Tom Tataranowicz

Tom Tataranowicz
Born	Thomas Tataranowicz Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Animator, storyboard artist, television producer, television director
Years active	1981–present

Thomas Tataranowicz (/ˌtætərəˈnaʊwɪts/) is an American cartoon animator, storyboard artist, producer and director.

Career

His first credit was He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. He then went onto Marvel Productions / New World Animation where he was the Studio Head, Creative Executive Producer and Head of Development and Production of all series. These include franchises such as Biker Mice from Mars, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and The Incredible Hulk.

Since 1999, Tom has operated his own animation studio, Tom T. Animation, Inc. He later formed Gang of 7 Animation in 2001.

Filmography

Source:

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Notes
1978	The Lord of the Rings				Yes	Animator (uncredited)
1982	American Pop				Yes	Animator
	The Gary Coleman Show				Yes	Storyboard director
	Heidi's Song				Yes	Assistant animator
	Hey Good Lookin'				Yes	Animator
1982–1984	Pac-Man				Yes	Story director
1983–1985	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe				Yes	Storyboard artist (1983–1984), assistant storyboard supervisor (1985)
1983	Fire and Ice				Yes	Animator
1984	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids				Yes	Storyboard artist
1984–1986	Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats				Yes	Storyboard artist
1985	The Zoo Gang				Yes	Storyboard artist
1985–1987	She-Ra: Princess of Power	Yes			Yes	Storyboard assistant supervisor (1985), director (1985–1986), storyboard artist (1986–1987)
1986	Ghostbusters	Yes			Yes	Director, storyboard artist
1987	BraveStarr	Yes		Yes	Yes	Line producer
	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night				Yes	Storyboard supervisor
1988	BraveStarr: The Movie	Yes
1989–1990	Garfield and Friends	Yes
1990	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes				Yes	Storyboard director, animation director
	Kid 'n Play				Yes	Animation director
1990–1992	Bobby's World	Yes
1991	Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars				Yes	Animation director
	Little Shop		Yes
1993	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories				Yes	Sheet timer
	The Magic Paintbrush	Yes	Yes
1993–1996	Biker Mice from Mars	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Voice director, writer of episode 1 "Rock and Ride!" and episodes 63–65 "Once Upon a Time on Mars (Parts 1–3)", Director of episodes 1–28, 32–34, 39, 53, 55, 58, 60–61 and 63–65, producer of episodes 1–31, 33–35, 38–39, 45–46, 53, 58, 60, 62–65
1995–1996	Iron Man Season 2 (Episodes 14–26)		Yes		Yes	Supervising producer, voice director of episode 22 "The Armor Wars, Part 2", episode 24 "Hulk Buster" and episodes 25–26 "Hands of the Mandarin, Parts 1–2", producer of episode 14 "The Beast Within"
1995–1996	Fantastic Four Season 2 (Episodes 14–26)	Yes	Yes		Yes	Supervising producer, voice director of episode 15 "Inhumans Saga, Part 1: And the Wind Cries Medusa" and episode 17 "Inhumans Saga, Part 3: Beware the Hidden Land"
1996–1997	The Incredible Hulk Season 1 (Episodes 1–13)	Yes	Yes		Yes	Supervising producer, voice director, director of episode 6 "Man to Man, Beast to Beast", episode 8 "Fantastic Fortitude", episode 10 "And the Wind Cries...Wendigo!" and episode 11 "Darkness and Light, Part 1"
1997	The Weird Al Show				Yes	Voice director
1998	The Lionhearts				Yes	Slugging director
	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue				Yes	Slugging, sheet timer
1998–1999	RoboCop: Alpha Commando	Yes			Yes	Storyboard slugging, exposure sheet timing
1999	Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends	Yes
2000	Capertown Cops				Yes	Timing director
	Milo's Bug Quest				Yes	Voice director
2000–2002	X-Men: Evolution				Yes	Animation timer
2003	Ozzy and Drix				Yes	Animation timer
	The Night B4 Christmas	Yes
2004	Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!				Yes	Animation timing director
	My Little Pony: Dancing in the Clouds				Yes	Animation timer
	What's New, Scooby-Doo?				Yes	Animation timing director
2005	Son of the Mask				Yes	Animation producer
2006	Legend of the Dragon	Yes	Yes
	Biker Mice from Mars		Yes			Video game
2006–2007	Biker Mice from Mars	Yes	Yes		Yes	Story editor, co-executive producer, voice director, supervising producer
2007	Come on Let's Go with the Archie Show!				Yes	Research, art materials
2007–2008	Random! Cartoons		Yes		Yes	Voice director, supervising producer
2012–2013	NFL Rush Zone				Yes	Sheet timer

External links

• Tom Tataranowicz at IMDb
• G7 Animation profile