Scott Christian Sava (born December 4, 1968) is an American animator, illustrator, director, and producer. Sava was born in

Yonkers, New York Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and the most-populous City (New York), city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. A centrally locate ...

, and now lives in

Franklin, Tennessee Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020 Uni ...

, with his family.

Education

Scott Christian Sava attended the

Academy of Art University The Academy of Art University (AAU, or ART U), formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. ...

in San Francisco, California during the 1980s where he studied to become a painter.

Career

Sava is known for his graphic novel comic and animated film, ''

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'' that appeared on

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. Sava illustrated Marvel's ''Spider-Man: Quality of Life'' comics and worked to design covers for Star Trek. Sava also wrote and illustrated '' The Dreamland Chronicles'' comics for his two sons. Sava also wrote the books ''Hyperactive'' and ''Cameron and His Dinosaurs''. His YouTube channel has over two million subscribers.

''Animal Crackers''

'' was directed by Sava and Tony Bancroft. ''Animal Crackers'' aired on

on July 24, 2020 starring

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as Owen Huntington, and

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as Zoe Huntington,

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as Horatio Huntington, as well as

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as Chesterfield, and

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as Bulletman.

Personal life

Sava was diagnosed with

autism Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing d ...

at the age of 53.

References

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