John Harvatine IV is an American producer and director best known for his work on the television show Robot Chicken.
John Harvatine | |
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 John Harvatine IV directing "Crossing Swords" (2020) | |
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| Occupation(s) | Producer, director |
| Years active | 2005–present |
In 2010, Harvatine, Eric Towner, Matt Senreich, and Seth Green launched Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, as part of Stoopid Monkey LLC. Harvatine is represented by The Gotham Group.[1]
In 2016, as of the executive producers for Robot Chicken, Harvatine received an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" for his work on the "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" episode of Robot Chicken,[2][3][4] as well as in 2018 for Robot Chicken in the same category.[5]
Harvatine and Towner are directing Superbago, a mixed stop-motion and live-action film developed with Sony Pictures Animation. Development began in 2014.[6] Stoopid Buddy is also developing Extraordinary Believers as an Xbox Original[7] and WWE Slam City, which was formerly a web series, for Nickelodeon.[8] He has also guest directed for The Simpsons on two Robot Chicken couch gags.[9] Harvatine has created the stop-motion animated comedy, Crossing Swords, for the streaming platform Hulu, which released on June 12, 2020.[10]
References
edit- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (December 2, 2011). "'Robot Chicken' Duo Launch Animation Studio". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Robot Chicken". Emmys.com. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ "66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners". emmys.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Pedersen, Amanda N'Duka, Erik (2016-09-12). "Creative Arts Emmys: 'Murderer' & 'Grease Live' Lead The Field On Night 2". Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "John Harvatine IV". Archived from the original on 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ McNary, Dave (9 July 2014). "Sony Pictures Animation Developing 'Superbago' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Graser, Marc (28 April 2014). "Microsoft Ready to Unveil Xbox Originals Slate to Advertisers". Variety. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Graser, Marc (21 October 2014). "WWE YouTube Series 'Slam City' Pins Down First TV Deal with Nickelodeon (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "John Harvatine IV". IMDB. Archived from the original on 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
- ^ "Hulu Orders Animated Comedy 'Crossing Swords' Starring Nicholas Hoult". 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
External links
edit- John Harvatine IV at IMDb
- DuBois, Shelley (26 November 2012). "Behind Seth Green's stop-motion animation success". Fortune. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
