Genndy Tartakovsky

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. Additionally, Tartakovsky was a pivotal crew member of The Powerpuff Girls, and worked on other series such as 2 Stupid Dogs and Batman: The Animated Series.

Works

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it's too late, and before they drive each other crazy.

Release Date2022-01-31

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Blobby (voice)

Vote Count2937

Duck Dodgers

Duck Dodgers battles evil in the 24th century.

Release Date2003-08-23

Charactersd Cyber Pirate of the Future (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count124

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer.

Release Date2018-06-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Blobby / Blobby Baby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

Vote Count4605

Fixed

After learning he's getting neutered, a dog has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys.

Release Date2025-08-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Additional Voices (voice)

Vote Count116

Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

Drac tries out some new monster pets to help occupy Tinkles for playtime.

Release Date2021-04-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Blobby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

Vote Count404

Clone Wars: Bridging the Saga

A short documentary on the making of the Cartoon Network's Clone Wars micro series, specifically the final 5 episodes.

Release Date2005-03-22

Charactersd Self

Vote Count1

The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares?

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the "Powerpuff Girls" series, the cast and crew reminisce about the cartoon's development and history.

Release Date2009-01-20

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special

The top 40 funniest cartoon characters are showcased in this TV special, as determined by a Nielsen viewers' survey.

Release Date2015-12-07

Charactersd Self

Teen Titans Go!

Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!

Release Date2013-04-23

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Episode Count1

Vote Count676

The Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls is a animated television series about Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers, as well as their "father", the brainy scientist Professor Utonium, who all live in the fictional city of Townsville, USA. The girls are frequently called upon by the town's childlike and naive mayor to help fight nearby criminals using their powers.

Release Date1998-11-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count31

Vote Count960

Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter, a boy-genius with a secret laboratory, constantly battles his sister Dee Dee, who always gains access despite his best efforts to keep her out, as well as his arch-rival and neighbor, Mandark.

Release Date1996-04-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count847

Cow and Chicken

Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.

Release Date1997-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count485

Samurai Jack

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

Release Date2001-08-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count48

Vote Count847

Hotel Transylvania

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!

Release Date2012-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8952

Hotel Transylvania 2

When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.

Release Date2015-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5969

Puppy!: A Hotel Transylvania Short

The residents of Hotel Transylvania find their world turned upside-down when youngster Dennis gets a surprise monster-sized pet.

Release Date2017-07-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count183

Primal

A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

Release Date2019-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count1473

What a Cartoon!

Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.

Release Date1995-02-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count23

2 Stupid Dogs

“Two Stupid Dogs” follows the lives of two dogs: the overly excited Little Dog (the dachshund) and easy-paced Big Dog (the sheepdog). These crazy canines don't know how to fit in the world, and they definitely don't have any know-how. They often find themselves in commonplace situations (going to the drive-in, walking through the mall, working on the farm), some not so common situations (stuck on a space shuttle, a contestant on a game show, getting mistaken for the prime minister) and even in some familiar situations (little red riding hood, Noah's ark, and Hanzel and Gretel). But no matter the situation, their stupidity usually leads them to calamitous results.

Release Date1993-09-05

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Episode Count3

Vote Count65

Star Wars: Clone Wars

During the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi leads an assault on the planet Muunilinst, home of the Intergalactic Banking Clan; and his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, is appointed by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to lead the Republic’s space forces. Meanwhile, Separatist leader and Sith Lord Count Dooku takes in Force-sensitive gladiator Asajj Ventress as his Sith apprentice, and tasks her with eliminating Skywalker.

Release Date2003-11-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count25

Vote Count460

Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip

After Dexter is confronted with robots who wish to "destroy the one who saved the future," he uses his time machine to see how he saved it. They declare that they are here to destroy the one who saved the future, and make ready to attack Dexter. Dexter easily destroys them with the use of various tools and gadgets from his lab. However, news that he is "The One Who Saved the Future" intrigues him, and he decides to travel through time to discover how cool he is. In the first time period he visits, Dexter finds a tall, skinny, weak version of himself working in office-designing cubicles, with Mandark as his rich, successful boss. The child Dexter unwittingly reveals the existence of blueprints regarding the "Neurotomic Protocore", and Mandark steals it after the two Dexters move forward in time.

Release Date1999-12-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count112

Priest

In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.

Release Date2011-05-05

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count2414

Sym-Bionic Titan

Three beings from the planet Galaluna crash-land on Earth while attempting to escape their war-torn world.

Release Date2010-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count175

Foe Paws

This cartoon follows the misadventures of an eccentric old woman who tries to replace her long lost children by dressing up her cat and dog in human clothes.

Release Date2000-07-07

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count1

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal

An evil force is looming across the dark, thick-aired streets of industrial revolution London when a group of heroes dubbed Unicorn are accidentally reawakened in the bodies of teenagers instead of adult hosts they’ve embodied in the past.

Release Date2023-05-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count45

The Powerpuff Girls Movie

After destroying the city of Townsville in a game of tag, a trio of superpowered little girls must redeem themselves by stopping a vengeful monkey's plot for world domination.

Release Date2002-07-03

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Director

Vote Count336

The Flintstones: On the Rocks

With their marriage on the rocks, Fred and Wilma take a holiday together to rekindle the fire in their relationship.

Release Date2002-01-02

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Vote Count18

A leaked animatic—an early, storyboard-driven version of the film Popeye, roughly 87 minutes long, featuring dialogue and music, but lacking final animation polish. Set off on a heartfelt and visually inventive quest: Popeye embarks on a mission to find his father. The narrative brims with the physical comedy and expressive movement characteristic of classic cartoons, animated in Genndy Tartakovsky’s signature style—but in loose, storyboard form.

Release Date2013-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys

This cartoon follows the journey of a wily unemployed geezer and his rag-tailed bunch of friends as they travel to the zoo to reunite Uncle Gus with his AWOL fiancée.

Release Date1999-08-11

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Black Knight

An epic action-adventure in the vein of Genndy Tartakovsky’s popular series Samurai Jack.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Samurai Jack: Digital Animation Test

Experience the genesis of Samurai Jack in a short animation test where he travels and fights.

Release Date2000-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.

Release Date1994-04-15

Episode Count1

Vote Count102