John Harvatine IV

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John Harvatine IV
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)Producer
Director
Stop-motion animator
Years active2005–present

John Harvatine IV is an American producer, director and stop-motion animator best known for his work on the television show Robot Chicken .

In 2010, Harvatine, Eric Towner, Matt Senreich, and Seth Green launched Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, as part of Stoopid Monkey LLC. Harvatine is represented by The Gotham Group. [1]

In 2016, as of the executive producers for Robot Chicken, Harvatine received an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" for his work on the "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" episode of Robot Chicken, [2] [3] [4] as well as in 2018 for Robot Chicken in the same category. [5]

Harvatine and Towner are directing Superbago, a mixed stop-motion and live-action film developed with Sony Pictures Animation. Development began in 2014. [6] Stoopid Buddy is also developing Extraordinary Believers as an Xbox Original [7] and WWE Slam City , which was formerly a web series, for Nickelodeon. [8] He has also guest directed for The Simpsons on two Robot Chicken couch gags. [9] Harvatine has created the stop-motion animated comedy, Crossing Swords , for the streaming platform Hulu, which released on June 12, 2020. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (December 2, 2011). "'Robot Chicken' Duo Launch Animation Studio". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Robot Chicken". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  3. ↑ "66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Pedersen, Amanda N'Duka, Erik (2016-09-12). "Creative Arts Emmys: 'Murderer' & 'Grease Live' Lead The Field On Night 2". Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2016-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "John Harvatine IV". Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  6. ↑ McNary, Dave (9 July 2014). "Sony Pictures Animation Developing 'Superbago' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Graser, Marc (28 April 2014). "Microsoft Ready to Unveil Xbox Originals Slate to Advertisers". Variety. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Graser, Marc (21 October 2014). "WWE YouTube Series 'Slam City' Pins Down First TV Deal with Nickelodeon (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "John Harvatine IV". IMDB. Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  10. ↑ "Hulu Orders Animated Comedy 'Crossing Swords' Starring Nicholas Hoult". 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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