Charles Swenson

Charles Gregory Swenson (born March 28, 1941) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, sound designer, producer and director who worked with animated film for many years. He wrote, directed, and animated the 1974 unrated adult-themed feature Dirty Duck. In 1978, he joined Fred Wolf Films, working on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is also the creator of Cartoon Network's Mike, Lu & Og in which he also wrote the scripts for several episodes as well serving as executive producer and voice director. He left the entertainment industry in the early 2000s to become a painter.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Other	Credit	Notes
1971	The Point!	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Additional animator	Made for television
	200 Motels	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Animation director	Segment: "Dental Hygiene Dilemma"
1973	The Naked Ape	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Director of animation
1974	Down and Dirty Duck	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
1977	The Mouse and His Child	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No		Co-directing with Fred Wolf
1982	Flush	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No
1983	Twice Upon a Time	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No		Co-directing with John Korty
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Graphics: SCRUFFY
1986	The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Producer	Made for television
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No
	The Indian Runner	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Sketch artist: winter unit
1995	The Crossing Guard	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Sketch artist
1998	Hurlyburly	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Storyboard artist

Shorts

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Credit	Notes
1967	George... the People	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Animator
1968	The Magic Pear Tree	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Animator
1976	Sooper Goop	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Animator
1978	Puff the Magic Dragon	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Animator	Made for television; co-directing with Fred Wolf
1979	Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
	The Little Rascals' Christmas Special	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
1980	The World of Strawberry Shortcake	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No		Made for television
	Carlton Your Doorman	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No		Made for television; co-directing with Fred Wolf
	Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
1994	Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Voice direction consultant	Made for television
2002	The Bugs	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No		Rus: Букашки
2019	Bird in a Window	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Sound

TV series

Year	Title	Producer	Writer	Other	Credit	Notes
1991-1994	Rugrats	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Director (episode 'The Santa Experience'); creative consultant (13 episodes); storyboard artist (episode 'Meet the Carmichaels/The Box')	52 episodes
1994-1997	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No		52 episodes
1995	Santo Bugito	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No		Episode 'My Name Is Revenge'
1998	What a Cartoon!	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No		Episode 'Crash Lancelot'
1999-2001	Mike, Lu & Og	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Creator (27 episodes); voice director (2 episodes)	Writer (20 episodes); executive producer (27 episodes)

Video game

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1987	Freedom Fighter	Director of Animation	Laserdisc arcade game, animation completed in 1984 but game not released until 1987.

External links

• Charles G. Swenson official site