Gábor Csupó facts for kids

Gábor Csupó (born September 29, 1952) is a talented animator, writer, and director from Hungary. He is also a producer and graphic designer. He is best known as the co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo.

This studio created many popular cartoons. These include the first few years of The Simpsons, Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, and Rocket Power.

Early Life and Moving to America

Gábor Csupó was born in Budapest, Hungary, on September 29, 1952. He spent four years working at the Pannónia Filmstúdió animation studios. In 1975, he moved to Sweden.

While in Sweden, he met another animator named Arlene Klasky. She was from America. Later, Gábor moved to the United States in the late 1970s. He started working as an animator for Hanna-Barbera. He helped create shows like Casper and the Angels and Scooby and Scrappy-Doo.

Starting Klasky Csupo Studio

Gábor Csupó and Arlene Klasky decided to start their own company. They named it Klasky Csupo. This studio became famous for making many animated TV shows.

One of their first big jobs was animating the short cartoons about the Simpson family. These shorts appeared on The Tracey Ullman Show from 1987 to 1989. Klasky Csupo continued to animate The Simpsons when it became a full TV show. They worked on the first three seasons, from 1989 to 1992.

Gábor Csupó was an "animation executive producer" for The Simpsons. He also helped supervise the animation. An animator at Klasky Csupo, Gyorgyi Peluce, had a unique idea. She suggested that the Simpsons characters should have yellow skin. She also thought Marge Simpson should have blue hair.

Gábor Csupó liked this idea. He convinced the show's creator, Matt Groening, to approve the colors. Groening agreed, feeling that yellow skin looked better than trying to make cartoon characters look like real people. The character Dr. Nick Riviera from The Simpsons was even partly based on Gábor Csupó.

In 1992, the production of The Simpsons moved to another company. Gábor Csupó's studio then focused on other projects. They hired many talented artists.

Popular Shows and Movies

Klasky Csupo went on to create many other successful shows for Nickelodeon and USA Network. These include:

• Rugrats
• Duckman
• The Wild Thornberrys
• Rocket Power
• As Told by Ginger
• All Grown Up!
• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

His company also produced several animated movies. These movies were based on their popular TV shows. They made four feature films for Paramount Pictures:

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

The Rugrats Movie was a huge success. It was the first animated film not made by Disney to earn over $100 million at the box office.

Music and Other Films

Gábor Csupó also has a record label called Tone Casualties. He started it in 1994. This label has released many different kinds of music. He has even released some of his own music under the name "Opus Crobag."

Besides animation, Gábor Csupó has directed live-action films. These movies were not made through Klasky Csupo. His live-action films include:

• Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
• The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
• Pappa Pia (2017), a musical comedy.

Film and Television Work

Film Producer

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

Film Director

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

Television Creator and Producer

Personal Life and Interests

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

He is a big fan of the American musician Frank Zappa. Gábor says that Zappa's music helped him learn English. When he left Hungary in the 1970s, his collection of Zappa albums was one of the few things he took with him.

While working on The Simpsons, Gábor and Matt Groening, who also liked Zappa, tried to use Zappa's music in the show. They were not successful. However, Gábor later got the rights to use Zappa's music for his show Duckman. The first season of Duckman included songs from Zappa's career. Gábor Csupó also designed the cover art for a Zappa music collection called The Lost Episodes.

See also

In Spanish: Gábor Csupó para niños