research to producing award winning animation and video. His illustrations have been featured in publications such as The New York Times and the covers of Simon and Schuster’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy book series. His iconic work on Richard Linklater’s cult classic A Scanner Darkly lead to a successful freelance animation career before founding Minnow Mountain with the goal of developing original feature films, television and web series. We are excited to offer original content and professional services.

Minnow Mountain’s Craig Staggs and Steph Swope with Karen Maness, co-author of The Art of The Hollywood Backdrop, presen...
17/09/2025

Minnow Mountain’s Craig Staggs and Steph Swope with Karen Maness, co-author of The Art of The Hollywood Backdrop, presenting at the GSCA conference in Austin. We are thrilled to be working with Karen to bring this amazing book to the biggest possible screen. These unsung painters deserve to have their work celebrated and their stories told. And they are amazing stories!
Development has only just begun but the GSCA was a great opportunity to show the community our aspirations for the project.

Apollo 10 1/2 now on .
04/09/2025

Apollo 10 1/2 now on .

We’ll be talking about mixing animation and live action filmmaking at the Houston Media Conference this Saturday August ...
19/08/2025

We’ll be talking about mixing animation and live action filmmaking at the Houston Media Conference this Saturday August 23rd. Please join us for this exciting workshop!

14/08/2025

SXSW 2026 PANEL PICKER IS LIVE!
Please vote for The Future of Animation is Texas with Craig Staggs moderating a panel with Steph Swope of Minnow Mountain, Stephanie Whallon of the Texas Film Commission, and Brad Graeber of Powerhouse Animation!

13/08/2025

SXSW 2026 PANEL PICKER IS LIVE! Please vote for the Animation Professionals Meetup from the hosts with the most.

SXSW 2026 Panel Picker Voting is Live! We’re proposing two awesome panels this year. Please take a few minutes to vote!!...
12/08/2025

SXSW 2026 Panel Picker Voting is Live! We’re proposing two awesome panels this year. Please take a few minutes to vote!!!

We are still buzzing from our trip to to represent Texas animation for along with and .
31/07/2025

We are still buzzing from our trip to to represent Texas animation for along with and .

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EMMY WINNING ANIMATORS OF TOWER AND AMAZON’S UNDONE

We are honored to serve as the character animation unit on Amazon’s groundbreaking new series: Undone. And proud to be the animation team behind Tower, an Emmy winning film directed by Keith Maitland. Craig Staggs and Steph Swope founded Minnow Mountain to create groundbreaking material for the new media environment that includes screens big and small. Our work displays a unique vision and personality but is rooted in traditional creative processes and turbo charged with an insane work ethic.