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Genndy Tartakovsky Biography

Birth Name:Gennadiy Borisovich Tartakovskiy

Birth Place:Moscow, Russia

Profession Director, Producer, Animation department, Art department, Writer, Actor, Sound department, Soundtrack, Cinematographer, Art director, Production manager

Fast Facts

  • Has been nominated for and won a number of awards, including an OIAF Award for Best Television Series for "Samurai Jack" in 2002 and a VES Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture for "Hotel Transylvania․"
  • Studied film at Columbia College Chicago and animation at the California Institute of the Arts
  • Some of his earliest animation jobs were in Spain on the TV series "Batman: The Animated Series" and "The Critic․"
  • Quote: "(On "Hotel Transylvania"): "The computer is designed to mimic reality, and I hate reality․ I want to make worlds that you can look into and escape into for an hour and a half․""
  • Best known for his animated TV series, including "Dexter's Laboratory," "Samurai Jack," and "Star Wars: Clone Wars," as well as his first animated feature, "Hotel Transylvania․"
  • One the student films he animated and directed at the California Institute of the Arts became the basis for "Dexter's Laboratory․"
  • Worked on the storyboards for director Jon Favreau's film "Iron Man 2․"

Awards

  • 1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1997Annie-Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production: nominated
  • 1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1998Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 2000Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
  • 2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
  • 2001WAC Winner-Best Television Special: winner
  • 2002OIAF Award-Best Television Series: winner
  • 2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More): nominated
  • 2004Annie-Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production: nominated
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More): winner
  • 2004Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): winner
  • 2005Annie-Directing in an Animated Television Production: nominated
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More): winner
  • 2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
  • 2013Annie-Directing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated
  • 2016VES Award-Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature: nominated
  • 2019Annie-Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated
  • 2020Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: winner
  • 2021Annie-Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Media Production: winner
  • 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program: winner
  • 2022Emmy-Outstanding Special Class Animated Program: nominated