John Holmquist

John Holmquist is an American animator, director, designer, and storyboard artist. He has worked on several episodes of Rugrats as a director and storyboard artist from the late 1990s to early 2000s. In 2003, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for his work on Rugrats. Holmquist has also acted as a director for some episodes of Family Guy.

Career

For Klasky Csupo, Inc.

He has designed the main characters and appeared as a director for many episodes of the animated television series Rugrats from 1991 to 1998 and acts as a storyboard artist for other later episodes from 2001 to 2004 and the three theatrical films.

Here is a partial list of Rugrats episodes he has worked on:

As a director

• "Radio Daze"
• "Heatwave"
• "Faire Play"
• "The Art Fair"
• "Dust Bunnies"
• "Turtle Recall"
• "Angelica Orders Out"
• "Grandpa's Bad Bug"
• "Johnathan Babysits"
• "The Fugitive"
• "Uneasy Rider"
• "Babysitting Fluffy"
• "No Naps"
• "Chuckie's a Lefty"
• "Zoo Story"
• "Hand Me Downs"
• "The Jungle"
• "Pedal Pusher"
• "Silent Angelica"
• "Runaway Reptar"
• "Cooking With Susie"
• "A Dog's Life"
• "Thumbs Up"
• "Accidents Happen"
• "Bug Off"

As a storyboard artist / character designer

• "The First Cut"
• "Chuckie Grows"
• "Tommy's First Birthday"
• "Barbeque Story"
• "Waiter There's a Baby in My Soup"
• "At the Movies"
• "Reptar on Ice"
• "Baby Commercial"
• "Little Dude"
• "Lady Luck"
• "Real or Robots"
• "Special Delivery"
• "Ruthless Tommy"
• "Toy Palace"
• "Sand Ho!"
• "Grandpa's Teeth"
• "The Bank Trick"
• "The Santa Experience"
• "Let There Be Light"

In 1994–1999, Holmquist designed characters for Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.

Family Guy

Holmquist has also directed the following episodes:

• "Running Mates"
• "Airport '07"
• "Stewie Kills Lois"
• "Play it Again, Brian"
• "Ocean's Three and a Half"
• "We Love You, Conrad"
• "Hannah Banana"
• "Extra Large Medium"
• "Excellence in Broadcasting"
• "Leggo My Meg-O"
• "Yug Ylimaf"
• "Call Girl"
• "Finders Keepers"
• "Mom's the Word"
• "Brian the Closer"
• "Our Idiot Brian"
• "Pawtucket Pete"
• "Bri, Robot"
• "Start Me Up"
• "Christmas Is Coming"
• "Yacht Rocky"
• "La Famiglia Guy"
• "Bend or Blockbuster"

External links

• John Holmquist at IMDb