Chris Savino

Christopher Mason "Chris" Savino is a former 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 &amp; 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, Codename: Kids Next Door, Samurai Jack, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Foster's Home for Imanginary Friends, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

He has worked at Spümcø, Joe Murray Studios, Nickelodeon Animation Studios (formerly), 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 was 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 would also draw 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 took it upon himself to direct every episode of the series (except on a few occasions and before his firing).

On October 19, 2017, Nickelodeon fired him over sexual misconduct allegations. As a result, he will no longer be involved with The Loud House. Savino finally responded to the allegations on October 23, 2017, saying he is "deeply sorry" for what he has done. On May 30, 2018, Savino was given a one-year suspension from The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839.

Shorts

 * Pilot episode (writer, with Scott Kreamer)
 * Slice of Life (writer)
 * Deuces Wild! (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)

Season 3

 * White Hare (writer)

Episodes not directed
Although Chris Savino was 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 and (presumably) colorist Amanda Rynda.
 * Slice of Life
 * Deuces Wild!
 * Frog Wild
 * Pulp Friction
 * Room with a Feud
 * Garage Banned
 * Change of Heart
 * Friend or Faux?
 * Mall of Duty
 * The Crying Dame
 * Snow Way Out
 * Roadie to Nowhere
 * A Fridge Too Far
 * Selfie Improvement
 * Fool Me Twice
 * Pipe Dreams
 * Teachers' Union
 * Deal Me Out
 * Pasture Bedtime

Credits

 *  — layout artist (1991)
 *  — character designer, prop designer (1993)
 *  — storyboard director (1994)
 *  — animator (1995)
 *  — storyboard artist (1997)
 *  — animator, storyboard artist (1997)
 *  — storyboard artist, director (2001-2003), story, supervising director, writer, producer (2001-2003) (1996-2003)
 *  — storyboard artist ("Cow Fly") (1997-1999)
 *  — storyboard artist ("I.R. in Wrong Cartoon" and "Unsinkable I.R.") (1997-2000)
 *  — creator (2000)
 *  — writer, storyboard artist, director (2001)
 *  — storyboard artist, producer (Seasons 4-6), writer, director (1998-2005)
 *  — storyboard artist ("To Eris Human") (2002)
 *  — director (2002-2003)
 *  — director (2005-2007)
 *  — writer, story, animation director (2004-2007)
 *  — storyboard artist, producer, director (Season 1) (2005-2006)
 *  — storyboard artist, sheet timer (2007-2008)
 *  — animator (2008)
 *  — writer ("Boast Busters" and "Stare Master") (2010-2011)
 *  — executive producer, director (2010-2012)
 *  — writer, director, storyboard artist (2013)
 *  — creator, story, writer, storyboard artist, executive producer, director (2013, 2016–2018)

Trivia

 * Like 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 . All of their middle names are Marie, which is Lori's middle name.
 * Carl was named after one of Savino's brothers.
 * 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".
 * Also, according to Savino, Luna is his favorite character.
 * Savino is the second Nickelodeon employee to have been publicly fired from Nickelodeon, the first being  creator, who was fired in 1992 due to "creative differences" with Nickelodeon over the banned Ren and Stimpy episode, "Man's Best Friend", which featured a scene where Ren Hoek beats up George Liquor with an oar, as well as being someone who was infamously difficult to work with, and failed to meet the deadlines, and the third was (who was known for "Game Shakers", "iCarly", "Sam & Cat", "Henry Danger", "Victorious", "The Amanda Show", and other shows he created from his studio, Schneider's Bakery), whom was fired from Nickelodeon on March 26th, 2018 for inappropriate behavior. No more details are known about the issue.
 * After being fired by Nickelodeon, he deactivated various social media accounts, which included his Instagram account, and he later stopped working for television animation companies after his firing from Nickelodeon in 2017, being a big reason why he never worked on anything outside of Nickelodeon ever again.
 * On October 23, 2017, Savino briefly opened a Facebook account to publicly post his apology regarding the allegations.
 * Despite him being fired from his creation, there are still episodes he directed and a musical Christmas short directed by him, but most of those were made, directed, and produced by him in production before his firing from Nickelodeon.