Russell Peabody Calabrese
, b. 1955
Russell Calabrese is an American cartoon producer and director. He was born on October 12, 1955 in New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick and the School of Visual Arts, both in New York. Calabrese’s main interests are art, photography, and electronic music.
Throughout his career, Calabrese has worked for many animation studios. He is most known for directing episodes of Pinky and the Brain, Johnny Bravo, What’s New, Scooby Doo?, Grim & Evil, and Fanboy & Chum Chum. He has been the joint recipient of Daytime Emmys and one shared Primetime Emmy (for Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky and the Brain, Camp Lazlo: Where’s Lazlo? and Fanboy & Chum Chum). He is currently an Executive Board Member of the Animation Guild.
One of his famous quotations is: “Art imitates life. Life imitates television.”
Bio prepared by Anna Mik, University of Warsaw, anna.m.mik@gmail.com
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