Craig McCracken
Craig McCracken
Craig McCrackenis an American animator, director and producer. He is best known for creating the Emmy-winning animated series The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network, as well as writing and storyboarding for Oscar's Oasis and Dexter's Laboratory in Kids' WB. His newest series, Wander Over Yonder, premiered on Disney Channel on August 16, 2013. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAnimator
Date of Birth31 March 1971
CityCharleroi, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't really have time to approve every shirt and sticker that gets made but I have been heavily involved in the big stuff like toys." ()
You can say a lot with pictures. It's a visual medium - and especially with animation, you can do a lot that you can't do in live action." ()
Now I did do later drawings where I tried putting fingers on them but it never looked right to me they weren't as appealing as that first drawing." ()
Im always thinking about what I might want to do next, but theres still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile.
Well, for one thing, the executives in charge at Cartoon Network are cartoon fans. I mean, these are people who grew up loving animation and loving cartoons, and the only difference between them and me is they don't know how to draw.
Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they weren't necessarily heroes at the beginning of this movie, so the movie is about the events that happen in their life to make them decide to be heroes.
Theres a lot you can do without words.
Anything you see on the screen was at one point approved by me.
But to me what seems to be missing in a lot of portfolios is Cartooning.
First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones." ()
I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.
Basicly what I had to do was do a 7 minute board and pitch it to a room of big wigs from the network and based on that they determined if I would get a short or not.
I'm always thinking about what I might want to do next, but there's still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile." ()
Basicly I'm in charge of all creative aspects of the show.