Years active 1987–present Known for Yakkity Yak, CJ the DJ Role Director | Name Mark Gravas Spouse(s) Sandra Walters | |
Born 29 September 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-09-29 ) Sydney Occupation Director
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animator Nominations AACTA Award for Best Short Animation Movies and TV shows Casper's Scare School, Yakkity Yak, CJ the DJ, Here Comes Peter Cott, Show and Tell Similar People Bob Saget, Kirk DeMicco, Thornton Burgess, Bradley Trevor Greive, Billy West | ||
Yakkity Yak 2002 Cartoons Full Episodes English Compilation 2015
Mark Gravas (born 29 September 1966) is an Australian animator, director and producer. He is the creator/director of Yakkity Yak (2002/2003), an Australian/Canadian co-production. Mark co-owns Sydney based media production company Kapow Pictures with his partner Sandra Walters.
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Mark Gravas directed the 2005 animated film Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie, He also designed and directed the 2006 Cartoon Network production of Casper's Scare School. Gravas also co-owns the creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia.
Life and career
Mark has lived in Sydney, Australia for most of his life. He left school at the end of year 10 and studied fine art, and later graphic design at Randwick Tafe. He traveled to London in his 20s and worked at various animation studios. He met his partner Sandra Walters in London. He directed a short film for Nickelodeon Ego from Mars in 1999 and also worked with Bradley Trevor Grieve BTG on Agent Green. He went on to create and direct the short film Show and Tell in 2001 which won a AACTA Award for best animated short in 2002. Mark created, designed and directed Yakkity Yak a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series for MTV Networks International in 2003. He designed and directed Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie in 2005 and Casper's Scare School in 2006. He co-created (and designed and directed) CJ the DJ with Stu Connolly, a 52 x 11 mins children's TV series shown on ABC 3 in 2009. Mark has also designed and directed music videos including Everyone Seems to be Out to Get You selected for Annecy Animation Festival and Tickle shown at Pictoplasma Berlin 2013.