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Charles Swenson was born and raised in Los Angeles, attending both the Art Center and the Chouinard Art Institute where he graduated with honors. |
Charles Swenson was born and raised in Los Angeles, attending both the Art Center and the Chouinard Art Institute where he graduated with honors. He has been making art and animation all his life.
Following a brief stint at Atari Games working on a variety of computer games, Swenson came back to Los Angeles to join Klasky Csupo, working on Rugrats, Santo Bugito and Aahhh!! Real Monsters as Creative Director, winning various awards including an Emmy for Best Children’s Program, a Humanitas Award and a Cable Ace Award.
Swenson then struck out on his own as Executive Producer, Writer and Creator of Mike, Lu and Og for Cartoon Network, and then performed the same functions on Bookashkis, a short film that has won over 20 awards from festivals world-wide.
