The shows are either 11 or 22 minutes and they move pretty quickly, and that's part of the charm of them - so it was just trying to keep that in mind and keep the energy of the story moving, even though we were dealing with a longer format.

He is best-known for creating the Emmy-winning animated series The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network as well writing and storyboarding for Dexter's Laboratory. He began producing The Powerpuff Girls which premiered as a short in 1995 on studio president Fred Seibert's animation incubator What a Cartoon! and full half-hour episodes in 1998. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004.

Craig McCracken (born March 31 1971) is an American animator director and producer. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004.