Natasha Kline

Born Sep 5, 1986 · West Covina, California, USA

Natasha Kline (born September 5, 1986) is an American cartoonist, storyboard artist, and animation producer. She is the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the animated television series Primos. She is also known for her work on Big City Greens, South Park, The Lego Ninjago Movie, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, and Too Loud. Kline was born in West Covina, Los Angeles. She spent summers with her multicultural, and extended, Mexican-American family. She later told Variety that, at age 3, she was inspired by the animated video for Tom Petty's "Runnin’ Down a Dream" to become an animator. Kline made her first animated film in high school with a camcorder using VHS tapes, later describing it was "the most horrible way to animate...but it was a film." In March 2023, Klein said that she watched shows on MTV and Nickelodeon as a kid, such as Hey Arnold!, Rugrats, Æon Flux, Looney Tunes, and musical features by Disney Corporation. Kline attended Cal State Fullerton, where she studied illustration. She later got a degree in animation at the California Institute of the Arts.