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genndy tartakovsky

gennadiy borisovich tartakovsky -lrb- , born january 17 , 1970 -rrb- is a russian-born american animator , director and producer .
he is best known for creating the cartoon network animated television series `` dexter 's laboratory '' , `` samurai jack '' , and '' '' and co-creating `` sym-bionic titan '' .
in 2011 , tartakovsky joined sony pictures animation , where he directed his feature film debut `` hotel transylvania '' , and its sequel , `` hotel transylvania 2 '' .
although his russian name is normally transliterated as gennady or gennadiy , he changed its spelling to genndy after moving from russia to the us .
