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Mark Gravas
Born (1966-09-29) 29 September 1966 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationsDirector, writer, animator
Years active1987–present
Known forYakkity Yak
CJ the DJ
SpouseSandra Walters

Mark Gravas (born 29 September 1966) is an Australian animator, director and producer. He is the creator and co-director of Yakkity Yak, an Australian-Canadian co-production. Gravas co-owns Sydney based media production company Kapow Pictures[1] with his partner Sandra Walters.[2][3]

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.[4] Gravas also co-owns the creative company Kapow Pictures, based in Sydney, Australia.[5]

Life and career

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Gravas has lived in Sydney 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.[6] 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[7] and also worked with Bradley Trevor Grieve BTG on Agent Green.[8] He went on to create and direct the short film Show and Tell[9] in 2001 which won an AACTA Award for best animated short in 2002. Gravas created, designed and directed Yakkity Yak, a children's television series for MTV Networks International[10] in 2003. He designed and directed Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie[11] in 2005 and Casper's Scare School[12] in 2006. He co-created, designed and directed CJ the DJ[13] with Stu Connolly, a children's television series shown on ABC 3[14] in 2009. Gravas has also designed and directed music videos including "Everyone Seems to be Out to Get You"[15] selected for Annecy Animation Festival[16] and Tickle[17] shown at Pictoplasma Berlin 2013.

References

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  1. ↑ "Kapowpictures Animation". Kapowpictures1. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Financing Hits". BLAIR PETERS ANIMATION. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Kapow & Studio B Yak Up Series at MIP-TV". Animation World Network. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Ball, Ryan (21 October 2006). "School in Session for Casper". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Distance no barrier to making characters heard". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 June 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "About Randwick College | Sydney TAFE". sydneytafe.edu.au. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Ego from Mars, Kapow Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, retrieved 5 January 2026
  8. ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). painteddogconservation.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2026. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  9. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Show and Tell – via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "Top 25 Greatest Nickelodean TV Shows". IMDb.
  11. ↑ Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie, Classic Media Productions, Classic Media, 17 September 2005, retrieved 5 January 2026
  12. ↑ "Casper's Scare School". IMDb. 20 October 2006.
  13. ↑ "Australian Television: CJ the DJ". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "ABC3 - TV Program - CJ the DJ". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009.
  15. ↑ "404". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  16. ↑ "Annecy 2012, International Animation Film Festival". Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 2012
  17. ↑ "Animation | Characters in Rhythm | Pictoplasma | Berlin 2013". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
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