Christopher Joseph "Chris" Reccardi was an American cartoon director and storyboard artist. He was best known for his work on the Nickelodeon animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show, and storyboarded many shows, including Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Tiny Toons Adventures, and had directing duties on Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! and SpongeBob SquarePants. He was also creative director for the short-lived Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. He was also a supervising producer of Regular Show during its first season. In 2007, he co-created and developed a pilot for Nickelodeon called The Modifyers alongside Lynne Naylor, with whom he was briefly married to.
On May 2nd, 2019, Chris Reccardi died of a heart attack. His death was confirmed on a Facebook post by Ren and Stimpy colleague, William Wray.
Jobs[]
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Samurai Jack
- LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures
- Cow and Chicken
- Shark Tale
- Shrek the Third
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Dexter's Labortory
- Tiny Toons Adventures
- Chowder
- Flapjack
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Regular Show (as a Supervising Producer)
- Secret Mountain Fort Awesome
- Uncle Grandpa
Episode credits[]
| Ep # | Episode Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | ||
| 0 | Big House Blues | Bass Player |
| Season 1 | ||
| *He is credited as an layout supervisor on every episode. | ||
| 2b | Nurse Stimpy | storyboard artist |
| 3a | Space Madness | storyboard artist |
| 4a | Fire Dogs | storyboard artist |
| 5a | Marooned | art director storyboard artist |
| 6b | Stimpy's Invention | composer of "Happy Happy, Joy Joy!" |
| Season 2 | ||
| *He is credited as an layout supervisor & character designer on every episode. | ||
| 8a | Ren's Toothache | storyboard artist |
| 8b | Man's Best Friend | storyboard artist |
| 10 | Sven Höek | composer of "Sven Blues" |
| 12b | Dog Show | director storyboard artist |
| 18 | The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen | director storyboard artist |
| Season 3 | ||
| 22 | Stimpy's Cartoon Show | storyboard artist |
| 26 | Hard Times for Haggis | director writer storyboard artist background designer composer |
| Season 4 | ||
| 29 | Hermit Ren | director writer storyboard artist background designer composer |
| 33b | A Hard Day's Luck | director writer storyboard artist |
| 34b | Powdered Toast Man vs. Waffle Woman | director writer |
| 40b | Ren Needs Help! | storyboard artist |
| Season 5 | ||
| 43b | Feud For Sale | storyboard artist |
| 45b | Ren's Brain | director storyboard artist composer |