Craig McCracken: Animator and Creator of Popular TV Series

Craig McCracken, born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania in March 1971, is an American animator, director, producer, and writer. With a net worth of $1 million, he is best known for creating the animated television series The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder.

McCracken got his start as a writer and storyboarder for the series Dexter’s Laboratory before creating, directing, writing, and animating the movie Whoopass Stew!. He has also worked on the films Dexter’s Laboratory: Ego Trip and The Powerpuff Girls Movie, as well as TV series 2 Stupid Dogs, What a Cartoon!, Dumb and Dumber, Chowder, Uncle Grandpa, Regular Show, among others.

McCracken won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation and in 2009 for Outstanding Animated Program. He married animator Lauren Faust in 2004.

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