Gábor Csupó

Gábor Csupó (Hungarian: Csupó Gábor, pronounced [tʃupoː ɡaːbɔr]; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian-born animator and co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like Rugrats, Duckman, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1952, and after four years at the Pannónia animation studios, fled to the West in 1975. While working in Sweden he met Arlene Klasky, an American-born animator. The ... more

Gábor Csupó (Hungarian: Csupó Gábor, pronounced [tʃupoː ɡaːbɔr]; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian-born animator and co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which has produced shows like Rugrats, Duckman, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1952, and after four years at the Pannónia animation studios, fled to the West in 1975. While working in Sweden he met Arlene Klasky, an American-born animator. The two subsequently started their own company, Klasky Csupo, which produced many popular animated television shows. He was credited as "animation executive producer" and "supervising animation director" for several episodes of The Simpsons in the early seasons before the show switched over to Film Roman. His record label, Tone Casualties, released several industrial, noise, ambient and experimental music releases, including discs by Holger Czukay, Drew Neumann, Paul Schütze, Borut Kržišnik, Wahorn, Controlled Bleeding and his own works. He... less