Genndy Tartakovsky
Born 1970, Moscow. His family moved first to Italy, and then to USA. He studied Film at the Columbia College Chicago, and Animation at the California Institute of the Arts (Los Angeles), where he animated and directed two student films, one of which became the basis for his animated TV series DEXTER’S LABORATORY. From 1996 to 2010 he created four animated TV series for Cartoon Network: DEXTER’S LABORATORY; SAMURAI JACK; STAR WARS: CLONE WARS; SYM-BIONIC TITAN. He was also a producer and director for Cartoon Network’s animated TV series THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA is his first animated feature film as a director.