Gábor Csupó
Gábor Csupó (IPA: [ga:bɔr tʃupo:]) (Hungarian: Csupó Gábor) (29 September 1952 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born animator and co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like Rugrats, Duckman, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1952, and after four years at the Pannónia animation studios, fled to the West in 1975[1]. While working in Sweden he met Arlene Klasky, an American-born animator. The two subsequently started their own company, Klasky Csupo, which produced many popular animated television shows. He was credited as "animation executive producer" and "supervising animation director" for several episodes of The Simpsons[2] in the early seasons before the show switched over to Film Roman.
His record label, Tone Casualties, released several industrial, noise, ambient and experimental music releases, including discs by Holger Czukay, Drew Neumann, Paul Schütze, Borut Kržišnik, Wahorn, Controlled Bleeding and his own works.
He directed a live action film, Bridge to Terabithia. He is currently working on The Secret of Moonacre.
Personal life
He now has four sons (two of which are from his business partner and ex-wife, Arlene Klasky) and one daughter. His youngest son was born July 4, 2006.
Csupó is a big fan of Frank Zappa and credits Zappa with helping him learn the English language. His collection of Zappa albums were the only items he took with him when he fled his native Hungary for the United States in the late 1970s.
The character design of Dr. Nick Riviera is based somewhat on Gábor Csupó, of Klasky Csupo studios, who was originally from Hungary – the animators mistakenly believed Hank Azaria was impersonating Gábor, when in fact the voice was actually a bad imitation of Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy.
In early 2006, Gábor bought a house in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
References
- ^ "Honey, I shrunk the cartoons". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
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External links
- Gabor Csupo at IMDb
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