Corky Quakenbush has been making films since his 13th birthday, the day his parents bought him his first Super 8mm film camera. With the camera, the future stop-motion animator taught himself to re-create the clay animation TV programming that was popular in his youth.

“When I was about 4 or 5 years old, I first saw ‘Davy and Goliath,’” Quakenbush said, referring to the 1960s children’s program. “I was fascinated with it. I knew it was a cartoon, but I could also sense the tactile quality of this three-dimensional object.”

After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, the Hollywood, Fla., native moved west to pursue fame in films and TV in L.A.’s Hollywood. He spent much of his early career with “MADtv,” producing satirical and often violent animated shorts that parodied films such as the holiday classic “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

“My career kind of took off because of those,” he said. “I think it also opened the door for a lot more mainstream applications of adult-oriented animation. That kind of set the course for these adult-oriented, extremely violent parodies of children’s works.”

In his new role as a director at Hollywood’s Ka-chew, the commercial spot division of entertainment production company Klasky Csupo Inc., Quakenbush hopes to expand his business from films into the commercial market.

“My career has been mostly in the making of short films,” said Quakenbush, who also owns the Space Bass Films production company. “So my commercial business has been kind of secondary to all that. I wanted to expand that part of my business a little bit.”

Quakenbush attempted a partnership with Ka-chew in the late 1990s, when its parent company was best known for its children’s programming such as “Rugrats” and “The Wild Thornberrys.” The adult content that characterizes his work was not well received.

“The environment is ready for us now,” he said. “My work’s not there to be simply shocking. It’s what I hope to be a blending of the innocent and the profane.”

Quakenbush, 54, lives with his wife, Linda, in West Los Angeles, where they produce films together. In his spare time, to counter the violence in his animation, he teaches aikido, a nonviolent form of self-defense, and sculpts ceramic artwork.