Lauren Faust

Lauren Faust (born July 25, 1974)[1] is an American Emmy-Award-winning animator, writer, director, and producer, best known for developing Hasbro's animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, as well as working frequently with her husband Craig McCracken. Faust has also worked as an animator on television series such as The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. She has worked with Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros., Hasbro, Disney, and DreamWorks Animation.
==Career==
Faust attended the California Institute of Arts from 1992 to 1994, working as a layout artist at Rough Draft Studios. She then worked as an animator at Turner Feature Animation for two years and then as an animator for Warner Bros. Feature Animation for two years. Faust started working at Cartoon Network Studios in 1999. She worked as a storyboard artist and writer at Cartoon Network Studios for four years and then as a supervising producer and story supervisor.
Faust's early career focused on animated feature films, working on Cats Don't Dance, Quest for Camelot, and The Iron Giant as an animator. She shifted to television animation in the 2000s, working on The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Super Best Friends Forever, and Wander Over Yonder. She is also the creator and developer of the toy line Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls.
Sony Pictures Animation announced in June 2014 that Faust would direct an animated comedy feature film titled Medusa, created by Todd Alcott and Holly Golden. The film tells a new story about the character from Greek mythology, in which a young lady named Medusa sets out on a quest to revert the curse she earned from a jealous goddess. In November 2015, Faust announced that she was no longer involved with the project or with Sony.
Faust worked with Hasbro to develop the company's My Little Pony property, resulting in the series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The series proved to be a major success not only with the primary young audience, but also significantly among adults and teenagers, who became popularly known as "bronies".
==Awards==
In 2004, Faust was nominated for an Emmy Award. In 2005, she was nominated for an Annie Award. In 2009, she shared a Primetime Emmy for the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends special, "Destination: Imagination".
==Personal life==
Faust is married to Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder. They met while they were working on the third season of The Powerpuff Girls. Faust has worked with her husband on all of his shows. She considers herself to be a feminist.
==Filmography==
===Films===
Year	Title 	Role
1994	Home, Honey, I'm High 	voice
1997	Cats Don't Dance 	animator – "Sawyer"
1998	Quest for Camelot 	animator – United States
1999	The Iron Giant 	animator
2002	The Powerpuff Girls Movie 	writer
2013	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls 	received a credit in the film as "Series Developer"
2013	Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony	Executive Producer, herself
2014	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks 	received a credit in the film as "Series Developer"
2015	My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games 	received a credit in the film as "Series Developer"
2015	The Iron Giant: Signature Edition 	animator
2016	Open Season: Scared Silly 	special thanks
2020	Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls 	creator, character designer, background artist, director, writer, song writer
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role
1995 	The Maxx 	character layout artist
2001 	Codename: Kids Next Door 	walk cyclesEpisode: No P in the OOL
2001–2005	The Powerpuff Girls 	storyboard artist, writer, director, supervising director
2004–2009	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	developer, supervising producer, writer, story, story supervisor, storyboard artist, character designer, animation director, story editor
2010–2012	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	creator, developed for television bySeason 1: executive producer, writer, character designer, creative directorSeason 2: executive producer on The Return of Harmony, consulting producer All episodes: received a "Developed for Television By" credit
2012 	Super Best Friends Forever 	creator, director, writer, storyboard artist, producer
2013 	Wander Over Yonder 	developer, co-producer, story editor, writer, director, character designer
===Video games===
Year	Title 	Role
2017	Them's Fightin' Herds	Developer