Lauren Faust is a well known American animator. She worked as the Co-Producer and Story Editor on
Wander Over Yonder's first season before moving on to other projects. She is married to Wander Over Yonder's Creator, Craig McCracken. She is best known for developing Hasbro's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. She was also a Story Artist from Season 3 onward of the original Powerpuff Girls and the Head Writer for Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.
Personal Life
Faust was born on July 25th, 1974. She is married to Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder. They met while they were working on the third season of The Powerpuff Girls. Faust has worked with her husband on all of his shows. She considers herself to be a feminist.
Career
Lauren Faust attended the California Institute of Arts from 1992 to 1994, working as a layout artist at Rough Draft Studios. She then worked as an animator at Turner Feature Animation for two years and then as an animator for Warner Bros. Feature Animation for two years. Faust started working at Cartoon Network Studios in 1999. She worked as a storyboard artist and writer at Cartoon Network Studios for four years and then as a supervising producer and story supervisor.
Faust's early career focused on animated feature films, working on Cats Don't Dance, Quest for Camelot, and The Iron Giant as an animator. She shifted to television animation in the 2000s, working on The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Super Best Friends Forever, and Wander Over Yonder. She is also the creator and developer of the toy line Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls.
Faust worked with Hasbro to develop the company's My Little Pony property, resulting in the series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The series proved to be a major success not only with the primary young audience, but also significantly among adults and teenagers. [1]
Credits
Episodes she wrote
Season 1
- The Picnic (Story)
- The Egg
- The Fugitives
- The Good Deed (Story)
- The Prisoner
- The Bad Guy (Story)
- The Troll
- The Box (Story)
- The Hat
- The Little Guy
- The Ball (Story)
- The Bounty (Story)
- The Hero (Story)
- The Birthday Boy (Story)
- The Nice Guy (Story)
- The Time Bomb (Story)
- The Tourist (Story)
- The Day (Story)
- The Night (Story)
- The Lonely Planet (Story)
- The Brainstorm (Story)
- The Toddler (Story)
- The Fancy Party (Story)
- The Epic Quest Of Unfathomable Difficulty (Story)
- The Void (Story)
- The Party Animal (Story)
- The Gift 2: The Giftening (Story)
- The Date (Story)
- The Buddies (Story)
- The Liar
- The Stray (Story)
- The Big Job (Story)
- The Helper (Story)
- The Funk (Story)
- The Enemies (Story)
- The Rider (Story)
- The Gift (Story)
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role |
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1994 | Home, Honey, I'm High | Voice |
1997 | Cats Don't Dance | Animator - "Sawyer" |
1998 | Quest For Camelot | Animator - United States |
1999 | The Iron Giant | Animator |
2002 | The Powerpuff Girls Movie | Writer |
2013 | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls | Received a credit in the film as "Series Developer" |
2013 | Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony | Executive Producer, Herself |
2014 | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks | Received a credit in the film as "Series Developer" |
2015 | My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Friendship Games | Received a credit in the film as "Series Developer" |
2015 | The Iron Giant: Signature Edition | Animator |
2016 | Open Season: Scared Silly | Special Thanks |
Television
Year | Title | Role |
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1995 | The Maxx | Character Layout Artist |
2001 | Codename: Kids Next Door |
Walk Cycles Episode: No P in the OOL |
2001 - 2005 | The Powerpuff Girls | Storyboard Artist, Writer, Director, Supervising Director |
2004 - 2009 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Developer, Supervising Producer (Seasons 3-4), Writer, Story, Story Supervisor, Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation Director, Story Editor |
2010 - 2012 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic |
Creator, Developed for Television by Season 1: Executive Producer, Writer, Character Designer, Creative Director Season 2: Executive Producer on The Return Of Harmony, Consulting Producer Season 3: Received a "Developed for Television By" Credit |
2012 | Super Best Friends Forever | Creator, Director, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Producer |
2013 | Wander Over Yonder | Developer, Co-Producer, Story Editor, Writer, Director, Character Designer |
Video Games
Year | Title | Role |
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2017 | Them's Fightin' Herds | Developer |
Social Media
DeviantART: Fyre-flye
Twitter: Fyre-flye