Chris Reccardi

Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 – May 2, 2019) was an American animator, cartoon director, writer, storyboard artist, character designer, graphic designer, musician, and producer. He worked on numerous animated television series, including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Tiny Toon Adventures, and had directing duties on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. He was also the supervising producer for the first season of Regular Show and creative director for the short-lived Secret Mountain Fort Awesome.

Death

On May 2, 2019, Reccardi died at the age of 54 after suffering a heart attack while surfing in Ventura, California. The 2019 film Lady and the Tramp and the 2020 documentary Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and Stimpy Story were dedicated in his memory.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1989	Hound Town	Layout Artist & Storyboard Artist
	The Butter Battle Book	Layout Artist
1990	Computer Warriors: The Adventure Begins
1992	Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation	Character Layout Artist, Posing Artist, & Storyboard Artist
1994	The Flintstones	Songwriter
1996	Buy One, Get One Free	Additional Layout Artist & Animation Director
1998	Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus	Layout Artist, Effects Designer, Storyboard Artist, & Assistant Director
2004	Shark Tale	Additional Storyboard Artist
2005	Escape from Cluster Prime	Writer & Storyboard Artist
2007	Shrek the Third	Additional Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Additional Character Designer
	The Story of Walls	Background Artist
	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto	Storyboard Artist
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Visual Development Artist
2010	Shrek Forever After	Storyboard Artist
	Megamind	Character Designer
2011	Open Season 3	Special thanks Template:Small
2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Visual Development Artist
2014	The Lego Movie	Concept Artist & Designer
	Love & Mercy	Musician (Upright Bass)
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Storyboard Artist
2016	Storks	Production Artist & Designer
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Additional Concept Artist & Designer
	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Story Artist
2018	Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	Title Animation Sequence Designer Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
2019	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Visual Development Artist
	Lady and the Tramp	Storyboard Artist (posthumous release)
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
	Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story	Himself (posthumous release)

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1988	The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil	Layout Artist
1990–1991	Tiny Toon Adventures	Character Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Model Designer
1990–1995	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Bass Guitarist Template:Small Storyboard Artist Layout Supervisor Template:Small Art Director Template:Small Character Designer Template:Small Composer Template:Small Songwriter Template:Small Director Template:Small Story Template:Small Background Designer Template:Small
1991; 1993	The Simpsons	Character Layout Artist Template:Small Additional Character Layout Artist Template:Small
1996	Casper	Storyboard Artist
1998	Cow and Chicken
	I Am Weasel
1999	Dilbert
1999–2000	The Woody Woodpecker Show
2000–2005	The Powerpuff Girls	Storyboard Artist Template:Small Modeler Template:Small Writer Template:Small Story Template:Small Character Supervisor Template:Small Songwriter Template:Small
2001	Samurai Jack	Writer & Storyboard Artist
	IMP Inc.	Co-Creator, Background Artist, Layout Artist, Writer, Director, Modeler, & Composer
2003	Dexter's Laboratory	Storyboard Artist & Writer Template:Small
	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Writer & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2004	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Story & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2004–2005	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Background Supervisor Template:Small Background Painter Template:Small Color Stylist Template:Small
2004–2006	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Layout Artist
	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Assistant Director Template:Small Director Template:Small
2007	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Writer & Storyboard Artist
	The Modifyers	Art Director, Executive Producer, Story, Additional Background Design, Character Design, Prop Design, Composer, & Co-creator; dropped pilot as of Shorts in a Bunch
2007–2008	SpongeBob SquarePants	Storyboard Director & Writer Template:Small Songwriter Template:Small
2009	Chowder	Story & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Writer & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
	Meddlen Meadows	Creator; dropped pilot as part of The Cartoonstitute
2010	The Ricky Gervais Show	Storyboard Artist
	Regular Show	Supervising Producer Template:Small
2011	The Mighty B!	Storyboard Artist Template:Small
	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2011–2012	Secret Mountain Fort Awesome	Creative Director, Writer, & Storyboard Artist
2012	TRON: Uprising	Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2013	Mickey Mouse	Location Designer Template:Small
	Wander Over Yonder	Character Designer Template:Small
	Uncle Grandpa	Writer & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2017	Samurai Jack	Storyboard Layout Template:Small Character Designer Template:Small Prop Designer Template:Small
	Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer	Writer & Storyboard Artist Template:Small
2020	The Mighty Ones	Storyboard Artist Template:Small

Video games

Year	Title	Notes
1993	The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!	Music

External links

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