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{{Short description|Russian-American animator (born 1970)}}
'''Genndy Tartakovsky''' (Russian: Геннадий Тартаковский [Gyennadiy Tartakovskiy], born [[January 17]], [[1970]]) is a leading modern animator. His work is influenced heavily by [[American comic book]]s, [[anime]], and [[pop culture]].
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{{Infobox person
| image = Genndy Tartakovsky 2023 2.jpg
| caption = Tartakovsky at the [[Annecy International Animation Film Festival]] in 2023
| birth_name = Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|17}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], Soviet Union
| nationality = American
| occupation = {{hlist|Animator|writer|producer|director|voice actor}}
| known for = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]''
* ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''
* ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]''
* ''[[Hotel Transylvania]]''
* ''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]''
* ''[[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal]]''
}}
| education = [[California Institute of the Arts]]
| years_active = 1988–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Dawn David|2000}}
| children = 3
| signature = Genndy Tartakovsky signature.svg
}}
'''Gennady Borisovich''' "'''Genndy'''" '''Tartakovsky'''{{Efn|[[Russian language|Russian]]: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский}}{{efn|Although his [[Russian language|Russian]] name {{lang|ru|Геннадий}} is normally transliterated as Gennady or Gennadiy, he shortened its spelling to Genndy after moving to the U.S.<ref name=r1/>}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|ɛ|n|d|i|_|ˌ|t|ɑːr|t|ə|ˈ|k|ɒ|f|s|k|i|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Genndy Tartakovsky.wav}};<ref>{{Cite AV media |last=Adult Swim |author-link=Adult Swim |title=Samurai Jack: Season 5 Behind the Scenes {{!}} Samurai Jack {{!}} Adult Swim |date=1 July 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT6yhhfiUh8&t=16s |access-date=15 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513152429/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT6yhhfiUh8&t=16s |archive-date=13 May 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name="r1">{{Cite AV media |last=TheGameScope |title=Пресс-конференция Монстры на Каникулах (Hotel Transylvania Press) |date=15 October 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwlHS3-RAQ&t=294s |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922001045/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwlHS3-RAQ&t=294s |archive-date=22 September 2021 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> born January 17, 1970) is an American [[animation|animator]], [[screenwriter]], [[film producer]], and [[film director|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 (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'', ''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]'', and ''[[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal]]''.
 
For [[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 (film)|Fixed]]'' and ''Black Knight''.<ref name="LosAngelesTimes">{{Cite news |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=25 August 2012 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Gets 'Hotel Transylvania' Open for Business |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hotel-transylvania-20120826,0,3490529.story |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826000631/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hotel-transylvania-20120826,0,3490529.story |archive-date=26 August 2012 |access-date=26 August 2012 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Keegan |first=Rebecca |date=25 August 2012 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Gets 'Hotel Transylvania 2' |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/94750/hotel-transylvania-2-dracs-pack-is-back-in-new-artwork/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402161033/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/94750/hotel-transylvania-2-dracs-pack-is-back-in-new-artwork/ |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=26 August 2012 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref name="deadline" /> 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]]''. Tartakovsky is well known for his unique animation style, including fast-paced action, horror elements and minimal dialogue.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Primal' Has Gritty Dinosaurs, No Dialogue |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQRCUS4mYBY |access-date=2019-10-18 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wQRCUS4mYBY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |language=en |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Born in the [[Soviet Union]], he moved to the [[United States]] when he was seven. Tartakovsky studied film at [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]'s [[Columbia College Chicago|Columbia College]] and the [[California Institute of the Arts]].
 
Throughout his career, Tartakovsky has won five [[Emmy Awards]], three [[Annie Awards]], one [[Animation Magazine|WAC Winner]], one [[OIAF Award]], and one [[Winsor McCay Award]], among other nominations for his works.
His early animation career consisted of in-betweening for various animated television shows, such as ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' and ''[[The Critic]]''. He later got work drawing storyboards for Hanna-Barbera's ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]''.
 
==Early life==
Tartakovsky is most well known for creating, writing, and directing the [[animated series]] ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' and ''[[Samurai Jack]]''. ''Dexter's Lab'' grew out of a student film with the same title that he produced while at the California Institute of the Arts. Additionally, he helped produce ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' and has directed many episodes, serving as the animation director for ''[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie]]''. He also directed ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', a successful miniseries set in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe depicting the [[Clone Wars]].
Tartakovsky was born on January 17, 1970, in [[Moscow]] to [[Jews|Jewish]] parents.<ref name="jjgt1">{{Cite web |last=Aushenker |first=Michael |date=3 August 2001 |title=The Way of the Samurai |url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/4663/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224131911/http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/4663/ |archive-date=24 February 2017 |access-date=24 March 2007 |website=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]}}</ref><ref name="Lenberg">{{Cite book |last=Lenberg |first=Jeff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC |title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and TV Award-Winning and Legendary Animators |date=2006 |publisher=Applause |isbn=9781557836717 |___location=New York |page=331 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> His father worked as a [[dentist]]<ref name="Jubera">{{Cite news |last=Jubera |first=Drew |date=12 August 2001 |title=Watching TV: Is 'Samurai' One for the Ages? |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |department=Arts |page=12L}}</ref> for government officials and the [[Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team|Soviet Union national ice hockey team]].<ref name="king">{{Cite magazine |last=Wilkinson |first=Alec |date=27 May 2002 |title=Moody Toons; The King of the Cartoon Network |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/27/moody-toons |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109112138/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/05/27/moody-toons |archive-date=2018-11-09 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |page=76}}</ref> Tartakovsky felt that his father was a very strict and old-fashioned man, but they had a close relationship. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and a computer consultant in [[Chicago]].<ref name="king" /> Before coming to the [[United States]], his family moved to [[Italy]]. There, Tartakovsky was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Tartakovsky later commented, "I remember, I was horrible at it. For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle".
 
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Recently, Genndy has been made creative president of The Orphanage, an animation studio fabricated of Lucasfilm veterans. The company hopes to one day rival animation giant Pixar, and believe that Genndy can get them there. Their first feature will be the sequel to the 1982 classic [[The Dark Crystal]]. It will be directed by Tartakovsky and is titled ''[[The Power of the Dark Crystal]]''.
|quote=Kids watching too much TV is not a problem in Russia. There's nothing for them to watch. I came here and got sucked into TV right away. 'Wonder Woman,' 'Batman' and the cartoons from Warner Brothers and Hanna Barbera--as soon as I started watching it, I fell in love with cartoon movement.
|source=—Tartakovsky<ref name="Davenport">{{Cite news |last=Davenport |first=Misha |date=November 24, 2002 |title='Dexter' Creator Draws on His Youth |url=http://www.suntimes.com:80/output/television/sho-sunday-nowplay24.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021201044019/http://www.suntimes.com/output/television/sho-sunday-nowplay24.html |archive-date=December 1, 2002 |access-date=July 24, 2019 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |department=Television |publisher=[[Wrapports]]}}</ref>
}}
 
Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven<ref>{{Cite news |last=Higgitt |first=Duncan |date=17 June 2005 |title=Samurai Jack |publisher=Western Mail |page=28 |edition=First}}</ref> due to concerns about the effect of [[antisemitism in Russia|antisemitism]] on their children's lives.<ref name="king" /> The family originally settled in [[Columbus, Ohio]]<ref name="Feran">{{Cite news |last=Feran |first=Tim |date=11 May 2003 |title=Samurai Jack Puts Art Back into Animation |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |page=3}}</ref> and later moved to [[Chicago]]. He was greatly influenced by the [[comics]] he found there; his first purchase was an issue of ''[[Super Friends]]''. Tartakovsky began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. School was difficult because he was seen as a foreigner. 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. When he was 16, his father died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref name="king" /> Afterwards, Tartakovsky and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school.
He has also been pitching a cartoon series of [[Stephen King]]'s [[The Dark Tower]] to HBO.
 
To satisfy his ambitious family, who were 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. 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]]<ref name="Feran" /> with his friend [[Rob Renzetti]].<ref name="king" /> There he met [[Craig McCracken]]. At CalArts, Tartakovsky directed and animated two student films, one of which became the basis for ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''.<ref name="Feran" /> After two years at CalArts, Tartakovsky got a job at Lapiz Azul Productions in [[Spain]] on ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''.<ref name="Jubera" /> There, "he learned the trials of TV animation, labor intensive and cranking it out".<ref name="Jubera" /> While he was in Spain, his mother died of [[cancer]].<ref name="king" />
 
==Career==
Craig McCracken acquired an art director job at [[Hanna-Barbera]] for the show ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]''<ref name="Jubera" /> and recommended hiring Rob Renzetti and Tartakovsky. This was a major turning point in Tartakovsky's career. 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. ''Dexter's Laboratory'' grew out of a student film with the same title that he produced while at the California Institute of the Arts. Tartakovsky co-wrote and pencilled the 25th issue of the ''Dexter's Laboratory'' comic book series, titled "Stubble Trouble",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lander |first=Randy |title=Snap Judgments: Dexter's Laboratory #25: "Stubble Trouble" |url=http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/snapjudgments/082001/dexterslaboratory25.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915054311/http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/snapjudgments/082001/dexterslaboratory25.shtml |archive-date=15 September 2007 |access-date=25 August 2007 |website=TheFourthRail.com}}</ref> as well as several stories which are collected in the ''Dexter's Laboratory Classics'' [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]. 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. Both ''Dexter's Laboratory'' and ''The Powerpuff Girls'' were nominated repeatedly for [[Emmy Awards]].
 
Tartakovsky created the action-adventures series ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', which premiered in 2001; he also wrote comics for the franchise. The series won him an Emmy in the category of "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)]]" in 2004. ''[[Star Wars]]'' creator [[George Lucas]] hired Tartakovsky to direct [[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|''Star Wars: Clone Wars'']] (2003–2005), an animated series taking place between ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith|Revenge of the Sith]]''. The series won three Emmy Awards: two for "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)]]" in 2004 and 2005, and another for "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation|Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation]]" (for background designer Justin Thompson in 2005). Tartakovsky was not involved in the [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|2008 follow-up series]].<ref name="mtv">{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Shawn |date=28 September 2006 |title=Movie File: Russell Crowe, Seann William Scott, Ne-Yo & More |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1541895/movie-file-russell-crowe-seann-william-scott-ne-yo-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108082802/http://www.mtv.com/news/1541895/movie-file-russell-crowe-seann-william-scott-ne-yo-more/ |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=25 March 2007 |website=[[MTV.com]]}}</ref>
 
In 2005, Tartakovsky was appointed creative president of [[The Orphanage (company)|Orphanage Animation Studios]]. In 2006, he was chosen as the director for a sequel to ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', but was replaced and the film was later scrapped. Tartakovsky served as animation director on the pilot episode of ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]'', which aired on [[Adult Swim]] in 2006 but was not picked up as a series. He also directed a series of anti-smoking advertisements, one for [[Nicorette]] in 2006<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=December 11, 2006 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky's Nicorette Commercial |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/genndy-tartakovskys-nicorette-commercial.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530010953/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/genndy-tartakovskys-nicorette-commercial.html |archive-date=30 May 2009 |website=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref> and two for [[Niquitin]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cone |first=Justin |date=April 2008 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky for Willpower |url=http://motionographer.com/2008/04/01/genndy-tartakovsky-for-willpower |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108084740/http://motionographer.com/2008/04/01/genndy-tartakovsky-for-willpower/ |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=1 November 2009 |website=Motionographer}}</ref> In 2009, Tartakovsky created a pilot entitled ''Maruined'' for Cartoon Network's ''[[The Cartoonstitute]]'' program, which was not picked up. Around this time, Tartakovsky unsuccessful pitched [[Marvel Studios]] president [[Kevin Feige]] a superhero-themed series similar to ''Clone Wars''. He then did some storyboarding work on [[Jon Favreau]]'s ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meenan |first=Devin |date=2024-10-19 |title=Marvel Turned Down a Series Inspired by One of the Best Star Wars Projects Ever |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1687800/marvel-turned-down-series-inspired-star-wars-clone-wars/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=SlashFilm |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vespe |first=Eric |date=29 October 2011 |title=Part 1 of Quint's Epic Interview with Jon Favreau! Iron Man 2! IMAX! James Cameron's Avatar! And... Genndy Tartakovsky?!? |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/38907 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103001239/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38907 |archive-date=3 November 2008 |access-date=29 October 2008 |work=[[Ain't It Cool News]]}}</ref>
 
[[File:Genndy Tartakovsky, 2012-crop.jpg|thumb|200px|Tartakovsky in 2012 at [[Annecy International Animation Film Festival|AIAFF]]]]
In 2009, [[Frederator Studios]] announced that they had been granted the animated film rights to ''Samurai Jack'' from Cartoon Network, who had previously granted the rights to [[New Line Cinema]]. Tartakovsky would be "intimately involved" with the project, which was to be produced by [[Fred Seibert]]'s Frederator Studios and [[J.&nbsp;J. Abrams]]' [[Bad Robot Productions]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seibert |first=Fred |author-link=Fred Seibert |date=September 5, 2009 |title=Lunch with Genndy |url=http://frederatorblogs.com/frederatorfilms/2009/09/05/lunch-with-genndy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912071857/http://frederatorblogs.com/frederatorfilms/2009/09/05/lunch-with-genndy/ |archive-date=12 September 2009 |website=FrederatorBlogs.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sean |date=19 November 2009 |title=J.J. Abrams Producing Samurai Jack: The Movie |url=http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/19/j-j-abrams-producing-samurai-jack-the-movie/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027052539/http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/19/j-j-abrams-producing-samurai-jack-the-movie/ |archive-date=27 October 2011 |access-date=26 July 2011 |website=FilmJunk.com}}</ref> In June 2012, Tartakovsky said that he had a story to conclude the series and [[Samurai Jack#Premise|title character]]'s story, but the project had been shelved after Abrams moved on to direct ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]''.<ref name="Shock">{{Cite news |last=Douglas |first=Edward |date=26 June 2012 |title=A Preview of Sony Animation's Hotel Transylvania |url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/168229-a-preview-of-sony-animations-hotel-transylvania |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108094401/http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/168229-a-preview-of-sony-animations-hotel-transylvania/ |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=26 June 2012 |work=Shock Till You Drop}}</ref> Tartakovsky created a new series for Cartoon Network, ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'', between 2010 and 2011. He had hoped to expand on the initial season, but it was not renewed.<ref name="tag">{{Cite web |last=Hulett |first=Steve |date=23 March 2011 |title=TAG Blog: The Network of Cartoons |url=https://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/network-of-cartoons.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720084909/http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/network-of-cartoons.html |archive-date=20 July 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011 |website=AnimationGuildBlog.BlogSpot.com}}</ref> On 7 April 2011, an animated prologue by Tartakovsky for the horror film ''[[Priest (2011 film)|Priest]]'' premiered online.<ref name="mweb">{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Brian |date=7 April 2011 |title=''Priest'' Genndy Tartakovsky Animated Prologue |url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/priest-genndy-tartakovsky-animated-prologue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410121031/http://www.movieweb.com/news/priest-genndy-tartakovsky-animated-prologue |archive-date=10 April 2011 |access-date=7 April 2011 |website=MovieWeb.com}}</ref>
 
In early 2011, Tartakovsky moved to [[Sony Pictures Animation]], where he made his feature film directing debut with ''[[Hotel Transylvania (film)|Hotel Transylvania]]'' (2012).<ref name="LosAngelesTimes" /> In July 2012, he signed a long-term deal with Sony to develop and direct his own original projects.<ref name="ComingSoonSonyDeal">{{Cite news |last=Sony Pictures Animation |date=11 July 2012 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Signs Overall Deal with Sony Pictures Animation |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=92429 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108094823/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/92429-genndy-tartakovsky-signs-overall-deal-with-sony-pictures-animation |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=12 July 2012 |work=ComingSoon.net}}</ref> In June 2012, Sony announced that Tartakovsky was slated to direct an animated ''[[Popeye#Canceled animated film|Popeye]]'' feature.<ref name="Popeye">{{Cite news |last=Abrams |first=Rachel |date=25 June 2012 |title=Helmer Moves Sony's 3D 'Popeye' Forward |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/helmer-moves-sony-s-3d-popeye-forward-1118055946/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627022017/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055946 |archive-date=27 June 2012 |access-date=26 June 2012 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On September 18, 2014, Tartakovsky revealed an "animation test".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=18 September 2014 |title=Sony Pictures Releases First Glimpse of Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Popeye' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-pictures-releases-first-glimpse-734176 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315081836/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-pictures-releases-first-glimpse-734176 |archive-date=15 March 2015 |access-date=14 March 2015 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In March 2015, Tartakovsky announced that despite the well-received test footage, he was no longer working on the project. He moved onto directing original story ''Can You Imagine?'', announced in 2014,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Han |first=Angie |date=13 March 2015 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Exits Sony's 'Popeye' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/genndy-tartakovsky-popeye-exit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150620223507/http://www.slashfilm.com/genndy-tartakovsky-popeye-exit/ |archive-date=20 June 2015 |access-date=14 March 2015 |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref><ref name="cartoon">{{Cite news |last=Koch |first=Dave |date=13 March 2014 |title=Sony Updates Animated Feature Film Roster |url=http://blog.bcdb.com/sony-updates-animated-feature-film-roster-6978/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140313210723/http://blog.bcdb.com/sony-updates-animated-feature-film-roster-6978/ |archive-date=13 March 2014 |access-date=13 March 2014 |website=[[The Big Cartoon DataBase]]}}</ref> but it was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scott Wills |date=8 July 2017 |title=Story Pitch aAt for a Genndy Tartakovsky Feature That Didn't Get Made. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BWSu1ejAUv9/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BWSu1ejAUv9 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |access-date=26 July 2018 |website=[[Instagram]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
Tartakovsky directed ''[[Hotel Transylvania 2]]'', the sequel to ''Hotel Transylvania'', released in 2015. In December 2015, Adult Swim announced that Tartakovsky would return for a [[Samurai Jack season 5|final season of ''Samurai Jack'']],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friedlander |first=Whitney |date=2 December 2015 |title=TV News Roundup: 'Samurai Jack' Is Back, Fox Greenlights New Game Show |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/samurai-jack-adult-swim-series-1201651943/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208092712/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/samurai-jack-adult-swim-series-1201651943/ |archive-date=8 December 2015 |access-date=7 December 2015 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> during which he stepped away from Sony Pictures Animation.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=717567261528104961 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=@nickajin Neither Lauren or Genndy are at Sony any more. |author=[[Craig McCracken]] |date=6 April 2016}}</ref>
[[File:Genndy Tartakovsky 2018.jpg|thumb|204x204px|Tartakovsky in 2018 at [[Annecy International Animation Film Festival|AIAFF]]]]
When the series finished airing in 2017, Tartakovsky returned to Sony and directed ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]'' (2018). After its financial success, two original projects were announced: an R-rated comedy called ''[[Fixed (film)|Fixed]]'' and an action-adventure film entitled ''Black Knight''.<ref name="deadline">{{Cite web |last=N'Duka |first=Amanda |date=25 July 2018 |title='Hotel Transylvania' Helmer Genndy Tartakovsky Sets New Projects at Sony Pictures Animation |url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/hotel-transylvania-helmer-genndy-tartakovsky-fixed-black-knight-sony-pictures-animation-1202433175/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726011208/https://deadline.com/2018/07/hotel-transylvania-helmer-genndy-tartakovsky-fixed-black-knight-sony-pictures-animation-1202433175/ |archive-date=26 July 2018 |access-date=26 July 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
 
In May 2019, Adult Swim announced that they had commissioned a new series from Tartakovsky entitled ''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]'', which is about "a caveman at the dawn of evolution ... [and a] dinosaur on the brink of extinction".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=14 May 2019 |title=Adult Swim Orders Genndy Tartakovsky Animated Series 'Primal' |url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/adult-swim-genndy-tartakovsky-animated-series-primal-1202613912/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514153906/https://deadline.com/2019/05/adult-swim-genndy-tartakovsky-animated-series-primal-1202613912/ |archive-date=14 May 2019 |access-date=15 May 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> It began airing on October 7, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Glennon |first=Jen |date=27 August 2019 |title=Everything We Know About Genndy Tartakovsky's New Animated Series, 'Primal' |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/58839-primal-trailer-release-date-genndy-tartakovsky |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928034520/https://www.inverse.com/article/58839-primal-trailer-release-date-genndy-tartakovsky |archive-date=28 September 2019 |access-date=27 September 2019 |website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]}}</ref>
 
On May 11, 2020, ''[[Animation Magazine]]'' announced that Tartakovsky's ''Popeye'' project was being revived by [[King Features Syndicate]], with T. J. Fixman writing the script.<ref name="popeye">{{Cite news |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |date=May 11, 2020 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Popeye' Movie Afloat with King Features |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/genndy-tartakovskys-popeye-movie-afloat-with-king-features/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512022801/https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/genndy-tartakovskys-popeye-movie-afloat-with-king-features/ |archive-date=12 May 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |work=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref> Tartakovsky later clarified that he was not working on it yet and funding was still needed, saying that if he had the time he would do it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-12 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky on Primal, Popeye, Star Wars and the MCU |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk5Z3-PaSpo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Pk5Z3-PaSpo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=2020-10-28 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In mid-2022, an animatic for the film was leaked online and subsequently taken down.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2022-07-26 |title=Full Animatic For Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Popeye' Leaked Online |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/genndy-tartakovskys-popeye-animatic-video-leaked-219062.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729214609/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/genndy-tartakovskys-popeye-animatic-video-leaked-219062.html |archive-date=29 July 2022 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=[[Cartoon Brew]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Tartakovsky was involved in the development of the video game ''[[Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time]]'', which was released on August 21, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 2020 |title=Samurai Jack: Director Genndy Tartakovsky Shared The Details For The Upcoming Video Game |url=https://nationeditions.com/samurai-jack-director-genndy-tartakovsky-shared-the-details-for-the-upcoming-video-game/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621145524/https://nationeditions.com/samurai-jack-director-genndy-tartakovsky-shared-the-details-for-the-upcoming-video-game/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=Nation Editions}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ashtear |first=Dominick |date=12 June 2020 |title=Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time Gets Gameplay, Tartakovsky Interview |url=https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/samurai-jack-battle-through-time-gameplay-video-tartakovsky-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621142917/https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/samurai-jack-battle-through-time-gameplay-video-tartakovsky-interview/ |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020 |website=Nintendo Enthusiast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time - Adult Swim Games |url=https://www.adultswim.com/games/samurai-jack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730030209/https://www.adultswim.com/games/samurai-jack |archive-date=30 July 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> On 28 October, a new series by him called ''Unicorn: Warriors Eternal'' was announced; it focuses on a group of teen heroes, drawing inspiration from world mythology, and has been billed as [[Children's television series#Demographics|all-ages animation]]. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and aired on Cartoon Network and HBO Max<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=October 28, 2020 |title='Tiny Toon Adventures' Reboot, Genndy Tartakovsky Series Ordered at HBO Max and Cartoon Network |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tiny-toon-adventures-reboot-genndy-tartakovsky-unicorns-warriors-eternal-hbo-max-1234817737 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028170454/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tiny-toon-adventures-reboot-genndy-tartakovsky-unicorns-warriors-eternal-hbo-max-1234817737/ |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=October 30, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Amaya |first=Erik |date=October 28, 2020 |title=HBO Max and Cartoon Network Order Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Unicorn: Warriors Eternal' |url=https://www.comicon.com/2020/10/28/hbo-max-and-cartoon-network-order-genndy-tartakovskys-unicorn-warriors-eternal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030180555/https://www.comicon.com/2020/10/28/hbo-max-and-cartoon-network-order-genndy-tartakovskys-unicorn-warriors-eternal/ |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |access-date=October 30, 2020 |website=Comicon.com}}</ref> as part of an attempt by [[WarnerMedia]] to reach a broader range of the "older kid and tween market."<ref name="boss">{{Cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=October 28, 2020 |title=Warner Bros. Takes Over HBO Max Kids and Family Programming (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/hbo-max-gremlins-genndy-tartakovsky-tiny-toon-1234817406/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028170450/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/hbo-max-gremlins-genndy-tartakovsky-tiny-toon-1234817406/ |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=October 30, 2020 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> This was confirmed in a February 2021 announcement which mentioned the series.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=WarnerMedia Expands Kids & Family Offerings on Cartoon Network and HBO Max Under New Tagline Redraw Your World |date=February 17, 2021 |publisher=[[WarnerMedia]] |url=https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-expands-kids-family-offerings-cartoon-network-and-hbo-max-under-new?language_content_entity=en&fb |language=en |access-date=February 17, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217181729/https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-expands-kids-family-offerings-cartoon-network-and-hbo-max-under-new?language_content_entity=en |archive-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> Tartakovsky described the project as an "extension of everything that I've done from ''Dexter'' to ''Powerpuff'' to ''Samurai Jack''. It's all those ideas that we practiced, that sometimes were successful, sometimes not as much".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Amaya |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Interview: Primal Season 2 and The State of Animation |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/adult-swim/primal-season-2-genndy-tartakovsky-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728133225/https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/adult-swim/primal-season-2-genndy-tartakovsky-interview/ |archive-date=28 July 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=[[Paste Magazine]]}}</ref>
 
On June 15, 2022, Tartakovsky signed a cross-studio overall deal with Cartoon Network Studios and [[Warner Bros. Animation]] that lets him develop, create and produce animated programs for a variety of platforms, either with original characters or with a [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] IP. [[Sam Register]], president of both companies, said "Genndy is a true visionary who embodies the creator spirit of Cartoon Network Studios. As he continues to push the boundaries of storytelling and animation, we are excited to have a front row seat both here and now also at Warner Bros. Animation."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2022-06-15 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Inks Cross-Studio Overall Deal with Cartoon Network Studios & Warner Bros. Animation |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/genndy-tartakovsky-inks-cross-studio-overall-deal-with-cartoon-network-studios-warner-bros-animation-1235045417/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616001900/https://deadline.com/2022/06/genndy-tartakovsky-inks-cross-studio-overall-deal-with-cartoon-network-studios-warner-bros-animation-1235045417/ |archive-date=16 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
 
On March 30, 2023, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' announced that Tartakovsky's show ''[[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal]]'' was moved to Adult Swim, which premiered on the programming block on May 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=March 29, 2023 |title=As Adult Swim Gets Set to Add an Hour of Daily Programming, President Michael Ouweleen Sees Warner Bros Discovery in a More Settled Post-Merger State: "We're All Feeling More Possibility" |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/adult-swim-unicorn-warriors-eternal-animation-warner-bros-discovery-1235311351/ |url-status=live |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-date=September 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919235859/https://deadline.com/2023/03/adult-swim-unicorn-warriors-eternal-animation-warner-bros-discovery-1235311351/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pulliam-Moore |first=Charles |date=March 29, 2023 |title=Adult Swim's Starting an Hour Earlier as Warner Bros. Discovery Makes a Play for Older Viewers |url=https://www.theverge.com/23662075/adult-swim-new-time-michael-ouweleen-warner-bros-discovery |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330030819/https://www.theverge.com/23662075/adult-swim-new-time-michael-ouweleen-warner-bros-discovery |archive-date=30 March 2023 |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en-US}}</ref> On April 25, 2023, he stated that he had no intention of developing a ''Dexter's Laboratory'' reboot after the death of [[Christine Cavanaugh]], the original voice of Dexter and due to the "oversaturation" of recent reboots of cartoons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John-Day |first=Michael |date=April 25, 2023 |title=Dexter's Laboratory Creator Addresses the Chances of a Revival Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/dexter-laboratory-revival-chances/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427042258/https://www.cbr.com/dexter-laboratory-revival-chances/ |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=March 6, 2024 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref>
 
In April 2025, [[Netflix]] announced their acquisition of Tartakovsky's adult animated film ''Fixed'', which is produced by [[Sony Pictures Animation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2025-04-16 |title=Netflix to Release Genndy Tartakovsky's Adult Cartoon Comedy 'Fixed,' Which Had Been Abandoned by Warner Bros. (First Look Images) |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/netflix-to-release-genndy-tartakovskys-r-rated-cartoon-feature-fixed-which-had-been-abandoned-by-warner-bros-first-look-images-246821.html |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=[[Cartoon Brew]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Cartoonbrew |title=Another Incentive for Animation Fans to Make Sure This Film Does Well: Genndy Currently Has a Series in Development at Netflix. |author-link=Cartoon Brew |number=1912574235199086949 |author=Cartoon Brew}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
In 2000, Tartakovsky married Dawn David.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tembo |first=Kwasu David |year=2022 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky: Sincerity in Animation |page=7 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]]}}</ref> As of 2017, he had three children.<ref name="VergeRevivingJack">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |date=March 10, 2017 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky on Reviving Samurai Jack: 'I Was Out of Shape for Working This Hard Again' |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881920/samurai-jack-season-five-genndy-tartakovsky-cartoon-network-adult-swim |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402142918/http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881920/samurai-jack-season-five-genndy-tartakovsky-cartoon-network-adult-swim |archive-date=2 April 2017 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |website=[[The Verge]] |quote=I have three kids,...}}</ref> He is fluent in English and speaks some Russian.
 
==Filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|1996–99, 2003
|''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''
|Creator, director (1996–1999, 2003), writer, storyboard artist, producer (1996–1999), executive producer (2001–2003), recording director (seasons 1–2), and character designer
|-
|1998–2002
|''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''
|Director (seasons 1–3), supervising producer (seasons 1–4), writer, recording director (seasons 1-3), and storyboard artist (1999-2000)
|-
|2001–04, 2017
|''[[Samurai Jack]]''
|Creator, director, writer, storyboard artist, story, sheet timer, voice recording director (season 5), producer, and executive producer
|-
|2003–05
|''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''
|Developer, director, story, and producer
|-
|2010–11
|''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]''
|Co-creator, director, story, storyboard artist, writer, voice director, and executive producer
|-
|2019–present
|''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]''
|Creator, director, storyboard artist, story, writer, voice recording director, and executive producer
|-
|2023
|''[[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal]]''
|Creator, director, storyboard artist, writer, voice record director, and executive producer<ref name="boss" />
|-
|2025
|''Motel Transylvania''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/genndy-tartakovsky-interview-journey-r-rated-fixed-release-1236482145/|title=Genndy Tartakovsky Talks Journey To Getting R-Rated Netflix Animated Movie ‘Fixed’ Over The Line: “I Was Going To A Dark Place”|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|website=Deadline|date=August 12, 2025|access-date=August 14, 2025|quote=The director is also working on ''Motel Transylvania'', a ''Hotel Transylvania'' series spin-off, for Netflix.}}</ref>
|Executive producer
|-
|TBA
|''Heist Safari''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/06/genndy-tartakovsky-developing-heist-safari-animated-series-for-adult-swim/|title=Genndy Tartakovsky Developing 'Heist Safari' Animated Series for Adult Swim|website=Animation Magazine|date=June 12, 2025|access-date=June 12, 2025}}</ref>
|Creator
|}
 
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|1999
|''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip]]''
| Television film <br />Director and writer
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]''
| Television film<br />Supervising producer
|-
|2002
|''[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie]]''
|Animation director
|-
|2006
|''[[How to Eat Fried Worms (film)|How to Eat Fried Worms]]''
|Animation supervisor
|-
|2010
|''[[Iron Man 2]]''
| Storyboard artist (uncredited)
|-
|2011
|''[[Priest (2011 film)|Priest]]''
|Prologue director
|-
|2012
|''[[Hotel Transylvania (film)|Hotel Transylvania]]''
|Director, feature directorial debut
|-
|2015
|''[[Hotel Transylvania 2]]''
|Director
|-
|2016
|''[[Trolls (film)|Trolls]]''
|Creative consultant (uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Failes |date=4 November 2016 |title='Trolls' Director Mike Mitchell: There Was No Mythology to These Things...I've Never Felt So Free |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/trolls-director-mike-mitchell-no-mythology-thingsive-never-felt-free-144212.html |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=20 June 2016 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Isn't Done with 'Hotel Transylvania,' Will Direct Third Film in Franchise |url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/genndy-tartakovsky-isnt-done-hotel-transylvania-will-direct-third-film-franchise-140820.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622123708/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/genndy-tartakovsky-isnt-done-hotel-transylvania-will-direct-third-film-franchise-140820.html |archive-date=22 June 2016 |access-date=21 June 2016 |website=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref>
|Director and writer<br>Voice actor of Blobby, Blobby Baby, and Puppy Blobby
|-
|2022
|''[[Hotel Transylvania: Transformania]]''
|Writer and executive producer<br>Voice actor of Blobby<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=12 July 2020 |title=Collider Connected: 'Primal' Creator Genndy Tartakovsky Talks 'Popeye,' 'Star Wars' and the MCU |url=https://collider.com/genndy-tartakovsky-interview-primal-popeye-star-wars/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712213704/https://collider.com/genndy-tartakovsky-interview-primal-popeye-star-wars/ |archive-date=12 July 2020 |access-date=13 July 2020 |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''[[Fixed (film)|Fixed]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=April 16, 2025 |title=First Look: Netflix Rescues Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Fixed' from the Dog House! |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/first-look-netflix-rescues-genndy-tartakovskys-fixed-from-the-dog-house/ |access-date=April 16, 2025 |website=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-date=April 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416151621/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/first-look-netflix-rescues-genndy-tartakovskys-fixed-from-the-dog-house/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|Director, co-writer, and co-producer
|-
|TBA
| ''Black Knight''
|Director and writer
|}
 
===Short films===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2008
|''[[The Cartoonstitute#List of completed shorts|Maruined]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
|Creator
|-
|2012
|''[[Hotel Transylvania#Goodnight Mr. Foot|Goodnight Mr. Foot]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sony Pictures Animation |date=25 October 2012 |title=No Trick, Big Halloween Treat from Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania Director Genndy Tartakovsky |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/no-trick-big-halloween-treat-from-sony-pictures-animations-hotel-transylvania-director-genndy-tartakovsky-175869981.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602032705/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/no-trick-big-halloween-treat-from-sony-pictures-animations-hotel-transylvania-director-genndy-tartakovsky-175869981.html |archive-date=2 June 2013 |access-date=26 October 2012 |work=PR Newswire}}</ref>
|Director and animator
|-
|2017
|''[[Hotel Transylvania#Puppy!|Puppy!]]''
|Director and writer
|}
 
===Other works===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''<br />{{small|"Henny Youngman Day"}}
| Assistant animator (uncredited)
|-
| 1992–93
| ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
| {{Not a typo|Inbetween}} artist (uncredited)
|-
| 1993–95
| ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]''
| Animation director, storyboard artist, and director
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Critic]]''
| Animation timer
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''<br />{{small|"Cow's Pies"}}
| Story and storyboard artist
|-
| 1999
| ''Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys''
| Supervising producer
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| ''Foe Paws''
| Animation director, animation layout, and supervising producer
|-
| ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
| Supervising producer
|-
| ''[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
| Supervising producer
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Duck Dodgers (TV series)|Duck Dodgers]]''<br />{{small|"Samurai Quack"}}
| Voice actor as himself
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Aaron Springer|Periwinkle Around the World]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
| Producer, director, and sheets
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Korgoth of Barbaria]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
| Animation director
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Steven Universe]]''<br />{{small|"Pilot"}}
| Timing director
|}
 
==Bibliography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Publisher
! Notes
|-
|1999
|''Dexter's Laboratory'': "Comic Relief"
|[[DC Comics]]
| rowspan="2" |Writer, illustrator
|-
| 2001
| ''Dexter's Laboratory'': "Stubble Trouble"
| DC Comics
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Luke Cage|Cage!]]''
| [[Marvel Comics]]
| Writer, illustrator<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2016 |title=Genndy Tartakovsky Brings His Cartoon Style To 'Cage' #1[Preview] |url=http://comicsalliance.com/genndy-tartakovsky-cage-preview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105161246/http://comicsalliance.com/genndy-tartakovsky-cage-preview/ |archive-date=5 November 2016 |access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>
|}
 
==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result
|-
| rowspan="3"|1995 || rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || [[Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject|Best Animated Short Subject]]<ref name="95annies">{{Cite web |title=23rd Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1995) |url=http://annieawards.org/23rd-annie-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102022837/http://annieawards.org/23rd-annie-awards |archive-date=2 January 2013 |access-date=28 June 2012 |website=AnnieAwards.org |publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood}}</ref> || rowspan="3"|''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || {{won}}
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| [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Best Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in the Field of Animation]]<ref name="95annies" /> || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="3"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || rowspan="3"|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)]]<ref name="emmys">{{Cite web |title=Primetime Emmy® Award Database |url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=&program=dexter%27s+laboratory&start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403181259/https://www.emmys.com/404-search?search_api_views_fulltext=award%20history%20search |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=30 June 2012 |website=[[Emmys.com]] |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}}</ref> || {{nom}}
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| 1996 || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''<br>{{small|"The Big Sister"}} || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="3"|1997<ref name="emmys" /> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''<br>{{small|"Star-Spangled Sidekicks", "TV Super Pals", and "Game Over"}} || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"|[[Annie Awards]] || [[Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Best Animated TV Program]]<ref name="97annies">{{Cite web |title=25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997) |url=http://annieawards.org/25th-annie-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230210843/http://annieawards.org/25th-annie-awards |archive-date=30 December 2015 |access-date=28 June 2012 |website=AnnieAwards.org |publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood}}</ref> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || {{nom}}
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| Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production<ref name="97annies" /> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''<br>{{small|"Ham Hocks and Arm Locks"}} || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"|1998 || [[Annie Awards]] || Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Primetime or Late Night Television Program<ref name="98annies">{{Cite web |title=26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998) |url=http://annieawards.org/26th-annie-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223120846/http://annieawards.org/26th-annie-awards |archive-date=23 February 2013 |access-date=28 June 2012 |website=AnnieAwards.org |publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood}}</ref> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)]]<ref name="emmys" /> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''<br>{{small|"Dyno-might" and "LABretto"}} || {{nom}}
|-
| 1999 || ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''<br>{{small|"Bubblevicious" and "The Bare Facts"}} || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000 || [[Annie Awards]] || [[Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime or Late Night Animated Television Program]]<ref name="00annies">{{Cite web |title=28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000) |url=http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425062300/http://annieawards.org/28th-annie-awards |archive-date=25 April 2017 |access-date=31 May 2011 |website=AnnieAwards.org |publisher=[[ASIFA-Hollywood]]}}</ref> || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || {{nom}}
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| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)]] || ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''<br>{{small|"Beat Your Greens" and "Down 'n Dirty"}} || {{nom}}
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| rowspan="2"|2001 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''<br>{{small|"Moral Decay" and "Meet the Beat Alls"}} || {{nom}}
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| [[Animation Magazine|WAC Winner]] || Best Television Special || ''[[Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip]]'' || {{won}}
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| rowspan="2"|2002 || [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]|| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour Or More)]] || ''[[Samurai Jack]]''<br>{{small|I–III – "[[The Beginning (Samurai Jack episode)|The Beginning]]"}} || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Ottawa International Animation Festival|OIAF Award]] || Best Television Series || ''[[Samurai Jack]]''<br>{{small|VII – "Jack and the Three Blind Archers"}} || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|2004 || [[Annie Awards]] || [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Outstanding Directing in an Animated Television Production]] || rowspan="2"|''[[Samurai Jack]]''<br>{{small|XXXVII–XXXVIII – "[[The Birth of Evil (Samurai Jack)|The Birth of Evil]]"}} || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)]] || {{won}}
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| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Wars: Clone Wars |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/star-wars-clone-wars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005001637/http://www.emmys.com/shows/star-wars-clone-wars |archive-date=5 October 2013 |access-date=2 October 2012 |website=Emmys.com}}</ref> || ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''<br>{{small|Vol. 1 (chapters 1–20)}} || {{won}}
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| [[Saturn Awards]] || Best Television Presentation in the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} || ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' ||{{nom}}
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| rowspan="3"|2005 || [[Annie Awards]] || [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Directing in an Animated Television Production]] || ''[[Samurai Jack]]''<br>{{small|L - "Tale of X-49"}} || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]] ||[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More)]]<ref name="emmys.com">{{Cite web |title=Star Wars Clone Wars Vol. 2 (Chapters 21–25) |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/star-wars-clone-wars-vol-2-chapters-21-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223010/http://www.emmys.com/shows/star-wars-clone-wars-vol-2-chapters-21-25 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |access-date=2 October 2012 |website=Emmys.com}}</ref> || ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''<br>{{small|Vol. 2 (chapters 21–25)}} || {{won}}
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| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)]]<ref name="XLIX">{{Cite web |year=2005 |title=Nominees: Outstanding Animated Program |url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2005pt/awards/animated.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204509/http://www.emmys.tv/awards/2005pt/awards/animated.php |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=17 March 2007 |website=Emmys.tv}}</ref>
| ''[[Samurai Jack]]''<br>{{small|XLIX – "Seasons of Death"}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2006
| [[Annie Awards]]
| [[Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Best Animated TV Program]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ball |first=Ryan |date=February 5, 2006 |title=Gromit Sweeps Annie Awards |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/gromit-sweeps-annie-awards/ |access-date=September 12, 2021 |website=[[Animation Magazine]] |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404071702/https://www.animationmagazine.net/events/gromit-sweeps-annie-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> || ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''<br>{{small|Vol. 2 (chapters 21–25)}} || {{won}}
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| 2007 || [[Winsor McCay Award]] || <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lindeen |first=Julie |date=21 December 2006 |title=Laurels Draw Plympton |url=https://variety.com/2006/digital/news/laurels-draw-plympton-1117956169/ |url-status=live |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |volume=293 |issue=61 |page=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610042900/http://variety.com/2006/digital/news/laurels-draw-plympton-1117956169/ |archive-date=10 June 2017 |access-date=7 December 2017}}</ref> || || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013 || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Animated Feature || rowspan="3"|''[[Hotel Transylvania (film)|Hotel Transylvania]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Annie Awards]]
| [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production|Directing in an Animated Feature Production]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Visual Effects Society|VES Award]] || Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture || {{nom}}
|-
| 2018
| [[Annie Awards]]
| [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production|Directing in an Animated Feature Production]]
| ''[[Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2020 || [[72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] || [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation|Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juried Emmy Award Winners Announced |url=https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/emmys-juried-200901 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901202038/https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/emmys-juried-200901 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}}</ref> || ''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]''<br>{{small|"[[Spear and Fang]]"}} || {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|2021
| [[Annie Awards]]
| [[Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production]]
| rowspan="2"|''[[Primal (TV series)|Primal]]''<br>{{small|"[[Plague of Madness]]"}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/genndy-tartakovskys-primal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717195155/https://www.emmys.com/shows/genndy-tartakovskys-primal |archive-date=17 July 2021 |access-date=2022-01-20 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>
| {{won}}
|}
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{imdb name|id=0850733|name=Genndy Tartakovsky}}
* {{IMDb name|850733}}
* ''[http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Studio/9687/supersite/interview.html Just What Made Him The Cartoon Genius He Is Today]'' by Paul Senior
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223032747/http://animatedtv.about.com/od/samuraijack/p/tartakovsky.htm |title=Genndy Tartakovsky}} from [[About.com]]
* [http://www.starwars.com/bio/genndytartakovsky.html Biography] at StarWars.com
 
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