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The series won him an Emmy in the category of ' Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)' in 2004. Tartakovsky created the action-adventures series Samurai Jack, which premiered in 2001 he also wrote comics for the franchise. Both Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls were nominated repeatedly for Emmy Awards.

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Additionally, he helped produce The Powerpuff Girls, co-directed several episodes and served as the animation director and a cinematographer for The Powerpuff Girls Movie he co-wrote one of the franchise's comics. Tartakovsky co-wrote and pencilled the 25th issue of the Dexter's Laboratory comic book series, titled 'Stubble Trouble', as well as several stories which are collected in the Dexter's Laboratory Classics trade paperback. Dexter's Laboratory grew out of a student film with the same title that he produced while at the California Institute of the Arts. Hanna-Barbera let Tartakovsky, McCracken, Renzetti and Paul Rudish work in a trailer in the parking lot of the studio, and there Tartakovsky started creating his best-known works. This was a major turning point in Tartakovsky's career. Career Ĭraig McCracken acquired an art director job at Hanna-Barbera for the show 2 Stupid Dogs and recommended hiring Rob Renzetti and Tartakovsky as well. While he was in Spain, his mother died of cancer.

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There, 'he learned the trials of TV animation, labor intensive and cranking it out'. After two years at CalArts, Tartakovsky got a job at Lapiz Azul Productions in Spain on Batman: The Animated Series. At CalArts, Tartakovsky directed and animated two student films, one of which became the basis for Dexter's Laboratory. He was assigned to take an animation class and this led to his study of film at Columbia College Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts with his friend Rob Renzetti.

To satisfy his ambitious family, which was encouraging him to be a businessman, Tartakovsky tried to take an advertising class, but signed up late and thereby had little choice over his classes. Afterwards, Tartakovsky and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school. When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack. He went on to attend Chicago's prestigious Lane Tech College Prep High School and says he did not fit in until his sophomore year. School was difficult because he was seen as a foreigner. Tartakovsky began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there his first purchase was an issue of Super Friends. The family originally settled in Columbus, Ohio and later moved to Chicago. Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven due to concerns about the effect of antisemitism on their children's lives. For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle'. Tartakovsky later commented, 'I remember, I was horrible at it.

There, Tartakovsky was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Before coming to the United States, his family moved to Italy.

He has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and a computer consultant in Chicago. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. Tartakovsky felt that his father was a very strict and old-fashioned man, but they had a close relationship. His father worked as a dentist for government officials and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. Tartakovsky was born on 17 January 1970, in Moscow, to Jewish parents. Throughout his career, Tartakovsky has won five Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards, one WAC Winner, one OIAF Award, one Winsor McCay Award, among other nominations for his works. Tartakovsky is well known for his unique animation style, including fast-paced action and minimal dialogue. 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. 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.įor Sony Pictures Animation, he directed the first three films and wrote the fourth film in the Hotel Transylvania series, and is currently directing two adult animated films for the studio, Fixed and Black Knight. Gennady Borisovich 'Genndy' Tartakovsky (born ( )17 January 1970), commonly known as Genndy Tartakovsky ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ n d i ˌ t ɑːr t ə ˈ k ɒ f s k i/ ), is a Russian-American animator, writer, producer, and director.

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