Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
Craig Douglas McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, writer, director, producer, storyboard artist, and designer known as the creator of popular animated series such as The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network, as well as Wander Over Yonder for Disney Channel. McCracken started his career professionally serving as an art director and storyboard artist for 2 Stupid Dogs and Dexter's Laboratory. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004. His latest work, Kid Cosmic, premiered on Netflix in February 2021 and became his first serialized series.Labeled as "one of the most successful creators of episodic comedy cartoons", his style was "at the forefront of a second wave of innovative, creator-driven television animation" in the 1990s, along with that of other animators such as Genndy Tartakovsky, and has been credited as "a staple of American modern animated television".