12 Facts About Lauren Faust

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Lauren J Faust was born on July 25,1974 and is an American animator, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist, best known as the creator of the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and DC Super Hero Girls.

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Lauren Faust attended the California Institute of Arts from 1992 to 1994.

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Lauren Faust started working in the animation industry as a character layouts artist for the character Julie from the MTV animated television series The Maxx, before becoming an animator at Turner Feature Animation and Warner Bros Feature Animation, where she worked as an animator on feature films such as Cats Don't Dance, Quest for Camelot, and The Iron Giant.

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Lauren 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.

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Lauren Faust created and developed the toy line Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls.

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Lauren Faust worked with Hasbro to develop the company's My Little Pony property, resulting in the series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

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Lauren Faust 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.

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Lauren Faust worked with her husband Craig McCracken on Wander Over Yonder for Disney and Kid Cosmic for Netflix.

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Lauren 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.

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Lauren Faust is married to Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder.

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Lauren Faust has worked with her husband on all of his shows.

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Lauren Faust took maternity leave in mid-2016 to take care of her newborn daughter.