Gábor Csupó facts for kids

Gábor Csupó (born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian-American animator, writer, and director. He is also a producer and graphic designer. He is famous for co-founding the animation studio Klasky Csupo. This studio helped create the first few years of The Simpsons. They also made many other popular shows like Rugrats, The Wild Thornberries, and Rocket Power.

Early life

Gábor Csupó was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1952.

Career in Animation

Gábor Csupó worked at the Pannónia Filmstúdió animation studios for four years. In 1975, he moved to the West. While working in Stockholm, Sweden, he met Arlene Klasky. She was an American animator. They later started their own company, Klasky Csupo.

Before starting Klasky Csupo, he moved to the United States. In the late 1970s, he worked as an animator for Hanna-Barbera. He helped with shows like Casper and the Angels and Scooby and Scrappy-Doo.

Klasky Csupo animated the short cartoons about the Simpson family. These appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show from 1987 to 1989. They continued to animate The Simpsons for its first three seasons (1989–1992). Gábor Csupó was a supervising animation director. An animator at Klasky Csupo, Gyorgyi Peluce, came up with the idea for the Simpsons characters to have yellow skin. She also suggested Marge Simpson have blue hair. Csupó liked this idea, even though some producers didn't. He convinced them and the show's creator, Matt Groening, to use these unique colors. Groening liked it because it made the characters look special.

In 1992, Klasky Csupo stopped animating The Simpsons. After this, Klasky Csupo went on to create many other successful shows. They worked for Nickelodeon and USA Network. They produced shows like Rugrats, Duckman, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.

His company also made several TV movies. They produced four animated movies for Paramount Pictures. These include The Rugrats Movie (1998), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002), and Rugrats Go Wild (2003). The Rugrats Movie was the first non-Disney animated film to earn over $100 million at the box office.

Gábor Csupó also directed three live-action films. These were Bridge to Terabithia (2007), The Secret of Moonacre (2008), and Pappa Pia (2017).

Filmography

Film

Producer

• The Rugrats Movie (1998)
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
• The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
• Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
• Immigrants (2008)

Director

• Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
• Immigrants (2008)
• The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
• Pappa Pia (2017)

Television

Personal life

Gábor Csupó has six children. Two of them are with his first wife, Arlene Klasky.

Csupó is a big fan of the American musician Frank Zappa. He says Zappa's music helped him learn English. When he left Hungary in the 1970s, his collection of Zappa albums was all he took with him. Later, he used Zappa's music in his show Duckman. He also created the cover art for a Zappa music collection called The Lost Episodes.

See also

In Spanish: Gábor Csupó para niños