Chris Tsirgiotis | |
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Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
Known for | Animation |
Chris Tsirgiotis is an American animator, most known for his background art pieces. He has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement: once in 2012 for his work on Secret Mountain Fort Awesome , and one in 2015 for his work on Tome of the Unknown (the pilot episode to the critically lauded animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall ). [1]
Tsirgiotis received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2012, 2015, and 2016; Tsirgiotis also won an Emmy of the same name at the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Awards ceremony held in 2022. [2] [3]
Year | Title | Role |
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1997-99 | Jumanji | Background designer (22 episodes) |
1999–2000 | Dilbert | Background design supervisor (29 episodes) |
2001–03 | The Mummy | Background designer (23 episodes) |
2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | Layout design supervisor |
2003–04 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Layout designer (13 episodes) |
2004–05 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Background designer (4 episodes) |
2004 | Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | Background key design |
2006–07 | Camp Lazlo | Background designer (12 episodes) |
2007 | Project Gilroy | Background designer |
2008 | The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! | Background designer |
2008, 2011 | The Mighty B! | Additional layout designer (4 episodes), layout designer (1 episode) |
2008–10 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Background designer (45 episodes) |
2010–13 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Background designer (32 episodes), background supervisor (4 episodes) |
2011–15 | Adventure Time | Background designer |
2011 | Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz | Background designer |
2011 | Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | Background designer (5 episodes) |
2012 | The Legend of Korra | Background designer (5 episodes) |
2013 | Sanjay and Craig | Background designer (1 episode), clean-up artist (1 episode) |
2013 | My Science Fiction Project | Background designer |
2013 | Steven Universe | Background designer (Pilot only) |
2013–15 | Wander Over Yonder | Background designer (9 episodes), location designer (3 episodes) |
2013 | Tome of the Unknown | Background designer |
2014, 2015 | Long Live the Royals | Background designer (Pilot & mini-series) |
2014–15 | Mickey Mouse | Location designer (4 episodes) |
2014 | Over the Garden Wall | Background designer |
2015 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Location designer (1 episode) |
2015 | Ridin' with Burgess | Background designer |
2016 | Lazybones | Background layout designer |
2017 | The Fancies | Background designer |
2017 | Tiggle Winks | Background designer |
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