Darrick Bachman is an American television writer born in Glendale, California. He has worked on such animated programs as Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , Chowder , Sym-Bionic Titan , Mickey Mouse , the fifth season of Samurai Jack and Primal . He won two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards in 2004 and 2005 for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars [1] and another win in 2009 for the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends TV-movie Destination: Imagination . [1] He has been nominated for three additional Primetime Emmys, two Annie Awards, and one Daytime Emmy Award.
Year(s) | Work | Credit(s) | Notes |
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2002-17 | Samurai Jack | Head writer; story; production assistant | TV series |
2003–05 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Story | TV series |
2005 | Robotboy | Script | TV series |
2006–09 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Writer; story | TV series |
2008 | Destination: Imagination | Story | TV movie |
2008 | The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! | Story | TV movie |
2008–09 | Chowder | Story | TV series |
2010–11 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Head writer; story; writer | TV series |
2012 | Regular Show | Writer | TV series |
2012 | Motorcity | Writer | TV series |
2012–14 | Fish Hooks | Story | TV series |
2013 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Writer | TV series |
2014 | Wander Over Yonder | Writer; story, 1 episode | TV series |
2014–19 | Mickey Mouse | Writer | TV series short |
2016–17 | Bunnicula | Story | TV series |
2017 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Writer, 1 episode | TV series |
2019 | Primal: Tales of Savagery | Writer | |
2019–present | Primal | Head writer and story | TV series |
2020 | The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse | Writer and story | TV series short |
2023–present | Unicorn: Warriors Eternal | Head writer and story | TV series |
2024 | The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie [2] | Writer | Theatrical film |
Date | Award | Category | Work | Shared with | Result |
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2004 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) | Star Wars: Clone Wars (for Volume 1, Chapters 1–20) [1] | Brian A. Miller, Claudia Katz, Genndy Tartakovsky, Geraldine Symon, Jennifer Pelphrey, Bryan Andrews, Mark Andrews, Paul Rudish, Scott Vanzo, Yumun Jeong, Robert Alvarez | Won |
2005 | Star Wars: Clone Wars (for Volume 2, Chapters 21–25) [1] | Claudia Katz, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Shareena Carlson, Geraldine Symon, Genndy Tartakovsky, Bryan Andrews, Paul Rudish, Yumun Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, Jong Ho Kim, Scott Vanzo, Robert Alvarez, Randy Myers | Won | ||
2007 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (for "Good Wilt Hunting") [1] | Craig McCracken, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Lauren Faust, Vincent Aniceto, Michelle Papandrew, Craig Lewis, Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle, Robert Cullen | Nominated | ||
Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Broadband Program - Children's | Grim & Evil | Maxwell Atoms, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Kelsey Mann, Robert Alvarez, Nate Funaro, Sue Perrotto | Nominated | |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination [1] | Craig McCracken, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Ryan Slater, Michelle Papandrew, Lauren Faust, Timothy McKeon, Ed Baker, Vaughn Tada, Alex Kirwan, Rob Renzetti, Robert Alvarez, Eric Pringle | Won |
2015 | Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program | Mickey Mouse (for "Mumbai Madness") [1] | Paul Rudish, Alonso Ramirez Ramos, Graham MacDonald | Nominated | |
2015 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production | Mickey Mouse [3] | — | Won |
2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Short Form Animated Program | Mickey Mouse (for "Split Decisions") [1] | Paul Rudish, Dave Wasson, Graham MacDonald | Nominated |
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Mickey Mouse (for "Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling" from episode "Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special") [1] | Christopher Willis and Paul Rudish | Nominated | ||
2018 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Mickey Mouse (for "Locked in Love") [4] | — | Nominated |
2021 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | Primal (for "Plague of Madness") [5] | Genndy Tartakovsky, Brian A. Miller, Jennifer Pelphrey, Keith Crofford, Mike Lazzo, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Ulysse Malassagne, Erika Forzy, Shareena Carlson, David Krentz, and Bryan Andrews | Won |
The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network. The show centers on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, three kindergarten-aged girls with superpowers. They live in the fictional city of Townsville with their father and creator, a scientist named Professor Utonium, and are frequently called upon by the city's mayor to help fight nearby criminals and other enemies using their powers.
The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him wishes to solve his everyday problems.
Gennady Borisovich "Genndy" Tartakovsky is a Russian-American animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known as the creator of various animated television series on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, including Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, Primal, and Unicorn: Warriors Eternal.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as the network's first show animated primarily with Adobe Flash, which was done both by Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank and in Ireland by Boulder Media. Set in a world in which imaginary friends coexist with humans, the series centers on Mac, an eight-year-old boy who is pressured by his mother to abandon his imaginary friend Bloo. After the duo discover an orphanage dedicated to housing abandoned imaginary friends, Bloo moves into the home and is kept from adoption as long as Mac visits him every day. The episodes revolve around Mac and Bloo as they interact with other imaginary friends and house staff and live out their day-to-day adventures, often getting caught up in various predicaments.
Craig McCracken is an American cartoonist, animator, director, writer, and producer known for creating the Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Disney Channel and Disney XD's Wander Over Yonder, and Netflix's Kid Cosmic.
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Christopher Mason Savino is an American writer, comic book artist, and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series The Loud House. Savino has also worked on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Mickey Mouse and Johnny Test.
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William Ross is an American composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and music director. Ross is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, one Daytime Emmy Award, and has been nominated for one Annie Award. He has been nominated twice for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).
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