Kyra Kupetsky

Kupetsky was raised in New York and moved to Burbank, California, after attending the School of Visual Arts in 2015.^[1]

Kupetsky is a lesbian.^[2]

Before BuzzFeed, she worked on two shorts, Forget Me Not and Thrill of the Haunt. She is also credited as an animator for five episodes of Too Loud, though it is unclear if this was before or after she joined the site's creative team.^[3]

In 2017, she began working for the BuzzFeed Animation Lab, and created series such as The Good Advice Cupcake and Late Bloomicorn. In 2020, she created Chikn Nuggit, a series of shorts distributed on YouTube and TikTok. As of June 2023, the shorts have amassed a combined total of over 1 billion views.^[4]

In 2023, a Chikn Nuggit television series was announced, being co-produced by Frederator Studios, Genius Brands, and BuzzFeed Animation Lab, a subsidiary of BuzzFeed.^[5][6]

Kupetsky creates animation that is "cute and heartwarming", inspired by drawings she created in her childhood, and in her time between university and work.^[7]