Tartakovsky has been named one of Variety’s 50 to Watch as a future leader in the Entertainment Industry, has been called one of the industry’s rising stars by People Magazine and was tapped as one of the most creative people in entertainment on Entertainment Weekly’s It List. Genndy has also received an impressive thirteen Primetime Emmy Award nominations and has been awarded just three Emmy Awards for his work on Star Wars Clone Wars as well as Samurai Jack (most notably for the Birth of Evil two-parter) both of which were made for Cartoon Network. In 2012, Genndy Tartakovksy made his feature film directorial debut with the Golden Globe-nominated Hotel Transylvania, and then Hotel Transylvania 2 in 2015, and most recently directed Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (now playing in theaters everywhere). In addition to all that, he even produced and directed the 2D animated version of Star Wars Clone Wars from 2003 to 2005 (the year of the release of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the finale of which (and which began with the light saber duel between Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi on the volcanic planet of Mustafar before culminating in the rise of the Darth Vader as we know and fear, and the birth and separation of Luke Skywalker (sent away to live with Owen and Beru on the twin sun and desert planet Tatooine) and Leia Organa Solo (sent away to live with Bail Organa in the soon-to-be-ill-fated planet Alderaan) as well as the death of Padme Amidala by childbirth) some radical art critic named Camille Paglia decribed as “the most ambitious, significant, and emotionally compelling work of art produced in the last 30 years in any genre – including literature,” in her 2012 book Glittering Images : A Journey through Art from Egypt to Star Wars).
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Genndy began working at Hanna-Barbara and was directly involved in the creation of three of that studio’s most prominent animated TV shows of the late 1990s-early 2000s period, before moving onto Cartoon Network where he created Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Sym-Bionic Titan and hopefully the upcoming new series that has just been trademarked called PRIMAL.
Okay…this is only my first article here in two years, and my ninth article here so far, but tonight, let me share with you my twelve favorite cartoon characters ever created by this Russian-American immigrant:Īs many of you know, Genndy Tartakovsky is the Russian-born, USA-based, and award winning animation visionary/director/writer/producer guy behind everything from Dexter’s Laboratory (1996-2003) to Samurai Jack (2001-2017) to Star Wars Clone Wars (2003-2005) to the Hotel Transylvania movies.
WARNING: Some Characters on this article are NOT RETRO enough, or at least not yet, so be cautious about that!
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