Charles Swenson

Charles Swenson
Born	(1941-03-28) March 28, 1941 Los Angeles
Occupation(s)	producer, director, animator, writer, painter
Known for	1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series Puff the Magic Dragon An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Rugrats Mike, Lu & Og

Charles 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. In 1978 he joined Fred Wolf Films, who worked with the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. He is also the creator of Cartoon Network's Mike, Lu and 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.

Filnography

Feature films

Year	Titel	Director	Autor	Producer	Notes
1974	Down and Dirty Duck	Yes	Yes	No	Also animator
1977	The Mouse and His Child	Yes
1982	Flush		Story
1983	Twice Upon a Time	Yes	Yes
1986	The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard		Yes	Yes	Made for television
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West		Story

Shorts

Year	Titel	Director	Producer	Autor	Notes
1968	The Magic Pear Tree	Yes		Story	Also animator
1976	Sooper Goop	Yes
1978	Puff the Magic Dragon	Yes			Made for television; also animator
1979	Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies	Yes	Yes		Made for television
	The Little Rascals' Christmas Special	Yes
1980	The World of Strawberry Shortcake	Yes	Yes
	Carlton Your Doorman	Yes
	Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz	Yes	Yes
2002	Bukashki		Yes	Yes

TV Series

Year	Titel	Director	Producer	Autor	Notes
1991-1994	Rugrats	Yes	Creative		Director (episode 'The Santa Experience'); creative producer (52 episodes); creative consultant (13 episodes); storyboard artist (episode 'Meet the Carmichaels/The Box')
1994-1997	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters		Creative		52 episodes
1995	Santo Bugito		Creative		Episode 'My Name Is Revenge'
1998	What a Cartoon!		Executive	Yes	Episode 'Crash Lancelot'
1999-2001	Mike, Lu & Og		Executive	Yes	Creator (27 episodes); writer (20 episodes); executive producer (27 episodes); voice director (2 episodes)

Other credits

Year	Titel	Role	Notes
1967	George... the People	Animator	Short
1971	The Point	Additional animator	Made for television
	200 Motels	Animation director	Feature film
1973	The Naked Ape	Director of animation
1984	Johnny Dangerously	Graphics: SCRUFFY
1991	The Indian Runner	Sketch artist: winter unit
1994	Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home	Voice direction consultant	Made for television
1995	The Crossing Guard	Sketch artist	Feature film
1998	Hurlyburly	Storyboard artist
2019	Bird in a Window	Sound	Short

External links

• Charles G. Swenson official site