Genndy Tartakovsky

Also known as Gennady Tartakovsky, Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky

Russian-American cinema and television animator, director and producer

Film & TV

Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Genndy Tartakovsky is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, storyboard artist, comic book writer and artist. He is the creator of the animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Primal on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. He is also known for co-creating Sym-Bionic Titan and directing the animated Hotel Transylvania film trilogy.…

Known for

Fixed — Additional Voices (voice)2025
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania — Blobby (voice)2022
Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short — Blobby / Puppy Blobby (voice)2021
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation — Blobby / Blobby Baby / Puppy Blobby (voice)2018
TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special — Self2015
The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares? — Self2009
Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga — Self2005
Duck Dodgers — Cyber Pirate of the Future (voice)2003
Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994

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Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Gennady
Family name: Tartakovsky
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Moscow
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Judaism
Award: Winsor McCay Award
Field of work: film direction
Image: Genndy Tartakovsky 2023 2.jpg
Number of children: 3
Residence: United Kingdom

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date of birth: 1970-01-17
Commons category: Genndy Tartakovsky
birth name: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский
start of work period: 1988-00-00
name in native language: Геннадий Тартаковский

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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