Craig McCracken

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Craig McCracken
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McCracken on January 11, 2012
Born (1971-03-31) March 31, 1971 (age 42)
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation Director
Writer
Cartoonist
Years active 1991–present
Known for The Powerpuff Girls
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Spouse(s) Lauren Faust

Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, director and producer. He is best-known for creating the Emmy-winning animated series The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network, as well writing and storyboarding for Dexter's Laboratory. His upcoming series, Wander Over Yonder, is set to premiere on Disney Channel in 2013. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004.[1]

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Life and career [edit]

McCracken got involved in drawing at an early age. After he graduated from California High School in Whittier, he attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he honed his animation skills and met his classmate Genndy Tartakovsky, with whom he would occasionally collaborate throughout his career. During his freshman year, he created a series of short cartoons featuring a character named No Neck Joe, which were picked up by Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. While at CalArts, he also created a short entitled Whoopass Stew!, which would become the premier for The Powerpuff Girls. In 1993, McCracken was tapped by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons to work as art director on 2 Stupid Dogs, as well as Tartakovsky's Dexter's Laboratory, both of which aired primarily on Cartoon Network in the United States. He began producing The Powerpuff Girls, which premiered as a short in 1995 on studio president Fred Seibert's animation incubator What a Cartoon!, and full half-hour episodes in 1998. The show has won both Emmy[2] and Annie[3] awards. In 2004, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends began airing on Cartoon Network. This series also won Emmy[4] and Annie[5] awards. In April 2008, he became executive producer of a new Cartoon Network showcase project called Cartoonstitute. After 15 years of employment, he quit his job at Cartoon Network when the network switched to reality programing, developed a live action/animation project at Sony Pictures Animation,[citation needed] and is developing Wander Over Yonder of Disney Channel for Disney Television Animation in 2012.[citation needed]

Filmography [edit]

Films [edit]

Year Title Role
1992 Whoopass Stew! creator, director, writer, animator
1997 No Neck Joe creator, writer, director (made in 1990)
1999 Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip writer
2002 The Powerpuff Girls Movie creator, writer, director, executive producer, storyboard artist, character designer
2009 The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! writer, director, executive producer, story editor, storyboard artist, character designer

Television [edit]

Year Title Role
1993–1995 2 Stupid Dogs art director, storyboard artist
1995–1997 What a Cartoon! writer, director, art director
1995–1996 Dumb and Dumber character designer
1996–1998 Dexter's Laboratory director, art director, model designer, storyboard artist
1998–2005 The Powerpuff Girls creator, executive producer, writer, director
2004–2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends creator, executive producer, developer, writer, director, story editor
2009 Chowder writer, storyboard artist
Episode: The Birthday Suits
2013 Wander Over Yonder[6] creator, executive producer

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Lauren Faust's Twitter". Retrieved 29 December 2012. 
  2. ^ "The Powerpuff Girls | Emmys.com". Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001)". Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Emmys.com". Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006)". Retrieved 4 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "Disney's 2012-13 TV Schedule Presented to Advertisers". Retrieved 13 March 2012. 

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