Chris Prynoski

American film and television producerTemplate:SHORTDESC:American film and television producer

**Chris Prynoski** (born November 1, 1971) is an American film and television producer, animator, and director, known for his work on TV programs such as *Downtown*, *Metalocalypse*, *Freaknik: The Musical*, *Motorcity* and *Megas XLR* and films such as *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America*.

## Early life

Prynoski was born in Trenton, New Jersey and grew up in Bordentown, New Jersey. He was raised in a Jewish family. He attended local public schools in Bordentown and then Notre Dame High School, and remembers doodling constantly in class. After high school, he pursued art school and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1994.

## Career

Prynoski began his career working in New York City, mostly on his own or through MTV's in-house studio on shows like *Daria* and *Beavis and Butt-Head*. He also created his own show, *Downtown*, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award in 2000. His directorial work in the hallucination sequence of *Beavis and Butt-Head Do America* was nominated for "Best Animated Sequence in a Feature Film" by the National Cartoonists Society.

In the same year, he moved to Hollywood, California, where he opened his own studio Titmouse, Inc. with wife, Shannon Prynoski.

Prynoski's animation can be seen in opening title sequences for *The Osbournes* and *The Simple Life* and his directorial work can be seen in a number of media, from commercials to feature films to television. He has directed animation for the animated commercial "Foot Long Hot Dog Inventor" for Budweiser, many music videos for artists including Velvet Revolver, Snoop Dogg and George Clinton, and among other projects, a *Dexter's Lab* spoof with They Might Be Giants for Cartoon Network. His directing credits also include *The Amazing Screw-On Head* starring Paul Giamatti, *Megas XLR* for Cartoon Network, *Happy Monster Band* for Disney, *Metalocalypse* for Cartoon Network, *Motorcity* for Disney XD, and *Downtown* for MTV.

Prynoski has also directed Adult Swim's *Freaknik: The Musical* and executive produced *Black Panther* for Marvel and *G.I. Joe: Resolute* for Hasbro. He created and executive produced of the animated series *Motorcity*, which premiered on Disney XD in April 2012. He directed the 2016 animated film *Nerdland*.

His animation studio, Titmouse, Inc., is best known for their work on the *Guitar Hero* game cinematics, the short film *Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation*, and television series work on such shows as *Metalocalypse*, *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, *Big Mouth*, *Afro Samurai*, *DJ & the Fro*, *Community*, *The Venture Bros.*, *Freaknik: The Musical*, and *Superjail!*.

He is an executive producer of the Amazon animated series *The Legend of Vox Machina*.

## References

1. ↑ NDHS | Private Catholic High School in Lawrenceville NJ.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Furman, T.J. "Bordentown native creates MTV cartoon: Cable network's newest show to premiere Tuesday", *Princeton Packet*, July 31, 1999. Accessed April 30, 2014.
3. ↑ Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2000 - OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE HOUR OR LESS). Emmys.com.
4. ↑ Animation World Network (2001-10-05). Chris Prynoski Joins Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials | AWN | Animation World Network. AWN.
5. ↑ Burton, Michelle (2011-08-26). Titmouse - Career Profile. Animation Career Review.

## External links

* Chris Prynoski at IMDb

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