Lauren Faust

Lauren J. Faust (born July 25, 1974)

Faust shifted to television animation in 1999, working on The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends at Cartoon Network Studios as a storyboard artist, screenwriter, supervising producer, story supervisor. Faust created and developed 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. She developed Super Best Friends Forever for Warner Brothers, and Medusa for Sony Pictures Animation, though Sony changed the creative direction of Medusa, with Faust leaving the project. She worked with her husband Craig McCracken on Wander Over Yonder for Disney and Kid Cosmic for Netflix.

Faust worked with Warner Bros. in 2019 to develop a reboot of DC Super Hero Girls. As of 2021, she was developing an animated series for Netflix Animation, called Toil & Trouble. However, the series was cancelled by August of that year due to a change in leadership. Faust mentioned in April 2022 that she managed to retain the rights to the show, and was hoping some other network would pick it up eventually.

In 2011, Faust offered to design new characters for the fangame My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic after a cease and desist from Hasbro. The new characters became the basis for Them's Fightin' Herds, which was successfully funded on Indiegogo and was released to Early Access on Steam in 2018. The game left Early Access in 2020, when the first chapter of story mode was released. In November 2023, it was announced that after the completion and release of in-development DLC playable fighters, active development of the game would cease, including the rest of the story mode, of which the entire plot outline had already been written. Faust herself expressed disappointment at this news, wondering if perhaps a "show or a comic" could be made out of the existing story that had already been written.

Awards In 2004, Faust was nominated for an Emmy Award. In 2005, she was nominated for an Annie Award. 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 a lifelong feminist. Faust took maternity leave in mid-2016 to take care of her newborn daughter.

Filmography

Films YearTitle Role 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 Story, screenwriter, storyboard artist, character designer, character layout supervisor 2013 Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony Executive Producer, herself 2015 The Iron Giant: Signature Edition Animator 2018 #TheLateBatsby Short film;Director, writer, story, character design

Television YearTitle Role 1995 The Maxx Character layout artist 2001 Codename: Kids Next Door Walk cyclesEpisode: No P in the OOL 2001–2005 The Powerpuff Girls Storyboard artist, Story, writer, director, Supervising director 2004–2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Co-developer, Supervising producer (Seasons 3–4), writer, Story, Story supervisor, Storyboard artist, Character designer, Animation director, Story editor 2010–2011 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Creator, DeveloperSeason 1: Executive producer, writer, Character designer, Creative director, Story supervisor, Story editorSeason 2: Executive producer on "The Return of Harmony", Consulting producer 2012 Super Best Friends Forever Creator, director, writer, Storyboard artist, producer 2013–2014 Wander Over Yonder Co-developer, co-producer, Story editor, writer, director, Character designer (Season 1 only) 2019–2021 DC Super Hero Girls Creator, Developer, writer, Executive Producer 2021–2022 Kid Cosmic Co-developer, Producer (Season 2–3), Story, Writer ("Kid Cosmic and the Rings of Power!", Seasons 2–3) TBA Toil & Trouble Creator, Developer, Character Designer

Video games YearTitle Role 2018/2020 Them's Fightin' Herds Narrative design director (story),character designer (main characters)