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Genndy Tartakovsky

Genndy Tartakovsky

Director, writer and producer, also cinematographer · Born January 17, 1970 (56) · Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

5 Primetime Emmys

Genndy Tartakovsky (born January 17, 1970) is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, storyboard artist, comic book writer and artist. He is the creator of the animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Primal on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. He is also known for co-creating Sym-Bionic Titan and directing the animated Hotel Transylvania film trilogy. Additionally, Tartakovsky was a pivotal crew member of The Powerpuff Girls, and worked on other series such as 2 Stupid Dogs and Batman: The Animated Series.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 17, 1970 (56)
From
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Works as
Director, writer and producer, also cinematographer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 47 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 27% in 30 days

What are Genndy Tartakovsky's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Self
28%
Survival
17%
Morality
15%
Power
3%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 5

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 7 · Intense 1

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

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2

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

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 8 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
8
Thrilling
7
Tense
6
Warm
7
Absurd
3
Other
13

How their films linger

Fun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy9
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

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 Genndy Tartakovsky's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Genndy Tartakovsky'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

47 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • Fixed(2025)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Unicorn: Warriors Eternal(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · Director · Executive Producer · Other · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania(2022)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay · Story · as Blobby (voice)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Producer · as Blobby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

  • Primal: Tales of Savagery(2019)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Primal(2019)

    Show 30 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation(2018)

    Director · Writer · as Blobby / Blobby Baby / Puppy Blobby (voice)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie(2001)

    Director · Executive Producer · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Puppy! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Hotel Transylvania 2(2015)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Popeye Animation Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Teen Titans Go!(2013)

    Show 1 episode · Characters

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Goodnight, Mr. Foot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Animation · Writer

  • Hotel Transylvania(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Priest(2011)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Sym-Bionic Titan(2010)

    Show 20 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Iron Man 2(2010)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

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

    Director · Writer

  • How to Eat Fried Worms(2006)

    Opening Title Sequence

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Korgoth of Barbaria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director

  • Korgoth of Barbaria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show Creator

  • Star Wars: Clone Wars(2003)

    Show 25 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Duck Dodgers(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Cyber Pirate of the Future (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

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

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Dexter's Laboratory: Chicken Scratch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Animation · Executive Producer · Storyboard Artist

  • The Powerpuff Girls Movie(2002)

    Animation Director · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Flintstones: On the Rocks(2001)

    Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Samurai Jack(2001)

    Show 50 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Producer · Story · Storyboard Artist · Writer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Foe Paws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Animation Director

  • The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Meet the Reaper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Supervising Producer

  • Samurai Jack: Digital Animation Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip(1999)

    Director · Producer · Story · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Uncle Gus in: For the Love of Monkeys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Supervising Producer

  • The Powerpuff Girls(1998)

    Show 135 episodes · Director · Producer · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Cow and Chicken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  • Buy One, Get One Free (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Color Timer

  • Dexter's Laboratory(1996)

    Show 220 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Producer · Storyboard · Writer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

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

    Director · Writer

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

    Animation Director

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

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Creator · Writer

  • Dexter's Laboratory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · 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 3 episodes · Animation Director · Storyboard Artist

  • Black Knight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Conan The Barbarian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

  • Dial M for Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show Creator

Career shape

A full career of 46 titles, 42 of them dated from 1993 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)

$542M worldwide

Highest rated

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Dexter's Laboratory (1996)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 46: 2 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score51stDirecting25 of 46: 6 only directing, 19 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thWriting20 of 46: 1 only writing, 19 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thProducing15 of 46: 4 only producing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thCinematography1 of 46: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleOther crew24 of 46: 10 only other crew, 14 with another role · typical Midcredits score84th

46 titles, 23 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

1990s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2000s13 · 1 acting · 12 crew2010s13 · 1 acting · 13 crew2020s4 · 3 acting · 4 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.

Awards

5 Primetime Emmys from 14 major nominations, 1995–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program
  2. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation
  3. 2005
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  4. 2004
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
  5. 2002
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
  6. 2001
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  7. 2000
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  8. 1999
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 1998
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  2. 1997
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  3. 1996
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)
  4. 1995
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Genndy Tartakovsky's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · writer

Teen Titans Go! (2013)

88th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer, producer

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2001)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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 Genndy Tartakovsky's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles26–81 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles15–37 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles4–33 · median 14 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles5–22 · median 10 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles33–72 · median 42 · 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 Genndy Tartakovsky work with?

People who share at least 2 of Genndy Tartakovsky's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Douglas shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Tom Kenny8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Tom Kenny
  • Jeff Bennett8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Jeff Bennett
  • Grey DeLisle6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Grey DeLisle
  • Tara Strong5 titles    See all 5 shared titles with Tara Strong

Composers and editors

Producers