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Genndy Tartakovsky

Birth Name:
Gennadiy Borisovich Tartakovskiy
Birth Place:
Moscow, Russia
Profession
Director, Producer, Animation department, Writer, Art department, Actor, Sound department, Soundtrack, Cinematographer, Art director, Production manager
Genndy Tartakovsky

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

  • 1995Annie - Best Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in the Field of Animation:Nominated
  • 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
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