Craig Douglas Kellman (born September 28, 1971) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, art director and character designer. He is best known for his work on various animated films and series such as Bobby's World, Gabriel Garza, Batman: The Animated Series, Hatty, TeenV, Computeropolis, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Madagascar, Sausage Party, Hotel Transylvania, Archot, Paradoria, Luna & Zak, Imagimals, Trolls, and Lix. He mostly works at Universal Animation Studios, Gingo Animation, Glass Ball Productions, DreamWorks Animation and Sony Pictures Animation. He also serves as the art director for TeenV (including its movie) and Planetokio. In 2017, Kellman co-directed Gabriel Garza 3, the third installment in the Gabriel Garza reboot film franchise.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Notes | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Adventures of the Gummi Bears | Layout artist - 1 episode (uncredited) | |
| 1990-1994 | Bobby's World | Storyboard artist, model designer | |
| 1991-2002 | Gabriel Garza | Animator, character designer, storyboard artist, art director (1998-2002) | |
| 1991 | Adventures in Dinosaur City | Character designer | |
| A Gabriel Garza Christmas | |||
| A Wish for Wings That Work | Animator | ||
| 1992-1995 | Batman: The Animated Series | Character designer | |
| 1993 | Bonkers | Character designer - 4 episodes | |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Character designer | ||
| 1993-1994 | Animaniacs | Model designer - 3 episodes | |
| 1994-1995 | The Critic | Character designer | |
| 1995 | What's Going on Back There!? | Layout artist | |
| 1995-1996 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Character designer, background artist, layout artist | |
| 1995-1997 | Pinky and the Brain | Models - 4 episodes | |
| The Cartoon Cartoon Show | Character designer, layout artist | ||
| 1996-2002 | Hatty | Character designer, storyboard artist | |
| 1996-2003 | Dexter's Laboratory | Layout artist - 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | Loose Tooth | Visual development artist | |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Character designer | ||
| 1998-1999 | Toonsylvania | Layout artist - 7 episodes | |
| 1998-2002 | The Powerpuff Girls | Model designer | |
| 1998-present | TeenV | Character designer, art director | |
| 1999 | Paint World | Character designer | |
| 2000 | Hairballs | Additional animator, character layout artist | |
| 2001 | Imp, Inc. | Animator (uncredited) | |
| The Flintstones: On the Rocks | Character designer | ||
| Captain Sturdy: Back in Action | Layout artist | ||
| 2001-2017 | Samurai Jack | Character designer | |
| 2002 | The Powerpuff Girls Movie | Character designer | |
| Dexter's Laboratory: Chicken Scratch | Layout artist | ||
| The Gabriel Garza Movie | Art director, character designer, visual development artist | ||
| 2002-2003 | Planetokio | Character designer, art director | |
| 2003 | The TeenV Movie | ||
| 2003-2009 | Critter Mockers | ||
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Additional visual development artist | |
| Computeropolis | Character designer | ||
| 2004-2005 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Animation director, character designer - 24 episodes | |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Conception character designer | |
| Niz Chicoloco vs. Eris | Character designer | ||
| Zina and the Vivid Crew | |||
| 2005 | M.I.S.S.I.O.N. | Art director, character designer | |
| Madagascar | Lead character designer | ||
| 2006 | BJ and Wally | Art director, character designer | |
| 2007 | Computeropolis 2 | Character designer | |
| El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Character designer - 1 episode | ||
| Bee Movie | Additional character designer | ||
| 2008-2014 | Computeropolis: Adventures of Peri and Nicky | Character designer | |
| 2008 | Swapped | Art director, character designer | |
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Character designer | ||
| The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!! | |||
| 2008-2010 | The Penguins of Madagascar | ||
| 2009 | Woo La La | Art director | |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | Character designer | ||
| Merry Madagascar | |||
| SpongeBob SquarePants | Storyboard director - 1 episode | ||
| 2010 | Computeropolis 3 | Character designer | |
| The Ricky Gervais Show | |||
| The Modifyers | |||
| 2011 | Gabriel Garza | ||
| McBusters | Voice | Judge | |
| Computeropolis Xmas | Character designer | ||
| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | ||
| Plucky Chicken | |||
| Go Party! | |||
| Hotel Transylvania | Voice, character designer | Guy in Crowd / Hydra | |
| 2013 | Madly Madagascar | Character designer | |
| Quest | |||
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Voice, character designer | Flintly McCallahan / Idea Pants Guy | |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Character designer | |
| Gabriel Garza 2 | |||
| Archot | Voice, character designer | Boris | |
| Penguins of Madagascar | Character designer | ||
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | |||
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Designed & Supervised by: Rap Battle Sequence | |
| Paradoria | Voice, character designer | Creature #1 | |
| Hotel Transylvania 2 | Character designer | ||
| Luna & Zak | Voice, character designer | Flappin' Joe | |
| 2016-present | Tales in Paradoria | Character designer, art director | |
| 2016 | Ask the StoryBots | Additional character design - 6 episodes | |
| The Angry Birds Movie | Additional artist | ||
| The Secret Life of Pets | Character designer (uncredited) | ||
| Sausage Party | Lead character designer | ||
| Imagimals | Character designer | ||
| Trolls | |||
| Paradoria Holiday | |||
| 2017 | Gabriel Garza 3 | Co-director, voice, character designer | Additional Voices |
| Puppy! | Character designer | ||
| Lix | |||
| 2018 | Here Comes the Grump | ||
| Computeropolis: The Deep Web | |||
| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Voice, character designer | Mr. Hydraberg | |
| Smallfoot | Character designer | ||
| 2019 | Addie | ||
| Paradoria 2: Enchanted Realm | |||
| The Addams Family | |||
| 2020 | Imagimals 2 | ||
| Trolls World Tour |