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Craig McCracken

Craig McCracken

Writer, director and producer · Born March 31, 1971 (55) · Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an Emmy and Annie Award-winning American animator, director, and producer who profoundly shaped modern television animation. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network’s iconic hits The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Throughout his career, he has been celebrated for his bold "thick-line" animation style, 1960s psychedelic aesthetics, and highly imaginative storytelling.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 31, 1971 (55)
From
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 38% in 30 days

What are Craig McCracken's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
39%
Bonds
36%
Morality
12%
Society
11%
Ideas
2%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
10
Warm
5
Absurd
4
Triumphant
2
Hopeful
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Feel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Craig McCracken's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Craig McCracken's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

48 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Paige Prater: Austintown Fitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Show 1 episode · Creator

  • Kid Cosmic(2021)

    Show 24 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Ollie & Scoops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

  • Bob Boyle and Nick Jennings' the Powerpuff Girls(2016)

    Show 119 episodes · Characters

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Characters

  • Wander Over Yonder(2013)

    Show 79 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer · as Destructor's Sock (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Teen Titans Go!(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Characters

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Bigfoot and Gray on the Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Associate Producer

  • 3 Dog Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Danger Planet(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Joey to the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • Le Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why... Who Cares?(2009)

    Additional Writing · Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Maruined (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • The Awesome Chronicles of Manny and Khan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Executive Producer

  • The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Story

  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination(2008)

    Director · Characters · Executive Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Chowder(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • CN Invaded Part 1: Cheese A-Go-Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Writer

  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Good Wilt Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Writer

  • Powerpuff Girls Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 52 episodes · Characters · Original Concept

  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Lost Claus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Writer

  • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends(2004)

    Show 82 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: House of Bloo's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director · Story · Writer

  • The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas(2003)

    Director · Creator · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation: Full Frontal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • The Powerpuff Girls Movie(2002)

    Director · Character Designer · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Storyboard · Writer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip(1999)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Powerpuff Girls(1998)

    Show 135 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Storyboard · Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • No Neck Joe - Girl Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Original Concept

  • No Neck Joe in: The Hicky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Original Concept

  • Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation Sick & Twisted Volume 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Dexter's Laboratory(1996)

    Show 19 episodes · Director · Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Dexter's Laboratory: The Big Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Art Direction

  • The Powerpuff Girls: Crime 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Creator · Writer

  • No Neck Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • No Neck Joe Goes to Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • No Neck Joe II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • No Neck Joe III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer

  • What a Cartoon! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Character Designer · Creator · Writer

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • 2 Stupid Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · Art Direction

  • Whoopass Stew! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Writer · as Narrator (voice)

  • No Neck Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director

  • Foster's Funtime for Imaginary Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Producer

  • Powerpuff Girls Reboot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Creator · Producer

  • Untitled Powerpuff Girls Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Original Series Creator

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles, 44 of them dated from 1991 to 2021.

Biggest box office

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

$16M worldwide

Highest rated

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination (2008)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

Dexter's Laboratory (1996)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 48: 2 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting25 of 48: 4 only directing, 21 with another role · typical Midcredits score80thWriting29 of 48: 8 only writing, 21 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thProducing15 of 48: 6 only producing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stOther crew15 of 48: 3 only other crew, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

48 titles, 25 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 20 of them.

By decade

1990s18 · 2 acting · 17 crew2000s17 · 1 acting · 17 crew2010s8 · 2 acting · 7 crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Craig McCracken's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · writer

Bob Boyle and Nick Jennings' the Powerpuff Girls (2016)

91st percentile spread · 60% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination (2008)

Midcredits 90th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 61/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Craig McCracken's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles23–58 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles16–38 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles15–39 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles2–24 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles26–57 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Craig McCracken work with?

People who share at least 2 of Craig McCracken's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tom Kenny shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Tom Kenny11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Tom Kenny
  • Tom Kane6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Tom Kane
  • Jeff Bennett6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Jeff Bennett
  • Tara Strong5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Tara Strong

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles