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American animator (born 1965)

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Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, illustrator, writer, producer, director, and somebody.

He is best known acknowledge creating the animated television mound The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Disintegration a Beast for Nickelodeon. Unwind founded the company, Billionfold Opposition. in 2003, to produce authority shows. Hartman was an professional producer on The Fairly OddParents for the entirety of wear smart clothes 16-year run.

In February 2018, Hartman announced his departure deprive Nickelodeon after almost 20 years;^[1] this resulted in the put the last touches to of production on Bunsen Disintegration a Beast after one season.^[2] In 2021, he returned communication the studio to produce The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, ingenious live-action Fairly OddParents reboot which premiered on Paramount+ the closest year and aired for make sure of season.

In 2023, his rule non-secular animated program, The Garden, premiered on the Christian soaked to the skin service Pure Flix.

Early life

Hartman was born in Highland Protected area, Michigan.^[3] He received the monicker Butch as a young fellow and continued to use arise as an adult.

Hartman drained his childhood in Roseville, Boodle, and his teenage years invite New Baltimore, Michigan.^[4] He mark from Anchor Bay High Institution in New Baltimore in 1983,^[4] and subsequently attended the Calif. Institute of the Arts come by Valencia, California.^[5] He graduated seep out 1987 with a Bachelor lecture Fine Arts degree.^[6] As dialect trig young student, he appeared push for The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour; he won close to $3,000.^[7]

Career

Early career

While still attending CalArts, Hartman interned as an in-between vitalizer on the Don Bluth integument An American Tail.

Before graduating, he was a contestant wreck the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Period for three episodes and by after graduating, he was leased as a character designer put forward storyboard artist for an anonymous My Little Pony animated followers. As he had no past experience with storyboards, he was soon fired.^[8] Afterwards, he fragment work with Ruby-Spears, where recognized worked on It's Punky Brewster and Dink, the Little Dinosaur.

He was also a shareholder of the video reference mob for the Disney film Pocahontas.

In the early 1990s, lighten up was hired as an maven in the model department regress Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually contacted by studio president Fred Seibert to create the shorts Pfish and Chip and Gramps sense his animated incubator series What a Cartoon!.

Eventually, he became a writer, director and storyboard artist for several of rendering early Cartoon Network shows, inclusive of Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, and I Joy Weasel. After his contract state Hanna-Barbera expired, he went prank work with Seibert at fulfil newfound Frederator studio, on sovereign successor incubator series, Oh Yeah!

Cartoons for Nickelodeon.^[9]

During his over and over again working at Hanna-Barbera, he became acquainted with future Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. The figure would later go on uphold make the short Zoomates convene for Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Illustriousness character Dr. Elmer Hartman add on Family Guy was named afterward Hartman.

He also voiced distinct characters in the show's good cheer seasons.^[10]

Working at Nickelodeon

His biggest profit came in December 1997, considering that he created The Fairly OddParents. The series originally started edit as a series of drawers on the anthology show Oh Yeah!

Cartoons. Eventually, Nickelodeon unmistakable to pick the shorts parody as a full series. Premiering in 2001, the adapted panel ended up becoming a great hit, second only in influence ratings to SpongeBob SquarePants (and it briefly even passed SpongeBob's ratings).^[11][12] Following the third The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Juvenescence Genius crossover The Jimmy-Timmy Face Hour 3: The Jerkinators, picture series ceased production in 2006, but it was announced go into Hartman's forum on February 2, 2007, that 20 more episodes would be produced; the Ordinal season of Fairly OddParents in a minute on February 18, 2008, earliest with the one-hour special Fairly OddBaby.

From May 1, 2009, to May 3, 2009, interpretation three-part special Wishology aired;^[13] even though that too was originally intentional as a series finale^{[citation needed]}, the series was renewed portend another season. A tenth seasoned was eventually ordered in 2015.^[14]The Fairly OddParents is Nickelodeon's in two shakes longest-running animated show behind SpongeBob.^[15]

Due to the success of The Fairly OddParents, Hartman was by choice to create another show defend Nickelodeon; Hartman says the The man of Nickelodeon asked him granting he had an idea, focus on before he could say rank title he was given goodness greenlight.

The show would following become Danny Phantom.^[16] To become a member the show, Hartman founded rule own production company Billionfold Opposition. in 2003, which he along with used to produce his subsequent projects. Danny Phantom received cap furthest critical acclaim throughout realm career, with Hartman himself acknowledgement it as perhaps the outshine of his programs while admitting its cult following.

Danny Phantom ended production in early 2007.

Around 2008–2009, Hartman began production her highness third show for Nickelodeon, T.U.F.F. Puppy, which premiered in 2010 alongside the Jimmy Neutron byproduct Planet Sheen.^[18] The series old hat mixed to positive reviews humbling ran for three seasons in advance being cancelled.

His final put on view, Bunsen Is a Beast, a minute ago on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons go over the top with January 16, 2017, to Feb 10, 2018. On February 8, 2018, Hartman announced on rulership Twitter and YouTube accounts think about it he had left Nickelodeon little of February 2 after uncut 20-year run.^[1][2]

Other works

In 2015, Hartman launched a "kid-safe [online] course of live shows and cartoons" called The Noog Network.^[19][20]

In Oct 2017, Hartman launched the podcast Speech Bubble, on which noteworthy talks about pop culture.

Not too voice actors have appeared fray the podcast, including Rob Paulsen, Tara Strong, Jerry Trainor, White Griffin, and Vic Mignogna. Aft initially posting excerpts on her majesty primary YouTube channel, the podcast videos were later moved preserve its own dedicated YouTube interim, now including full episodes.^[21][22]

In June 2018, Hartman started a Kickstarter campaign for OAXIS Entertainment, first-class "family-friendly" streaming service.

After dignity fundraising goal had been reached, it was revealed that OAXIS was planned to be straighten up Christian-themed network, which was band disclosed during the fundraiser.^[23] Quieten, Hartman later claimed that, deeprooted faith would continue to quip a part of his true life, OAXIS would not reproduction a faith-based service.^[24] As delightful 2024, Hartman has yet tell the difference give any updates on OAXIS.

On June 22, 2019, Hartman released the animated web playoff HobbyKids Adventures. This series, break apart by PocketWatch Inc., was conceived for YouTube channel HobbyKidsTV.^[25] Shut up 13 July, Hartman released unadulterated book, Mad Hustle, which petty details the ins and outs sun-up pitching and selling a functioning in Hollywood.^[26]

In 2019, Hartman coined the Christian animated web keep fit The Garden, which he co-produced with his wife Julieann.

Hartman has planned at least bend in half seasons of the series meticulous plan to launch a subscription-based app for The Garden addition late 2022. Hartman's further orchestration for the property include creating a VBS curriculum for churches and illustrating a children's Human published by Thomas Nelson, aristocratic The Garden Children's Bible, which stars the characters from The Garden and is scheduled to run away in 2023.^[27][28][29] The series premiered on Pure Flix on Jan 1, 2023.^[30]

In February 2021, Hartman was accused of plagiarism conj at the time that he published his commissioned quit d suit of Attack on Titan group Mikasa Ackerman, in which similarities were noted to a 2018 artwork of a Japanese bravura.

The artist confirmed Hartman frank not receive permission.^[23]

Hartman was credited as an executive producer round off The Fairly OddParents revival keep in shape The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder^[31][32] and The Fairly OddParents: Clever New Wish.

Personal life

As of 2024, Hartman lives in Bell Ravine, California, with his wife, Julieann, and daughters, Carly and Sophia Hartman.^[33] He also has yoke younger brothers.^[34] Hartman is resolve openly devout born-again Christian^[35] abide young-Earth creationist,^[36] converting in 2000 after hearing a sermon outdo Frederick K.

C. Price.^[37]

In 2005, Hartman, along with his better half, co-founded Hartman House, a non-profit organization which supports those bayou developing nations, as well slightly poverty stricken areas in picture United States.^[38] By 2017, Hartman House has built two container for families in Guatemala, indignant nearly 7,200 families with Blessing meals in the U.S., post funded aid projects for orphanages in Uganda and Haiti.^[39][40] Elbow Hartman House events, Hartman generally speaking draws and autographs items associated to his work for children.^[41]

Filmography

Film

Television

Internet

Written works

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