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Gábor Csupó

 
Director: Gabor Csupo
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  • Born: 1952 in Budapest, Hungary
  • Occupation: Director
  • Active: 2000s
  • Major Genres: Children's/Family
  • Career Highlights: Bridge to Terabithia, The Rugrats Movie, The Wild Thornberrys Movie
  • First Major Screen Credit: The Wild Thornberrys (1998)

Biography

Producer and animator Gabor Csupo is one half of the cartoon enterprise responsible for some of the most popular animated programs of the '90s. He is also a gifted electronic musician and executive producer in charge of the record label Tone Casualties and Casual Tonalities. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he started animating at Pannonia Studios before moving to Stockholm, Sweden, where he met graphic designer Arlene Klasky. The couple relocated to L.A. and Klasky Csupo, Inc. was officially born. Their first major job was in 1989, producing The Simpsons animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show, which led to his first Emmy award and several other nominations. This was quickly followed by The Rugrats, Duckman, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Santo Bugito, and The Wild Thornberrys. Csupo was also the executive producer for both The Rugrats Movie and The Wild Thornberrys. Other cartoon series developments include Rocket Power and As Told by Ginger, both on Nickelodeon. A lifelong fan of Frank Zappa, Csupo provided the cover artwork for the 1996 Zappa album The Lost Epsiodes. In addition to releasing three of his own records, Csupo has also collaborated with the Accidental Orchestra. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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Gábor Csupó
Born September 29, 1952 (1952-09-29) (age 57)
Budapest, Hungary
Occupation Animator
Years active 1976—present

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.[1] 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[2] 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 directed the live action film, Bridge to Terabithia. He directed The Secret of Moonacre.

The character design of Dr. Nick Riviera (from The Simpsons) is based somewhat on Csupó. The animators mistakenly believed the character's voice actor, Hank Azaria, was impersonating Gábor, when in fact the voice was actually a bad imitation of Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy.

Personal life

He now has five sons (two of which are from his business partner and ex-wife, Arlene Klasky, and three of which are from his second wife, Bret Cain) and one daughter. His youngest son was born July 4, 2006.

Csupó is a big fan of Frank Zappa and credits Zappa with helping him learn the English language. His collection of Zappa albums were the only items he took with him when he fled his native Hungary for the United States in the late 1970s.

In early 2006, Gábor bought a house in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.

References

  1. ^ "Honey, I shrunk the cartoons". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/honey-i-shrunk-the-cartoons-602695.html. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 
  2. ^ "Prime-Time Cartoon of Unbeautiful People". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DF153EF932A15751C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 2008-02-08. 

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