Scott Christian Sava

Last updated
Scott Christian Sava
Scott Christian Sava.jpg
Sava in 2023
Born
Scott Christian Sava

December 4th 1968 (Age 55)
EducationAcademy of Art University San Francisco
Notable work Animal Crackers
The Dreamland Chronicles
SpouseDonna Lynne Sava
Children2
Website https://www.ssavaart.com/

Scott Christian Sava (born December 4, 1968) is an American animator, illustrator, director, and producer. [1] Sava was born in Yonkers, New York and now lives in Franklin, Tennessee with his family. [2]

Contents

Education

Scott Christian Sava attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California during the 1980s where he studied to become a painter. [3]

Career

Sava is known for his graphic novel comic and animated film, Animal Crackers that appeared on Netflix. [3] Sava illustrated Marvel's Spider-Man Quality of Life comics and worked to design covers for Star-Trek. [3] Sava also wrote and illustrated The Dreamland Chronicles comics for his two sons. [4] Sava also wrote the books Hyperactive and Cameron and His Dinosaurs.

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers was directed by Sava and Tony Bancroft. [5] Animal Crackers aired on Netflix [3] on July 24, 2020 [6] starring John Krasinski as Owen Huntington, and Emily Blunt as Zoe Huntington, Ian McKellen as Horatio Huntington, as well as Danny DeVito as Chesterfield, and Sylvester Stallone as Bulletman. [5]

Personal life

Sava was diagnosed with autism at the age of 53. [7]

Related Research Articles

<i>Usagi Yojimbo</i> Comic book series by Stan Sakai

Usagi Yojimbo is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. It is set primarily at the beginning of the Edo period of Japanese history and features anthropomorphic animals replacing humans. The main character is a rabbit rōnin, Miyamoto Usagi, whom Sakai based partially on the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Usagi wanders the land on a musha shugyō, occasionally selling his services as a bodyguard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dark Horse Comics</span> American comic book and manga publisher

Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon, comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stan Sakai</span> Japanese-American cartoonist and comic book creator

Stan Masahiko Sakai is a Japanese-born American cartoonist and comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Arnold Taylor</span> American voice actor

James Arnold Taylor, also known by his initials JAT, is an American voice actor, writer, producer and podcaster. He is known for portraying Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank franchise, the main character Tidus in Final Fantasy X, Shuyin in Final Fantasy X-2, Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars animated features such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the franchise's video games, and the titular character in the animated series Johnny Test.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">King Features Syndicate</span> American print syndication company

King Features Syndicate, Inc. is an American content distribution and animation studio, consumer product licensing and print syndication company owned by Hearst Communications that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles, and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate also produces intellectual properties, develops new content and franchises, like The Cuphead Show!, which it produced with Netflix, and licenses its classic characters and properties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Conroy</span> American actor (1955–2022)

Kevin Conroy was an American actor. He appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films, but earned fame for voicing the DC Comics superhero Batman in various animated media, beginning with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. Conroy went on to voice the character for dozens of animated television series, feature films, and video games over the next three decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patton Oswalt</span> American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1969)

Patton Peter Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom The Goldbergs (2013–2023) as adult Adam F. Goldberg. After making his acting debut in the Seinfeld episode "The Couch", he has appeared in a variety of television series, such as Parks and Recreation, Community, Two and a Half Men, Drunk History, Reno 911!, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Archer, Veep, Justified, Kim Possible, Modern Family, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He portrayed Principal Ralph Durbin in A.P. Bio (2018–2021) and Matthew the Raven in the TV series The Sandman (2022–present).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gabriel Iglesias</span> American comedian (born 1976)

Gabriel Jesús Iglesias is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He has produced a number of stand-up specials for television outlets such as Comedy Central and Netflix, including I'm Not Fat… I'm Fluffy, and Hot and Fluffy. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous live-action and animated TV shows and films, including starring in the sitcom Mr. Iglesias on Netflix, playing Tobias in the 2012 movie Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel, and providing the voice of Speedy Gonzales in Space Jam: A New Legacy. He was also the host of the shows Stand Up Revolution on Comedy Central and Fluffy's Food Adventures on Fuse.

David Wise was an American television and animation writer, tutored by writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Frank Herbert, Harlan Ellison and Theodore Sturgeon whilst attending the Clarion Workshop.

Dark Horse Entertainment is a motion picture and television production arm of American comic book publishing company Dark Horse Comics, founded in 1992. They also have a sub-label, Dark Horse Indie. They have their headquarters in Milwaukie, Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gene Luen Yang</span> American graphic novelist

Gene Luen Yang is an American cartoonist. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of graphic novels and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California. In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at Hamline University as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S. Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

Animal Crackers is the title of several syndicated newspaper comics over the years. The first was a 1930 comic strip signed by an artist known simply as Lane.

The Dreamland Chronicles is an all-ages fantasy webcomic and comic book series created by Scott Christian Sava with 3D computer graphics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millarworld</span> American comic book company

Millarworld Limited is an imprint of comic books published by Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar as a creator-owned line, featuring characters created by him in a shared fictional universe, the Millarworld. These characters include Wesley Gibson, Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Eggsy Unwin, Nemesis, Duke McQueen, Edison Crane, and others, while the events of The Unfunnies, Jupiter's Legacy, and Supercrooks exist as popular fiction within the world of the Millarworld. The imprint was launched in 2003 with the publication of the miniseries Wanted, followed by Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years, Kingsman, War Heroes, and The Magic Order, and later the crossover series Big Game. While the majority of series in the line are written by Millar himself, the series Kingsman, Kick-Ass – The New Girl and Hit-Girl feature new writers from their second volumes onward, after Millar wrote the series' first volumes.

Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in April 2001 with a subsidiary called Powerhouse Animation LLC, established in the summer of 2014. The company develops and produces traditional 2D animation, motion comics, motion graphics, art assets, digital paint, illustration for television series, motion pictures, video game cinemas, commercials, advertising campaigns, educational properties, and entertainment companies.

Superkatt is an American cartoon animal comic book series by Dan Gordon, a jab at the “long-underwear” genre of superhero comics. The series stars Superkatt, an anthropomorphic cat who wears a bowtie, bonnet, and diaper as a superhero costume. Ron Goulart, author of Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books, said that Superkatt was Dang's most memorable comic book character. Denis Gifford, author of The International Book of Comics, said that the character "was as silly as his supercostume."

<i>Animal Crackers</i> (2017 film) 2017 animated film

Animal Crackers is a 2017 animated comedy-fantasy film directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft, written by Sava and Dean Lorey and based on the animal-shaped cookie. The film stars the voices of Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Danny DeVito, Ian McKellen, Sylvester Stallone, Patrick Warburton, Raven-Symoné, Harvey Fierstein, Wallace Shawn, Gilbert Gottfried, Tara Strong, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Grevioux and Lydia Rose Taylor in her film debut. It tells the story of a family who comes across a box of magical animal crackers that turns anyone that consumes a cracker into the animal that the cracker represents and this animal handily saves the circus that the family was associated with.

<i>Disenchantment</i> (TV series) Animated fantasy sitcom created by Matt Groening

Disenchantment is an American animated fantasy sitcom created by Matt Groening for Netflix. The series is Groening's first production to appear exclusively on a streaming service; he previously created The Simpsons and Futurama for Fox. Set in the fictitious medieval fantasy kingdom of Dreamland. The era is a fictionalized take on the Dark Ages, likely set in the early 11th century, since Futurama is set in the late 30th century and the early 31st century, just as The Simpsons is set in the present day of the late 20th century and the early 21st century. The series follows the story of Bean, a rebellious alcoholic princess as well as her naïve elf companion Elfo and her destructive "personal demon" Luci. Disenchantment stars the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Eric André, Nat Faxon, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Matt Berry, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Lucy Montgomery, and Billy West.

<i>Angry Birds: Summer Madness</i> Animated television series

Angry Birds: Summer Madness is an animated television series developed by Rob Doherty and Scott Sonneborn for Netflix. Based on the Angry Birds franchise by Rovio Entertainment, and loosely based on the characters in the style of The Angry Birds Movie films, the series premiered on January 28, 2022. Season 2 was released on June 24, 2022. Season 3 was released on August 25, 2022, consisting of four specials.

<i>Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles</i> Animated action-comedy series

Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles is an animated television series developed by Candie and Doug Langdale. The show is loosely based on the Usagi Yojimbo comic books by Stan Sakai. Unlike its source material where the comics takes place in the past, the show takes place in the future and Miyamoto Usagi is not the lead protagonist, the character instead appearing in a minor role, with Yuki Matsuzaki reprising his role from the 2012 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

References

  1. "Scott Christian Sava". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  2. Cartwright, Keith Ryan. "Franklin father turns 'Animal Crackers' for kids into feature film". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Snell, Joe (2020-07-24). "From child's play to the big screen". The Assyrian Journal. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  4. "The Dreamland Chronicles". The Dreamland Chronicles. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  5. 1 2 Odman, Sydney (2017-08-31). "'Animal Crackers': Meet the Voices Behind the Animated Characters". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  6. "'Animal Crackers': Release date, plot, voice cast, trailer and all you need to know about the animated fantasy film on Netflix | MEAWW". meaww.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  7. Sava, Scott Christian [@ssava] (3 November 2022). "I got myself tested earlier this year and found out what everyone suspected. I'm autistic. But... after living undiagnosed for 53 years... it's really hard to do the things I need to do for myself without feeling like I'm "faking it"" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 May 2024 via Twitter.