Genndy Tartakovsky

Animation writer and director Genndy Tartakovsky's long list of credits include such classic TV shows as "Dexter's Laboratory" (Cartoon Network 1996-2003) and "Samurai Jack" (Cartoon Network 2001-04), making him one of the most prominent young animators of his generation. As a child in his native Moscow, and later on in America, Tartakovsky would draw for hours on end, envisioning a world where the creations he had stewing in his head would come to life on paper. By his early 20s he was working as an art director for the prestigious animation studio Hanna-Barbera, and later had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work alongside Hollywood heavyweight George Lucas. The hard work finally paid off in 2012, when he helmed the high-grossing animated feature "Hotel Transylvania," thus becoming a bona-fide A-list talent - a rarity for an animator.