Chris Savino

Christopher Mason "Chris" Savino (born October 2, 1971) is a storyboard artist, writer, producer, and director. He is the creator of The Loud House. He was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, which Royal Woods, the city The Loud House takes place in, is a parody of.

Biography
Savino got his start in animation as a layout artist on The Ren & Stimpy Show in 1991. He later worked as a character and prop designer on Nickelodeon's Rocko's Modern Life in 1993, and has since worked as a writer and director on such series as: Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack,  My Life as a Teenage Robot, Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

He has worked at Spümcø, Joe Murray Studios, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Hanna Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios, and Disney Television Animation, and is currently planning a live-action short called Bigfoot & Gray: On the Run, and an animated film called Adventures in Milk.

The Loud House
In 2013, Savino pitched The Loud House, a concept based on his own life experiences growing up in a large family (he's the ninth of ten children), as part of Nickelodeon's annual Animated Shorts Program. Besides his main job, he is also a member of Nickelodeon Animation Studio's Artist Collective, where veterans of the animation industry help train and nurture new talent that arrives at the studio.

Besides his usual duties, he also draws all the title card art, and other still-frame pictures, which are drawn in a rougher style than the rest of the show. He also takes it upon himself to direct every episode of the series (except on a few occasions).

Shorts

 * The Loud House (pilot) (writer, with Scott Kreamer)
 * Slice of Life (writer)
 * Deuces Wild! (short) (writer)

Season 1

 * Left in the Dark (story [with Karla Sakas Shropshire], writer, and storyboarded)
 * Project Loud House (writer [with Michael Rubiner], and storyboarded)
 * Space Invader (story [with Karla Sakas Shropshire], writer, and storyboared)
 * It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud, House (writer)

Episodes not directed
Although Chris Savino is the head director for this series, there have been times where he wasn't the director of an episode. All of the episodes he didn't direct were instead directed by main storyboard artist, Kyle Marshall.
 * Slice of Life
 * Deuces Wild! (short)
 * Frog Wild
 * Pulp Friction
 * Room With a Feud
 * Garage Banned
 * Change of Heart
 * Friend or Faux?

Credits

 * The Ren & Stimpy Show—layout artist (1991)
 * Rocko's Modern Life—character designer, prop designer (1993)
 * Hey Arnold!—storyboard director (1994)
 * Dexter's Laboratory—storyboard artist, director (2001-2003), story, supervising director, writer, producer (2001-2003) (1996-2003)
 * Cow and Chicken—storyboard artist (1997-1999)
 * I Am Weasel—storyboard artist (1997-2000)
 * Foe Paws—creator (2000)
 * The Flintstones: On the Rocks—writer, storyboard artist, director (2001)
 * The Powerpuff Girls—storyboard artist, producer (Seasons 4-6), writer, director (1998-2005)
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy—storyboard artist ("To Eris Human") (2002)
 * Samurai Jack—director (2002-2003)
 * My Life as a Teenage Robot—director (2005-2007)
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends—writer, story, animation director (2004-2007)
 * Johnny Test—storyboard artist, producer, director (Season 1) (2005-2006)
 * My Gym Partner's a Monkey—storyboard artist, sheet timer (2007-2008)
 * My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic—writer, "Boast Busters" and "Stare Master" (2010-2011)
 * Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil—executive producer, director (2010-2012)
 * Mickey Mouse—writer, director, storyboard artist (2013)
 * The Loud House—creator, story, writer, storyboard artist, executive producer, director (2013, 2016–present)

Trivia

 * Chris Savino Art.png Lincoln, Savino comes from a large family--he's the ninth of ten children (five sons and five daughters).
 * Five of the Loud sisters were named after Savino's own sisters. They are Lori, Lisa, Lynn, Luan, and Lana.
 * Luna and Lola were named after Savino's two pet dachshunds.
 * "Lucy" and "Lily" were two of the names that Savino and his wife came up in the case they had any daughters (they had three sons but no daughters).
 * Leni was named after Lennie Small from the book 'Of Mice and Men'.
 * Savino named Lincoln after the street he grew up on as a child, which was named E Lincoln Ave.
 * According to Savino, his personal favorite episode of the series is "For Bros About to Rock".