Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 – May 2, 2019) was an American cartoon director, graphic designer, animator, character designer, musician, producer, writer and storyboard artist. He worked on numerous animated television series, including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Tiny Toon Adventures, and had directing duties on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, and SpongeBob SquarePants. He was also the director of several shorts in the Dreamtoons franchise, supervising producer for the first season of Regular Show and creative director for the short-lived Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. He is best known for co-creating Nickelodeon's The Modifyers with his wife Lynne Naylor from 2007 to 2014.
Death[]
On May 2, 2019, Reccardi died at the age of 54 after suffering a heart attack while surfing in Ventura, California.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Hound Town | Layout Artist & Storyboard Artist |
| The Butter Battle Book | Layout Artist | |
| 1990 | Computer Warriors | |
| 1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation | Character Layout Artist, Posing Artist, & Storyboard Artist |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Songwriter |
| 1994 | Trolls | Storyboard Artist |
| 1995 | The Prince and the Pauper | TBD |
| 1996 | What a Cartoon! |
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| 1996 | Blazing Dragons | TBD |
| 1998 | Paulie | Character Designer, & Storyboard Artist |
| 1998 | Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus | Layout Artist, Effects Designer, Storyboard Artist, & Assistant Director |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Additional Storyboard Artist |
| 2005 | Escape from Cluster Prime | Writer & Storyboard Artist |
| 2007 | Hail Arthur | Additional Storyboard Artist (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliens | Additional Character Designer |
| The Story of Walls | Background Artist | |
| The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Storyboard Artist | |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Visual Development Artist | |
| 2010 | Shrek: Happily Ever After | Storyboard Artist |
| Megamind: A Dreamtoons Movie | Character Designer | |
| 2011 | Open Season 3 | Special thanks (as "Chris Riccardi") |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Visual Development Artist |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Concept Artist & Designer |
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Storyboard Artist |
| 2016 | Storks | Production Artist & Designer |
| 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | Additional Concept Artist & Designer |
| The Lego Ninjago Movie | Story Artist | |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Storyboard Artist (uncredited) |
| 2019 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Visual Development Artist |
| Lady and the Tramp | Storyboard Artist (posthumous release) | |
| 2020 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | |
| Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story | Actor (posthumous release) |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Beany and Cecil | Layout Artist |
| 1990–1991 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Character Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Model Designer |
| 1990–1995 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | Bass Guitarist ("Big House Blues") Storyboard Artist Layout Supervisor (1991–1993) Art Director ("Marooned") Character Designer (1992–1993) Composer (1992; 1994) Songwriter (1992; 1995) Director (1992–1995) Story (1993–1994) Background Designer (1994) |
| 1991; 1993 | The Simpsons | Character Layout Artist (1991) Additional Character Layout Artist (uncredited, 1993) |
| 1996 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Storyboard Artist |
| 1998 | Cow and Chicken | |
| I Am Weasel | ||
| 1999 | Dilbert | |
| 1999–2000 | The New Woody Woodpecker Show | |
| 2000–2004 | The Powerpuff Girls | Storyboard Artist (2000–2004) Writer (2000–2004) Modeler ("Forced Kin") Songwriter (2004) Story ("West in Pieces") Character Supervisor (2004) |
| 2001 | Samurai Jack | Writer & Storyboard Artist |
| What a Cartoon! | Co-Creator, Background Artist, Layout Artist, Writer, Director, Modeler, & Composer (IMP Inc.) | |
| 2003 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Storyboard Artist & Writer |
| Dexter's Laboratory | ||
| 2003–2008 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Story & Storyboard Artist ("Substitute Teacher") |
| 2004–2005 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Background Supervisor ("Busted") (2004) Background Painter ("Bye Bye Nerdy") (2005) Color Stylist ("Bye Bye Nerdy") (2005) |
| 2004–2006 | Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Layout Artist |
| Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Assistant Director (2004–2006) Director (2005–2006) | |
| 2007 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Writer & Storyboard Artist |
| 2007–2014 | The Modifyers | Art Director, Executive Producer, Story, Additional Background Design, Character Design, Prop Design, Composer, & Co-creator |
| 2007–2008 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Storyboard Director & Writer |
| 2009 | Chowder | Story & Storyboard Artist ("The Party Cruise") |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Writer & Storyboard Artist ("Please Retire") | |
| Meddlen Meadows | Creator; dropped pilot as part of The Cartoonstitute | |
| 2010 | The Ricky Gervais Show | Storyboard Artist |
| Regular Show | Supervising Producer | |
| 2011 | The Mighty B! | Storyboard Artist ("Irritable Bowling Syndrome" and "BESS-E") |
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | Storyboard Artist ("Luigi Vendetta") | |
| 2011–2012 | Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | Creative Director, Writer, & Storyboard Artist |
| 2013 | Mickey Mouse | Location Designer |
| Wander Over Yonder | Character Designer | |
| Uncle Grandpa | Writer & Storyboard Artist ("Mystery Noise") | |
| 2017 | Samurai Jack (season 5) | Storyboard Layout, Character Design, & Prop Designer |
| Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Writer & Storyboard Artist ("Jared") | |
| 2020 | The Mighty Ones | Storyboard Artist ("Naked Mole Wrath") (posthumous release) |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! | Music |