John Holmquist
John Holmquist is an American animator, director, designer, and storyboard artist. He has worked on several episodes of Rugrats as a director and storyboard artist from the late 1990s to early 2000s. In 2003, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for his work on Rugrats.
John Holmquist
- Born
- 1970 · Juneau.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- film director · character designer · television director
- Languages
- English
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John Holmquist is an American animator, director, designer, and storyboard artist. He has worked on several episodes of Rugrats as a director and storyboard artist from the late 1990s to early 2000s. In 2003, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for his work on Rugrats.
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Holmquist has also acted as a director for some episodes of Family Guy.
He has designed the main characters and appeared as a director for many episodes of the animated television series Rugrats from 1991 to 1998 and acts as a storyboard artist for other later episodes from 2001 to 2004 and the three theatrical films. Here is a partial list of Rugrats episodes he has worked on:
As a director
As a director
• "Radio Daze" • "Heatwave" • "Faire Play" • "The Art Fair" • "Dust Bunnies" • "Turtle Recall" • "Angelica Orders Out" • "Grandpa's Bad Bug" • "Johnathan Babysits" • "The Fugitive" • "Uneasy Rider" • "Babysitting Fluffy" • "No Naps" • "Chuckie's a Lefty" • "Zoo Story" • "Hand Me Downs" • "The Jungle" • "Pedal Pusher" • "Silent Angelica" • "Runaway Reptar" • "Cooking with Susie" • "A Dog's Life" • "Thumbs Up" • "Accidents Happen" • "Bug Off"
As a storyboard artist / character designer
As a storyboard artist / character designer
• "The First Cut" • "Chuckie Grows" • "Tommy's First Birthday" • "Barbeque Story" • "Waiter There's a Baby in My Soup" • "At the Movies" • "Reptar on Ice" • "Baby Commercial" • "Little Dude" • "Lady Luck" • "Real or Robots" • "Special Delivery" • "Ruthless Tommy" • "Toy Palace" • "Sand Ho!" • "Grandpa's Teeth" • "The Bank Trick" • "The Santa Experience" • "Let There Be Light" In 1994–1999, Holmquist designed characters for Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.
Family Guy
Family Guy
Holmquist has also directed the following episodes: • "Running Mates" • "Airport '07" • "Stewie Kills Lois" • "Play it Again, Brian" • "Ocean's Three and a Half" • "We Love You, Conrad" • "Hannah Banana" • "Extra Large Medium" • "Excellence in Broadcasting" • "Leggo My Meg-O" • "Yug Ylimaf" • "Call Girl" • "Finders Keepers" • "Mom's the Word" • "Brian the Closer" • "Our Idiot Brian" • "Pawtucket Pete" • "Bri, Robot" • "Start Me Up" • "Christmas Is Coming" • "Yacht Rocky" • "La Famiglia Guy" • "Bend or Blockbuster"
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- 1.Rugrats & Teacher's Pet Take Top Daytime Animation Emmys. Animation World Network.
- 2.Ruch, Amber. Ky. boy's wish granted, spends day with 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane. 12 KFVS. July 30, 2019.
- 3.McLachlan, Megan. Richard Marx, Composing Remotely with a Live Orchestra, and Other Behind the Scenes Cutaways from 'Family Guy' Season 19. AwardsDaily.
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