Butch Hartman Biography (1965?-)

Original name, Elmer Hartman; born c. 1965, in Highland Park, MI; son of Carol Hartman; married; wife's name, Julieann; children: Carly, Sophia. Addresses: Manager: Gotham Group, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA90069.; Contact: c/o Nickelodeon, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director, producer, composer, lyricist, actor, voice performer
Birth Details: 1965?; Highland Park, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Character designer, The Tom & Jerry Kids Show (animated), Fox,1990-1993
Designer, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated,1993-1994
Storyboard artist, Johnny Bravo (animated), The Cartoon Network, 1997-
(With others) Creator, Dan Danger (animated), beginning 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Creator (with others), director (including the episode "Chin Up!"), executive producer, and storyboard artist, The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001-
Creator, director, and executive producer, Danny Phantom (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004-
(With others) Creator and executive producer, Crash Nebula (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004-
Movies
Director, Hillbilly Blue (animated short film), The Cartoon Network, 1995
Storyboard artist, Zoomates (animated short film), Nickelodeon, 1998
Creator, director, and executive producer, The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastropher (animated; also known as Abra-Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie), Nickelodeon, 2003
Specials
(With Keith Alcorn) Director, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Nickelodeon, 2004
Television Director
Episodic
"Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c.1992
"Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons,The Cartoon Network, 1995
"Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997
"Terry & Chris" (animated), Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, 1999
"Dan Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
"A Date with Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on OhYeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
"100% Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Some episodes of The Fairly OddParents series were also broadcastas episodes of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, between 1998 and 2001;also director of episodes of the animated series Cow and Chicken and Johnny Bravo, both The Cartoon Network.
Television Work
Other; Episodic
Creator, "Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c. 1992
Creator, "Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995
Creator, "Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997
Producer, "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Sound mixer, "Totally Spaced Out/The Switch Glitch," The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Television Appearances

Series
Sean Masters, Generations, NBC, 1990-1991
Voices of Mr. Jonathan Weed and others, Family Guy (animated), Fox, between 1999 and 2001
Various voice characterizations, The Fairly OddParents (animated),Nickelodeon, 2001-
Movies
Narrator and voice of Bippy, The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastropher (animated; also known as Abra-Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie), Nickelodeon, 2003
Episodic
Robert Jordan, "Michaelgate," Growing Pains, ABC, 1987
Rod Grossman, "Close Encounters," Just the Ten of Us, ABC, 1988
Voice of Chip, "Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995
Voice of Chip, "Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), WorldPremiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997
Voice, "Brian: Portrait of a Dog," Family Guy (animated), Fox, 1999
Voices of Mark Stevens and first townie, "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Judge, Pet Star, Animal Planet, 2003
Male customer, "Floral Patton/Orphan Substitute," Time Squad, 2003
Appeared as a man in the background, Al TV, CBS; also appeared inan episode of Family Ties, NBC.
Other
Narrator, Heavyweights and Heavyweights 2; appeared in thespecial Nicksclusive: The Making of the Fairly OddParents (also knownas The Making of the Fairly OddParents), Nickelodeon.
Film Work
Assistant animator, An American Tail (animated), Universal, 1986
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Series
(With others; and composer of theme music) The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001-
(With others) Danny Phantom (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004-
Movies
Hillbilly Blue (animated short film), The Cartoon Network, 1995
Zoomates (animated short film), Nickelodeon, 1998
(With others) The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastropher (animated;also known as Abra-Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie), Nickelodeon, 2003
Specials
Nickelodeon Magazine's 10th Birthday Party, Nickelodeon, 2003
(With Steve Marmel and Gene Grillo) The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Nickelodeon, 2004
Episodic
"Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c.1992
"Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons,The Cartoon Network, 1995
Dexter's Laboratory, The Cartoon Network, multiple episodes, 1996-1997
"Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997
(With Ralph Grairl) "Ripto," The Brothers Flub, 1998
"Dan Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
"A Date with Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on OhYeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
(With Steve Marmel) "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
(With Steve Marmel) "100% Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001
Writer of episodes of the animated series Cow and Chicken and Johnny Bravo, both The Cartoon Network.
Episodic; Lyrics for Songs; with Steve Marmel
"I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas," in "Christmas Every Day," The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001
"It's Great to Be a Guy" and "What Girls Love," in "Love Struck!," TheFairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2003
Graphic Novels
Fairly Odd Parents (graphic novel), two volumes, TokyoPop, 2004
Contributor to books, including The Fairly OddParents: Heroes and Monsters, edited by Elizabeth Hurchalla, TokyoPop, 2004. Author of the pamphlet "How to Draw the Fairly Odd Parents," Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Detroit Free Press, April 30, 2003

Electronic

Butch Hartman Official Site, http://www.butchhartman.com, April 7,2004

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