Lynne Naylor facts for kids

Lynne Rae Naylor (born November 7, 1953) is a Canadian animator, artist, and director. She also works as a designer and producer for television shows. Lynne is well-known for helping create The Mighty Ones for DreamWorks. She also helped start the animation studio Spümcø and develop The Ren & Stimpy Show for Nickelodeon. Her work includes many popular cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Wander Over Yonder.

Lynne Naylor's Animation Journey

Lynne Naylor studied at Sheridan College. In the 1970s, she started dating John Kricfalusi. When Kricfalusi moved to Hollywood, she followed him. She soon got a job at Filmation, an animation studio.

In 1981, Lynne worked on Kricfalusi's first short film, Ted Bakes One. Later, in 1985, she went with Kricfalusi to Taiwan. They supervised the drawing for a new version of The Jetsons. This show was being animated by Wang Film Productions to save money. It was common for American studios to hire Asian animators. This was because their wages were lower. Hanna-Barbera studio sent Western animators like Lynne to check the work.

After Kricfalusi returned to Hollywood, Lynne followed him. In 1986, Ralph Bakshi hired Kricfalusi to direct parts of a music video. This video was for the Rolling Stones song "Harlem Shuffle". Kricfalusi then asked Lynne to design and draw for the video. She drew the main female character. The video was a success.

Creating Mighty Mouse and Spümcø

The success of "Harlem Shuffle" made Ralph Bakshi interested in animated films again. In 1987, Bakshi got a contract to create Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures for CBS. He made Kricfalusi one of the directors. Lynne Naylor was assigned to work as one of the cartoonists on the show.

In 1989, Lynne co-founded Spümcø studio. She started it with John Kricfalusi, Jim Smith, and Bob Camp. She was very involved in creating The Ren & Stimpy Show. Kricfalusi based the character Ren on himself. He based Stimpy on Lynne Naylor.

Developing Ren & Stimpy

In 1989, producer Vanessa Coffey asked Spümcø to make a pilot episode. This pilot was for a show called Ren Höek & Stimpy. If the pilot was good, a TV series would be made. Starting in December 1989, Lynne was a key artist for the pilot, Big House Blues.

In Big House Blues, each artist had a role. Kricfalusi drew the "wild" scenes. Bob Camp drew the funny scenes. Jim Smith drew the "manly" scenes. Lynne Naylor drew the "cute" scenes. The pilot was shown at film festivals in 1990. It was a hit, and a TV series was ordered in September 1990.

Lynne played a big part in making Ren and Stimpy easier to draw. Their original designs in Big House Blues took too long. She simplified them for the TV show.

Other Notable Works

Lynne also produced and directed the movie Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus. She designed characters for many famous shows. These include The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.

In 2020, Lynne Naylor and Sunil Hall created the DreamWorks series The Mighty Ones. This show is available on Hulu and Peacock. She also co-created a pilot called The Modifyers with her late husband Chris Reccardi in 2007.

Filmography

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Television Work

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