Genndy Tartakovsky

Russian-American cinema and television animator, director and producer

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Born: Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky , ( 1970-01-17 ) January 17, 1970 (age 56) , Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Education: California Institute of the Arts
Occupations: Animator writer producer director voice actor
Years active: 1988–present
Known for: Dexter's Laboratory Samurai Jack Star Wars: Clone Wars Sym-Bionic Titan Hotel Transylvania Primal Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Fixed
Spouse: Dawn David ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )

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Gennady Borisovich "Genndy" Tartakovsky (/ˈɡɛndi ˌtɑːrtəˈkɒfski/ ; 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.