History Creator / CraigBartlett

Craig is the brother-in-law of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' creator Creator/MattGroening, since he is married to Lisa Groening, who served as the namesake of the character on ''Simpsons''.

Craig is the brother-in-law of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' creator Creator/MattGroening, since he is married to Lisa Bartlett, who served as the namesake of the character on ''Simpsons''.

In 2005 Bartlett returned to BRC to create a multimedia simulator attraction for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, called the Shuttle Launch Experience. In the course of the 3-year project, Bartlett interviewed 26 astronauts to gather their experiences from launch to orbit. One of the astronauts hr interviewed was four-time shuttle flier and commander Charles F. Bolden Jr.

In 2005 Bartlett returned to BRC to create a multimedia simulator attraction for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, called the Shuttle Launch Experience. In the course of the 3-year project, Bartlett interviewed 26 astronauts to gather their experiences from launch to orbit. One of the astronauts Bartlett interviewed was four-time shuttle flier and commander Charles F. Bolden Jr.

Craig is the brother-in-law of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' creator, Creator/MattGroening, since he is married to Lisa Bartlett, who served as the namesake of the character on ''Simpsons''.

His first job, after graduating from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, was at Will Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, where he learned the art of stop-motion animation, working on movies such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain''. Bartlett moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to animate the "Penny" cartoons, with assistance from Creator/NickPark for ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''. on CBS. He later made a claymation ID for NBC with Creator/KlaskyCsupo. He later worked at BRC Imagination Arts directing projects such as Postcards and Mystery Lodge for Knott's Berry Farm. He was also one of the animators on Music/WeirdAlYankovic's claymation AnimatedMusicVideo for "Jurassic Park."

During the late 80s and early 90s, Craig created the now-famous football-headed kid know as Arnold, as a clay puppet.

Bartlett's first job at Nickelodeon was story editing the first 65 episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. He pitched ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' to them in fall of 1993, produced a pilot in spring of 1994, and the series was greenlit in January 1995. Nick put him on the final season of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' while waiting for production on his show to begin.

''Hey Arnold'' was in production continuously from 1995 to 2001, made by Bartlett's own production company, Snee-Oosh, Inc, which he founded in 1986. The series culminated in a TV movie originally titled "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood", which Nickelodeon decided to release theatrically as ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'', in June 2002. Unfortunately, the second planned movie, which was meant to serve as the show's theatrical GrandFinale and tie up all loose ends was cancelled due to the first movie not meeting expectations.

Bartlett then wrote and produced a TV movie for Cartoon Network called ''WesternAnimation/PartyWagon'' (also produced by Snee-Oosh), a story originally intended as a pilot for an ongoing series. The pilot was not picked up, however. During his time at Creator/CartoonNetwork, he worked with Van Partible on the fourth and final season of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''.

In 2005 Bartlett returned to BRC to make a multimedia simulator attraction for NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, called the Shuttle Launch Experience. In the course of the 3-year project, Bartlett interviewed 26 astronauts to gather their experiences from launch to orbit. One of the astronauts Bartlett interviewed was four-time shuttle flier and commander Charles F. Bolden Jr.

After developing various pilots and feature scripts, Bartlett moved to the Jim Henson Company, where he co-wrote the computer animated film ''Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby''. Bartlett stayed at Henson to work as story editor on a PBS Kids preschool show called ''WesternAnimation/SidTheScienceKid'' with PBS executive Linda Simensky, whom he had worked with at Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

* ''Penny'' shorts for ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' (1987-1990)

Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956) is an American animator best known for creating the television series ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', and ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''.

Bartlett's first job at Nickelodeon was story editing the first 65 episodes of ''Rugrats''. He pitched ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' to them in fall of 1993, produced a pilot in spring of 1994, and the series was greenlit in January 1995. Nick put him on the final season of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' while waiting for production on his show to begin.

* Penny shorts (1987)

* Jurassic Park Music Video by Music/WeirdAlYankovic (1994)

* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' (2009-present)

* ''[[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment: Language Arts Through Imagination:]] [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks The Case of the Missing Space]]'' (1989) [[note]] Clay animation only [[/note]]

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Many characters from ''Arnold'' are based on people he knew. Tiny and Shiny from ''Train'' are both based on his sisters.

* AnimationAgeGhetto: He once tried to break out of this by pitching an adult cartoon to Creator/SpikeTV called ''Hellville'', but failed. Nonetheless, he doesn't like being pigeonholed into a children's animator.

** His love of dinosaurs and space is why he created ''Train'' and ''Jet'' in the first place.
** Jazz music.

** ''Dinosaur Train'' was inspired by Bartlett seeing his son play with both a dinosaur toy and a ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' toy.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'' (2002)

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' (2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrainAdventureIsland'' (2021)

Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956) is an animator best known for creating the television series ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', and ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''.

Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956, in Seattle, Washington) is an animator best known for creating the television series ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', and ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''.

* ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' (2009-2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' (2016-present)

Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956, in Seattle, Washington) is an animator best known for creating the television series ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', and ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' .

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' (2017)

His first job, after graduating from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, was at Will Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, where he learned the art of stop-motion animation, working on movies such as ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain''. Bartlett moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to animate the "Penny" cartoons, with assistance from Creator/NickPark for ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''. on CBS. He later made a claymation ID for NBC with KlaskyCsupo. He later worked at BRC Imagination Arts directing projects such as Postcards and Mystery Lodge for Knott's Berry Farm.

Bartlett's first job at Nickelodeon was story editing the first 65 episodes of ''Rugrats''. He pitched ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' to them in fall of 1993, produced a pilot in spring of 1994, and the series was greenlit in January 1995. Bartlett also worked as a director on three episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' during this period to have something to work on until his show could be produced. Bartlett also did a claymation music video for ''[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Jurassic Park by Weird Al Yankovic]] for the album, Alpolooza.

''Hey Arnold'' was in production continuously from 1995 to 2001, made by Bartlett's own production company, Snee-Oosh, Inc, which he founded in 1986. The series culminated in a TV movie originally titled "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood", which Nickelodeon decided to release theatrically as ''Hey Arnold: TheMovie'', in June 2002. Unfortunately, a second planned movie, which was meant to serve as the show's GrandFinale and tie up all loose ends was cancelled due to the first movie not meeting expectations and Bartlett and Nick disagreeing on a contract extension.

The dispute resulted in Bartlett leaving Nickelodeon to write and produce a TV movie for Cartoon Network called ''WesternAnimation/PartyWagon'' (also produced by Snee-Oosh), a story originally intended as a pilot for an ongoing series. The pilot was not picked up, however. During his time at Creator/CartoonNetwork, he worked with Van Partible on the fourth and final season of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''.

In September 2008, a show for preschoolers called ''Jim Henson's WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' was picked up by PBS Kids. Produced by Brian Henson, this was the first show created by Bartlett to be picked up since ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. The series debuted on PBS stations on September 7, 2009. Years later, he would create another PBS Kids show called ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' .

But mostly importantly for 90s kids, after 15 years of campaigning by fans, Bartlett announced that Nick finally gave the green light to the long awaited Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie as a 2 hour TV movie. Bartlett and much of the original crew will be returning and several of the voice actors are reprising their roles.

* ''WesternAnimationHeyArnoldTheMovie'' (2002)

* ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'' (2002)