LAUREN FAUST is an Emmy and Annie Award–winning animation artist, writer, and director.
She is best known as the creator and executive producer of Hasbro’s My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, a series that defied conventions in girls’ entertainment.
Her insistence that “for girls” does not have to mean “lame” or “boring” earned the show an unexpected audience of all ages and genders across the world.
She later created and produced the 2019 reboot of DC Super Hero Girls, reimagining the adventures of DC’s most iconic female heroes through a modern teenage lens.
Throughout her career, Faust has contributed to a number of influential animated projects, most notably The Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, and the critically acclaimed film The Iron Giant.
She also teaches at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, where she mentors the next generation of animators.