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Tartakovsky (; born Gennady Borisovich Tartakovsky, (ロシア語:Геннадий Борисович Тартаковский); January 17, 1970) is a Russian-American animator, director and producer. He is best known for creating the Cartoon Network animated television series ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'', and ''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' and co-creating ''Sym-Bionic Titan''. In 2011, Tartakovsky joined Sony Pictures Animation, where he directed his feature film debut ''Hotel Transylvania'', and its sequel, ''Hotel Transylvania 2''. Although his Russian name is normally transliterated as Gennady or Gennadiy, he changed its spelling to Genndy after moving to the US.〔 ==Early life== Tartakovsky was born January 17, 1970, in Moscow, to Jewish parents. His father, Boris, worked as a dentist for government officials and the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.〔Alec Wilkinson, "MOODY TOONS; The king of the Cartoon Network." ''The New Yorker''. ANNALS OF POPULAR CULTURE; p. 76. May 27, 2002.〕 His mother, Miriam, was an assistant principal at a school. He also has a brother, Alexander, who is two years older and currently a computer consultant in Chicago.〔 Before coming to the United States, his family first moved to Italy, where he lived next to a German family. There, Tartakovsky says he was first drawn to art, inspired by a neighbor's daughter. Tartakovsky later commented, "I remember, I was horrible at it. For the life of me, I couldn't draw a circle." Tartakovsky's family moved to the United States when he was seven〔''SAMURAI JACK''. DUNCAN HIGGITT. Western Mail. First Edition; NEWS; p. 28. June 17, 2005.〕 due to concerns about the effect of anti-Semitism on their children's lives.〔 The family originally settled in Columbus, Ohio〔Tim Feran, ''SAMURAI JACK'' PUTS ART BACK INTO ANIMATION. ''Columbus Dispatch'' (Ohio). FEATURES – TV PLUS; Cover Story; p. 3. May 11, 2003.〕 and later moved to Chicago. He was greatly influenced by the comics he found there; his first purchase was an issue of the ''Super Friends''. Tartakovsky began attending Chicago's Eugene Field Elementary School in the third grade. School was hard for him because he felt that everyone recognized him as a foreigner. He went on to attend Chicago's prestigious Lane Technical College Prep High School, and says he never felt he fit in until he was a sophomore there. When he was 16, his father died of a heart attack.〔 He felt that his father was very strict and was an old-fashioned man, but Genndy's relationship with his father was very special to him. After the death of his father, Genndy and his family moved to government-funded housing, and he began working while still attending high school. To satisfy his ambitious family, Tartakovsky tried to take an advertising class, because they were encouraging him to be a businessman. However, he signed up late and had little choice over his classes. He was assigned to take an animation class, and this led to his study of film at Columbia College Chicago before moving to Los Angeles to study animation at the California Institute of the Arts〔 (with his friend Rob Renzetti)〔 and there he also met Craig McCracken. At CalArts, Tartakovsky directed and animated two student films, one of which became the basis for ''Dexter's Laboratory''.〔 Reportedly, after two years at CalArts, Tartakovsky got a job in Spain on ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and ''The Critic''.〔 There, "he learned the trials of TV animation, labor intensive and cranking it out".〔 While he was in Spain, his mother died of cancer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Genndy Tartakovsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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