Chris Savino

Christopher Mason Savino (born October 2, 1971) is an American writer, comic book artist and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series The Loud House. Savino has also worked on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Mickey Mouse and Johnny Test.

Savino has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. In May 2018, The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839 gave him a one year suspension due to sexual harassment allegations from Nickelodeon (which he was fired from in October 2017), leading to his animation career being put on halt. Since then, he has moved on to literature.

Early life

Savino was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he attended Dondero High School. He is the ninth of ten children, having five sisters and four brothers. His biggest influence in the animation world was Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures because of the way its animation style differed from that of the other 1980s animated series.

Career

Template:Expand section He began his career in the animation industry in 1991 and has worked for Spümcø, Joe Murray Studio, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios and Disney Television Animation. He was originally the showrunner for the last two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and My Gym Partner's a Monkey. He was also previously a writer for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, and Mickey Mouse. In June 2014, his short for Nickelodeon, The Loud House, was greenlit for a full series, and debuted on May 2, 2016.

On November 1, 2019, Savino released his debut children's novel, Coal: A Cautionary Christmas Tale, through Amazon Publishing. Later on December of the same year he published the first installment of his graphic novel duology Bigfoot & Gray.

On March 3, 2020, he published his first non-fiction book, a guide to write cartoons entitled Writing Cartoons in 4 Acts (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Midpoint).

Since January 5, 2020, he also publishes the Sunday strip For Brothers.

Sexual harassment allegations

Template:See also On October 17, 2017, Cartoon Brew reported that Nickelodeon had suspended Savino from their studio due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him; rumors of Savino's inappropriate behavior had existed for "at least a decade". As many as a dozen women accused Savino of sexual harassment, unwanted sexual advances, and threats of blacklisting female colleagues who no longer agreed to consensual relationships with him. On October 19, a Nickelodeon spokesperson confirmed that they fired Savino, and that The Loud House would continue production without him.

On October 23, Savino spoke for the first time since the allegations first appeared, saying he was "deeply sorry" for his actions. On May 30, 2018, he was given a one-year suspension from The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. As part of his plea bargain with The Animation Guild, Savino was ordered to donate $4,000 to a charity chosen by the guild, complete 40 hours of community service, undergo counseling, and obtain a certificate of sexual harassment training.

The allegations and his union suspension process were featured in a March 2019 segment on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee titled "#MeToon" that was produced and animated by a crew of all women, and featured interviews with a few of the female animators that were involved in his successful union suspension campaign along with one of his alleged victims.

Personal life

In October 2019, Savino stated to be a born-again Christian.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Animator	Notes
1991–1996	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	layout artist
1993–1996	Rocko's Modern Life	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard clean-up/prop designer/character designer
1995	The Baby Huey Show	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	layout artist/character prop designer (Season 2)
1995	Hate	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	layout artist
1996	The Mouse and the Monster	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	character designer
1996–1997	Hey Arnold!	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard director/prop designer/character designer
1997–2001	The Angry Beavers	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	character designer 5 episodes only
1997	Space Goofs	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist Episode: "Time for a Change"
	Duckman	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist
1997–2003	Dexter's Laboratory	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	storyboard artist/animation director
1998	Cow and Chicken	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist Episode: "Cow Fly"
	I Am Weasel	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist Episodes: "I.R. in Wrong Cartoon" and "Unsinkable I.R."
1998–2005	The Powerpuff Girls	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	storyboard artist
2000	The Cartoon Cartoon Show	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	creator/storyboard director/model designer/animation layout "Foe Paws" animation layout "Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Odor"
2002–2003	Samurai Jack	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2002	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Character and Prop models
2003	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist Episode: "To Eris Human"
2004–2007	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	animation director
2005–2006	Johnny Test	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist; season 1
2005–2008	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
2007–2008	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist/sheet timer
2008	Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	storyboard artist/storybook artist
2010–2012	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	executive producer
2010–2011	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	writer Episodes: "Boast Busters" and "Stare Master"
2013	Mickey Mouse	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	storyboard artist Episode: "Bad Ear Day"
2015	Get Blake!	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	writer Episodes: "Get Snatched" and "Get Western"
2016–2018	The Loud House	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	creator/executive producer/storyboard artist
2016	All in with Cam Newton	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Himself Episode: "All In with Josh"

Film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Animator	Notes
1999	Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	storyboard artist
2001	The Flintstones: On the Rocks	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	storyboard artist/art director

Internet

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Cartoons VS Cancer	Episode 9: "The One with Chris Savino"	Podcast
2016–2017	Nickelodeon Animation Podcast	Episodes (2 & 40): "Chris Savino", "Inside the Loud House Writers' Room"	Podcast

Awards and nominations

Date	Award	Category	Work	Shared with	Result
Template:Dts	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production	The Powerpuff Girls (for "Dream Scheme")	Template:N/a	Template:Nom
Template:Dts	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)	The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas	Craig McCracken, Brian A. Miller, Lauren Faust, Craig Lewis, Amy Keating Rogers, Robert Alvarez, John McIntyre, Randy Myers, James T. Walker, and Juli Murphy	Template:Nom
Template:Dts		Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)	My Life as A Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime	Rob Renzetti, Fred Seibert, Scott D. Peterson, Alex Kirwan, Brandon Kruse, Heather Martinez, Chris Reccardi, Bryan Andrews, and Robert Alvarez	Template:Nom
Template:Dts		Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Sandro Corsaro and Janelle Momary	Template:Nom
Template:Dts	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Sherm Cohen	Template:Nom
Template:Dts	Annie Awards	Directing in a Television Production	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Clayton Morrow	Template:Nom

External links

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• Official website for Savino's Sunday strip For Brothers
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