Genndy Tartakovsky

Gennadiy Borisovich Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский, born January 17, 1970) is a Russian-born American animator, director and producer. He is best known for creating the Cartoon Network animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, and Star Wars: Clone Wars and co-creating Sym-Bionic Titan. In 2011, Tartakovsky joined Sony Pictures Animation, where he directed his feature film debut, Hotel Transylvania, and is directing an animated film based on Popeye.Although his Russian name Геннадий is normally transliterated as Gennady or Gennadiy, he changed its spelling to Genndy after moving from Russia to the US.

Personal facts

Genndy Tartakovsky
Birth dateJanuary 17, 1970
Birth nameGennadiy Borisovich Tartakovsky
Birth place
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Known for
Sym-Bionic Titan
Hotel Transylvania
Samurai Jack
Dexter's Laboratory
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

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  1. http://animatedtv.about.com/od/samuraijack/p/tartakovsky.htm