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

Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
7.1

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 Date: 2023-05-05

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 40

7.1

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 Date: 2022-01-31

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Character: Blobby (voice)

Vote Count: 2833

7.4

Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

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

Release Date: 2021-04-02

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Blobby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

Vote Count: 399

8.4

Primal: Tales of Savagery

Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: Tales of Savagery features a caveman and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival.

Release Date: 2019-11-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 331

Primal
8.6

Primal

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

Release Date: 2019-10-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 1429

6.9

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 Date: 2018-06-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Blobby / Blobby Baby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

Vote Count: 4478

8.0

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie

A small boy is sent away from his village. He is to be trained as a samurai warrior and return to fight the evil shapeshifter, Aku, who has wreaked havoc throughout the village. His skills honed, the warrior attempts a return to his home, but winds up in a future time landscape. Here, the locals call the stranger, a sort of Dirty Harry kung fu loner, "Jack" and assist him in his path homeward. This is the original feature length presentation that kicked off the SAMURAI JACK phenomenon on the Cartoon Network.

Release Date: 2017-10-16

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 26

6.4

Puppy!

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

Release Date: 2017-07-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 181

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 Date: 2015-12-07

Character: Self

6.8

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 Date: 2015-09-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 5833

Steven Universe
8.4

Steven Universe

A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.

Release Date: 2013-11-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1214

Teen Titans Go!
6.5

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 Date: 2013-04-23

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 648

5.5

Goodnight, Mr. Foot

Bigfoot checks into Hotel Transylvania to get some sleep but keeps getting disturbed by a zealous witch maid.

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 28

7.0

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 Date: 2012-09-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 8737

5.8

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 Date: 2011-05-05

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation

Vote Count: 2313

Sym-Bionic Titan
8.5

Sym-Bionic Titan

Sym-Bionic Titan is an American animated action science fiction television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Paul Rudish, and Bryan Andrews for Cartoon Network. The series focuses on a trio made up of the alien princess Ilana, the rebellious soldier Lance, and the robot Octus; the three are able to combine to create the titular Sym-Bionic Titan. A preview of the series was first shown at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International, and further details were revealed at Cartoon Network's 2010 Upfront. The series premiered on September 17, 2010, and ended on April 9, 2011. The series is rated TV-PG-V. Cartoon Network initially ordered 20 episodes; Tartakovsky had hoped to expand on that, but the series was not renewed for another season, as the show "did not have any toys connected to it." Although Sym-Bionic Titan has never been released on DVD, All 20 episodes are available on iTunes. On October 7, 2012, reruns of Sym-Bionic Titan began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block.

Release Date: 2010-09-17

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 164

5.0

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 Date: 2009-01-20

Character: Self

Vote Count: 2

Maruined

Two siblings become trapped on a deserted island full of danger with a strange hippopotamus/dog hybrid as their pet and protector.

Release Date: 2009-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

6.2

How to Eat Fried Worms

During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.

Release Date: 2006-08-25

Department: Art

Job: Opening Title Sequence

Vote Count: 115

8.3

Korgoth of Barbaria

In a dark future wasteland, the great cities have risen and fallen, primordial beasts have reclaimed the wilderness and thieves and savages populate sparse, dirty towns. From the frozen north emerges a warrior known as Korgoth, and his merciless savagery may be his only key to survival.

Release Date: 2006-06-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 23

Korgoth of Barbaria
7.7

Korgoth of Barbaria

Korgoth of Barbaria is a pilot episode for what was originally planned as an American animated television series created by Aaron Springer, storyboard writer and director for Dexter's Laboratory, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and SpongeBob SquarePants. The pilot episode first aired in the United States on June 3, 2006 at 12:30 AM on Adult Swim. The pilot received mostly positive reviews. On June 18, 2006, Adult Swim ran a bumper announcing Korgoth of Barbaria was officially picked up as a series. Later events, including a formal petition to revive the show, would indicate that it was dropped before production began.

Release Date: 2006-06-03

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 30

5.5

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 Date: 2005-03-22

Character: Self

Vote Count: 1

Greeny Phatom: The Movie

After Dr. Beanson steals a toy from Toy-R-Us, Little Guy goes on an adventure to stop the evil doctor, while facing a friend of his.

Release Date: 2005-02-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Star Wars: Clone Wars
7.8

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 Date: 2003-11-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Self

Episode Count: 25

Vote Count: 427

Duck Dodgers
7.4

Duck Dodgers

Duck Dodgers battles evil in the 24th century.

Release Date: 2003-08-23

Character: Cyber Pirate of the Future (voice)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 118

6.5

Chicken Scratch

When Dexter gets the chicken pox, Dee Dee tells him that if he scratches he'll turn into a chicken. Dexter strives against the elements of nature to not scratch but he cannot help it. Based on the television series "Dexter's Laboratory."

Release Date: 2002-07-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 12

6.7

The Powerpuff Girls Movie

Based on the hit animated television series, this feature film adaptation tells the story of how Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup - three exuberant young girls - obtain their unique powers, become superheroes and join forces to foil evil mutant monkey Mojo Jojo's plan to take over the world.

Release Date: 2002-07-03

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 312

6.5

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 Date: 2002-01-02

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

Vote Count: 18

Samurai Jack
8.4

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 Date: 2001-08-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 48

Vote Count: 795

10.0

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 Date: 2000-07-07

Department: Visual Effects

Job: Animation Director

Vote Count: 1

8.0

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Meet the Reaper

Billy's hamster turned 10 in human years, but was awaiting to see the Grim Reaper. Billy and his friend, Mandy challenge the Reaper to a game of limbo to become best friends.

Release Date: 2000-06-09

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

Vote Count: 5

7.5

Samurai Jack: Digital Animation Test

Experience the genesis of Samurai Jack in a short animation test.

Release Date: 2000-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

7.4

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 Date: 1999-12-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 107

Dexter's Laboratory
7.7

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 Date: 1996-04-28

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 817

6.5

Dexter's Laboratory: The Big Sister

When boy genius, Dexter makes experimental cookies, his sister, Dee Dee eats one and turns into a giant.

Release Date: 1996-03-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

7.0

Dexter's Laboratory: "Changes"

Dexter and Dee Dee wreck havok using Dexter's latest invention: a hand-held device that turns people into various animals. The short film that inspired the TV-series.

Release Date: 1995-02-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 42

Fixed

An adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong?

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Black Knight

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

Department: Directing

Job: Director

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 Date: 1999-08-11

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

The Powerpuff Girls
7.5

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 Date: 1998-11-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 31

Vote Count: 915

Cow and Chicken
7.1

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 Date: 1997-09-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 469

7.0

The Powerpuff Girls: Crime 101

The Amoeba Boys want to be "bad guys" but they so don't know how. So they ask the Powerpuff Girls to show them.

Release Date: 1996-01-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

What a Cartoon!
7.0

What a Cartoon!

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

Release Date: 1995-02-20

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 21

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
7.8

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 Date: 1994-04-15

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 99

2 Stupid Dogs
6.9

2 Stupid Dogs

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. No matter the situation, their stupidity usually leads them to calamitous results.

Release Date: 1993-09-05

Department: Art

Job: Storyboard Artist

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 61

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