John Harvatine IV explained
John Harvatine |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Occupation: | Producer, director |
Years Active: | 2005–present |
John Harvatine IV is an American producer and director best known for his work on the television show Robot Chicken.
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]
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- News: Goldberg. Lesley. 'Robot Chicken' Duo Launch Animation Studio. 22 October 2014. The Hollywood Reporter. December 2, 2011. 25 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125192649/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/robot-chicken-duo-launch-animation-269230. live.
- Web site: Robot Chicken . Emmys.com . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . 2018-06-22 . 2023-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230430150223/https://www.emmys.com/shows/robot-chicken . live .
- Web site: 66th Primetime Emmys Nominees and Winners. emmys.com. 22 October 2014. 17 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017031731/http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/animation-30-to-60-minutes. live.
- Web site: Creative Arts Emmys: 'Murderer' & 'Grease Live' Lead The Field On Night 2. Pedersen. Amanda N'Duka, Erik. 2016-09-12. en-US. 2016-09-12. 2016-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160912174121/http://deadline.com/2016/09/emmy-awards-2016-winners-creative-arts-night-2-list-1201817427/. live.
- Web site: John Harvatine IV. 2018-10-04. 2018-10-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20181005033733/https://www.emmys.com/bios/john-harvatine-iv. live.
- News: McNary. Dave. Sony Pictures Animation Developing 'Superbago' (EXCLUSIVE). 22 October 2014. Variety. 9 July 2014. 25 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025000120/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/superbago-sony-pictures-animation-1201259695/. live.
- News: Graser. Marc. Microsoft Ready to Unveil Xbox Originals Slate to Advertisers. 22 October 2014. Variety. 28 April 2014. 27 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141027150202/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/microsoft-ready-to-unveil-xbox-originals-slate-to-advertisers-1201164988/. live.
- News: Graser. Marc. WWE YouTube Series 'Slam City' Pins Down First TV Deal with Nickelodeon (EXCLUSIVE). 23 October 2014. Variety. 21 October 2014. 23 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141023194610/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/wwe-youtube-series-slam-city-pins-down-first-tv-deal-with-nickelodeon-exclusive-1201335315/. live.
- Web site: John Harvatine IV . IMDB . 2018-10-04 . 2020-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200306165507/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1858844/ . live .
- Web site: Hulu Orders Animated Comedy 'Crossing Swords' Starring Nicholas Hoult. 27 September 2018. 4 October 2018. 27 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927190921/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/hulu-crossing-swords-nicholas-hoult-1202959080/. live.