Genndy Tartakovsky

Genndy Tartakovsky

CountryRussian Federation Russian Federation
GenderMale
BirthdayJan 17, 1970
BiographyGennady Borisovich "Genndy" Tartakovsky ( ; born January 17, 1970) is a Russian-American animator, screenwriter, film producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of various animated television series on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, including Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, Primal, and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Growing up, he mainly loved to watch classic cartoons, inspired by Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, Max Fleischer, Osamu Tezuka, Jack Kirby, and Harvey Kurtzman as well as Hanna-Barbera.

For Sony Pictures Animation, he directed the first three films and wrote the fourth film in the Hotel Transylvania series, directed the adult animated film Fixed, and is currently directing another adult animated film for the studio, Black Knight. Additionally, he was a pivotal crew member of The Powerpuff Girls and worked on other series such as 2 Stupid Dogs and Batman: The Animated Series.

Tartakovsky is well known for his unique animation style, including fast-paced action, horror elements and minimal dialogue. Throughout his career, Tartakovsky has won five Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards, one WAC Winner, one OIAF Award, and one Winsor McCay Award, among other nominations for his works.

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Primal
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Dexter's Laboratory
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Samurai Jack
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Sym-Bionic Titan
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Sym-Bionic Titan

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The Powerpuff Girls
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The Powerpuff Girls

as Supervising Producer
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
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Unicorn: Warriors Eternal

as Creator

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