John Harvatine IV is an American producer and director best known for his work on the television show '' Robot Chicken''. In 2010, Harvatine,

Eric Towner Eric Towner is an American producer, writer, director and animator best known for his work on Adult Swim's '' Robot Chicken'' and Netflix's '' Buddy Thunderstruck''. Career In 2005, Towner founded a studio named Stoopid Monkey with Seth Green ...

, Matt Senreich, and Seth Green launched

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (formerly known as Stoopid Monkey and stylized as Stoop!d Monkey) is an American production company and animation studio, formed by Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, John Harvatine IV, and Eric Towner. It was established in 201 ...

, as part of Stoopid Monkey LLC. Harvatine is represented by

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. In 2016, as of the executive producers for ''Robot Chicken'', Harvatine received an Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" for his work on the " Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" episode of ''Robot Chicken'', as well as in 2018 for ''Robot Chicken'' in the same category. Harvatine and Towner are directing ''Superbago'', a mixed stop-motion and live-action film developed with

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. Development began in 2014. Stoopid Buddy is also developing ''Extraordinary Believers'' as an Xbox Original and ''

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'', which was formerly a web series, for

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. He has also guest directed for ''

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'' on two ''Robot Chicken'' couch gags. Currently, Harvatine is creating a stop-motion animated comedy, '' Crossing Swords'', for Hulu released on June 12, 2020.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvatine IV, John American animators Living people Stop motion animators American film directors Place of birth missing (living people) American animated film directors American animated film producers Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Apple Valley High School (Minnesota) alumni