Imdbs advanced search allows you to run extremely powerful queries over all people and titles in the database. The grid recently did an interview with animator craig mccracken, husband to lauren faust. Born in charleroi, pennsylvania his family moved to whitter, california after mccracken. Craig mccracken is an american animator, writer, and cartoonist. He also voiced the mayor and the narrator on the powerpuff girls and eduardo on fosters home for imaginary friends, two other shows created by. Craig mccracken talks powerpuff girls by steve fritz posted. The powerpuff girls ultimate pop culture wiki fandom. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Thanks to steve fritz for the interview in question and thanks to craig mccracken for the info. Craig mccracken talks about his new show for disney ctn. Jack mcbrayer born on may 27, 1973 is an american comedic actor who gained national recognition for his characters on late night with conan obrien he is best known for portraying kenneth parcell on the television series 30 rock, a role for which he received an emmy nomination in 2009 at the 61st primetime emmy awards.
That day, cartoon network will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the debut of craig mccrackens powerpuff girls with an allday marathon. Craig mccracken, executive producerstory bydirected by. Basically, it was just keeping the tone and the feel of the show. With tom kenny, cathy cavadini, tara strong, elizabeth daily. Ill put the descriptions in spoiler tags in the event that somebody. Craig mccracken talks about the laborintensive story process. Craig mccracken voice director behind the voice actors. Are his influences still relevant to this day and does cartoon network realize the mistake they made. After 17 years, your powerpuff girls questions are. The name craig mccracken may not be familiar, but any cartoon fan is well acquainted with his creations the powerpuff girls. The powerpuff girls is an american animated television series about three kindergartenaged girls who have superpowers. Then i turned seven, and it was all star wars after. You worked at cartoon network since the mid1990s until 2009.
Mixed in there were are few quotes about friendship is magic. Craig mccracken born march 31, 1971 is an american animator, writer and creator of the powerpuff girls franchise filmography. Outstanding animated program for programming one hour or more 2009. 19982005, executive producer screenwriter director, 2009 2004. Cnn shorts interview with craig mccracken, show creator space ghost coast to coast world premiere toon in raw interview with craig from world premiere toon in season two. Also, because i was trying to teach myself how to make cartoons on season 1, i had a lot of ridged rules about how we could and couldnt do things. Its hard to believe that craig mccracken s powerpuff girls turn fifteen years old this month. He explains the theory of ppg and samurai jack existing in the same universe is false.
This interview was taken from the powerpuff girls powerzine. The powerpuff girls 10th anniversary collection the. Jan 19, 2009 craig mccracken is the threedimensional human being who first thought of turning cartoon kindergartners into superpowered crime fighters, and he has written, storyboarded and directed the new episode, which will cap a marathon of past adventures beginning today at 6 a. Craig mccracken born march 31, 1971 is an american animator, writer, and cartoonist. Though more recently craig has been riding herd on disney xds acclaimed animated adventure, wander over yonder. These guys helped create the shows i grew up with so this is sad news. They covered a mix of shows, from fosters home to the new wander over yonder. Craig was fun to work with and always full of genuinely unique ideas. The powerpuff girls movie interviews tv miniseries. Here is an early interview with mccracken for the cartoon network original series, space ghost. Craig mccracken talks about the laborintensive story. Jun 02, 20 at the start of craig mccracken month, ben t. He created the cartoon network animated television series the powerpuff girls and fosters h. The powerpuff girls had already made its run for seven years, successfully injecting mccrackens bellicose ideals into the minds of children worldwide.
Born in charleroi, pennsylvania his family moved to whitter, california after mccracken s father died when he was seven. Craig s deviantart page tons of goodies and sketches to look at. Craig mccrackens phone number, email, address spokeo. Craig mccracken moved on to start making powerpuff girls so i had a new design staff. So says craig mccracken, the talent behind those emmyaward winning cartoon network series, the powerpuff girls and fosters home for imaginary friends. Cartoon network pretty much lost one who made there biggest property. It centers on blossom, bubbles, and buttercup, three kindergartenaged girls with superpowers.
So, during the late 1990s, craig mccracken debuted the powerpuff girls the greatest enemy of these superpowered tots was mojo jojo, a talking mad scientist chimp. Craig mccracken simple english wikipedia, the free. Craig mccracken has been interested in drawing and animation since the age of three. Heres my interview with craig hope you enjoy ken plume. Tom kenny provides the voice of peepers in the disney xddisney channel show, wander over yonder. Craig mccracken quits the cartoon network and genndy tartakovskys visual effects studio the orphanage suspends operations. Craig mccracken phone, address, background info whitepages. Was born mar 31, 1971 charleroi, pennsylvania, usa.
Craig douglas mccracken born march 31, 1971 is an american animator, responsible for the cartoon network cartoons, the powerpuff girls, as well as fosters home for imaginary friends. After briefly considering a career as a comic book illustrator, mccracken. He created the cartoon network animated television series the powerpuff girls and fosters home for imaginary friends, as well as wander over yonder for the disney channel. In this episode, im having a bit of a chat with the creator of the powerpuff girls and fosters home for imaginary friends, craig mccracken the 10th anniversary of the launch of blossom, bubbles, and buttercups crimefighting adventures has just been celebrated with the dvd release of. When we had the opportunity to interview mccracken, it was done with one proviso, and that was we also had the. Disneys wander over yonder ot craig mccrackens new show. Titles of cartoons, tv shows, movies, and video games that craig mccracken has voice directed. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film. Craig better not disappoint me this time if this new show gets picked up by disney. Blossom, bubbles and buttercup save the day once more in 10th anniversary special, the powerpuff girls rule allnew halfhour animated special follows fullday best of ppg marathon dvd boxedset anniversary edition featuring every ppg episode and special in stores jan. Back then we were all just kids early 20s so it was all about long hours, trying new things, testing ideas and trying to live up to our heroes.
Does that mean cartoon network will never be cartoon network again. Craig mccracken creator of powerpuff girls and fosters home for imaginary friends craig mccracken, writer. I started drawing when i was three, characters like underdog and superman. Over the past couple of decades craig has also written. They have also lived in bowling green, oh and columbus, oh plus 2 other locations. May 15, 2017 the show ran for six seasons, all directed by mccracken, and concluded on may 3, 2009. When the series premiered on cartoon network on november 18, 1998, it was the highest rated. The powerpuff girls creator craig mccracken answers questions on twitter. Craig mccracken celebrity profile check out the latest craig mccracken photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dl what have your learned from cn creators genndy tartakovsky and craig mccracken. Looney gives an annoted biography on craig mccracken s life. Interview with craig mccracken about wander over yonder.
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the powerpuff girls series, the cast and crew reminisce about the. Comic book legends revealed is now part of the larger legends revealed series. The other thing thats cool, on a design level, is that the girls have a very simple style to them, i believe you called it iconic in an interview before. Thats said when one of the main guys who put you on the map. Behind the scenes of fosters home for imaginary friends. Join facebook to connect with craig mccracken and others you may know. The show was produced by hannabarbera productions in its first four seasons, and by cartoon network studios in its final two seasons. Rob renzetti part i one day in 2003, nickelodeon ran a marathon of their newish series my life as a teenage robot, which was created by rob renzetti and had its origin as a short in frederators oh yeah. In april 2008, he became executive producer of a new cartoon network. Tv animation auteur craig mccracken chats with us about the challenges.
This is an interview with craig mccracken, the mastermind behind the powerpuff girls and of course, fosters home for imaginary friends, from animation insider unfortunately the link to the interview has died. Disneys wander over yonder ot craig mccrackens new. He pulled over, not to say cease or desist but to buy. Created by animator craig mccracken, the program was produced by hannabarbera until 2001 when cartoon network studios took over production for cartoon network. This is the talkback thread for craig mccracken on powerpuff girls rule and cartoonstitute.
Craig mccracken on kid cosmic interview ctn tv game. It first premiered on cartoon network on august, 2004, as a 90minute television movie, which led to a series of halfhour episodes. Lauren faust born july 25, 1974 is an american animator and writer, best known as the creator of the animated series my little pony. Craig mccracken quits the cartoon network and genndy. She thought it could be a good short for one of my animations as its funny and includes a cat and fish. Interview with rebecca sugar cartoon network duration.
Craig mccracken had fortunately left cartoon network in 2009, but by then it was too late. Find craig mccrackens phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. Craig mccracken runs the beyond the last man blog dedicated to world football writing and imagery from the second half of the 20th century. So, first up, please us about how you came up with the idea for wander over yonder craig mccracken. View 3 images of craig mccracken s characters from his voice acting career.
Im ken plume, and soon youll be listening to a bit of a chat with me, ken plume. Infobox television fosters home for imaginary friends is an american animated television series created and produced at cartoon network studios and boulder media by animator craig mccracken. Im assuming, it wasnt a disneysized animation budget. Some of his sources of inspiration are japanese anime, super friends 1973, peewees playhouse 1986 and little golden books. Craig is related to loren n mccracken and matthew kelly mccracken as well as 3 additional people. Aug 09, 20 about get ready to take off across the galaxy in disney channel s new animated adventure comedy series wander over yonder, created and executiveproduced by twotime emmy awardwin ning animator craig mccracken foster s home for imaginary friends, the powerpuff girls. The best result we found for your search is craig d mccracken age 50s in powell, oh. Craig mccracken cropped the collective animation archive. That day, cartoon network will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the debut of craig mccracken s powerpuff girls with an allday marathon. Next week, ill present part ii in which i interviewed renzetti again in 2009 for use in my book directing animation. Oct 26, 2017 we interviewed used frontman bert mccracken about the rock bands extraordinary new studio album the canyon, an 80minute epic inspired by and dedicated to his childhood friend tregen lewis, who. Heres also a great interview with craig about the powerpuff girls on coldhardflash. Friendship is magic for hasbro, as well as for working frequently with her husband craig mccracken. Apr 04, 2011 craig mccracken had fortunately left cartoon network in 2009, but by then it was too late.
The average craig mccracken is around 58 years of age with around 50% falling in to the age group of 4160. Jan 15, 2009 with the girls turning ten this year, we spoke with powerpuff girls creator craig mccracken about their start, the early years and more animated shorts. Below is a true story that my mum sent me about an incident with her silver bengal, nemo. Craig mccracken is the threedimensional human being who first thought of turning cartoon kindergartners into superpowered crime fighters, and he has written, storyboarded and directed the new episode, which will cap a marathon of past adventures beginning today at 6 a. Toon zone talkback craig mccracken on powerpuff girls. The original article was written by elizabeth mcconnell.
Newsarama has an article on their website in which craig mccracken talks about the end of fosters, but perhaps more importantly, we now have episode descriptions for all of the remaining episodes, including the series finale. The powerpuff girls is an american superhero animated television series created by animator craig mccracken for cartoon network. The show ran for six seasons, all directed by mccracken, and concluded on may 3, 2009. He also voices the iconic spongebob squarepants in the show with the same name and the ice king on pendleton wards critically acclaimed adventure time. Mind you, this characterdriven scifi comedy is probably a lot harder than most animated series to pull off. Highest rated movies and tv shows with craig mccracken imdb. Craig mccracken talks about his new show for disney youtube. So craig, cartoon fans are thrilled to have you back with a new series on the air. What were the difficulties in bringing the show to the big screen especially since, im assuming, it wasnt a disneysized animation budget craig mccracken. Select this result to view craig d mccracken s phone number, address, and more. Craig mccracken bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Craig mccracken born march 31, 1971 is an american animator. Jan 22, 2009 craig s deviantart page tons of goodies and sketches to look at. Craig mccracken talks powerpuff girls by steve fritz.
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