Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский) (January 17, 1970) is an American animator, director, writer and producer.
Genndy Tartakovsky was born on January 17, 1970, in Moscow, in the then-USSR to Jewish parents. His father, Boris, worked as a dentist for government officials and a Russian hockey team. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He also has a brother, Alex, who is 2 years older and ...
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Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky (Russian: Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский) (January 17, 1970) is an American animator, director, writer and producer.
Genndy Tartakovsky was born on January 17, 1970, in Moscow, in the then-USSR to Jewish parents. His father, Boris, worked as a dentist for government officials and a Russian hockey team. His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He also has a brother, Alex, who is 2 years older and is currently a computer consultant in Chicago. Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven due to concerns about the effect of anti-Semitism on their children's lives. Originally settling in Columbus, Ohio the family later moved to Chicago. He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there. The first book he bought was a Super Friends comic at a 7-Eleven.
Before coming to the United States, however, his family first moved to Italy, where he lived next to a German family. There, Tartakovsky says he was first drawn to...
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