Animation veteran Maureen Karen Mlynarczyk passed away at the age of 47 after a two-year battle with colon cancer. The animation timer received an Emmy in 2017 for her work on Adventure Time with Finn & Jake and also received five Emmy nominations for her contributions to Adventure Time, Steven Universe, The Cleveland Show and Camp Lazlo.
Born on August 24, 1972 in Washington D.C, Mlynarczyk and received her MFA in film and television from UCLA. She started her career in 1998 at Film Roman, where she worked on two short-lived shows, Mission Hill and The Oblongs, for the now-defunct network The WB.
Her feature credits include features, The Simpsons Movie (Rough Draft Studios) and Rugrats Go Wild (Klasky Csupo) alongwith TV shows such as Recess, Rugrats, Fillmore, What’s New Scooby-Doo?, American Dragon: Jake Long, Camp Lazlo, Family Guy and Veggie Tales.
She also lent her sheet timing and animation timing talents to a wide variety of animated shows including Futurama, Drawn Together, American Dad!, Adventure Time, Clarence, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Steven Universe, Big Mouth, Craig of the Creek, Disenchantment and Victor & Valentino.
Mlynarczyk is survived by her devoted partner (Andrew Dubel), her parents (Peter and Catherine Mlynarczyk), and her sisters and brothers-in-laws, (Karen and John Vagelatos, Elizabeth and Christoper Salinger).
