Chris Tsirgiotis
{{short description|American animator}}
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Chris Tsirgiotis is an American animator, most known for his background art pieces. He has won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement: once in 2012 for his work on Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, and one in 2015 for his work on Tome of the Unknown (the pilot episode to the critically lauded animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall).{{cite web|title=Chris Tsirgiotis|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/chris-tsirgiotis|website=Emmys.com|accessdate=September 19, 2015}}
Accolades
Tsirgiotis received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation in 2012, 2015, and 2016; Tsirgiotis also won an Emmy of the same name at the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Awards ceremony held in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Chris Tsirgiotis {{!}} Awards & Nominations |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/chris-tsirgiotis |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=Emmys.com}}{{cite web |last1=Tinoco |first1=Armando |title=Children's & Family Emmys Complete Winners List: 'Heartstopper' Leads & 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Gets Recognition After Cancellation |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/2022-childrens-family-emmys-winners-list-1235195781/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=December 15, 2022 |date=December 11, 2022}}
Filmography
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! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1997-99
| Jumanji | Background designer (22 episodes) | |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1999–2000
| Dilbert | Background design supervisor (29 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2001–03
| Background designer (23 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2002
| Layout design supervisor | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2003–04
| He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Layout designer (13 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2004–05
| Background designer (4 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2004
| Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | Background key design | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2006–07
| Background designer (12 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2007
| Project Gilroy | Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2008
| The Powerpuff Girls Rule | !
| Background designer |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2008, 2011
| Additional layout designer (4 episodes), layout designer (1 episode) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2008–10
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Background designer (45 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2010–13
| Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Background designer (32 episodes), background supervisor (4 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2011–15
| Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz | Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2011
| Secret Mountain Fort Awesome | Background designer (5 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2012
| Background designer (5 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| Background designer (1 episode), clean-up artist (1 episode) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| My Science Fiction Project | Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| Background designer (Pilot only) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2013–15
| Background designer (9 episodes), location designer (3 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2013
| Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2014, 2015
| Background designer (Pilot & mini-series) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2014–15
| Location designer (4 episodes) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2014
| Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| Location designer (1 episode) | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2015
| Ridin' with Burgess | Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2016
| Lazybones | Background layout designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| The Fancies | Background designer | |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| Tiggle Winks | Background designer |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2493287}}
- {{tumblr|christsirgiotis}}
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Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Pratt Institute alumni