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Aliases: 매트 그로닝

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Portland, Oregon, USA

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Movie Involvements: 47

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

Biography

Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. Life in Hell caught the attention of James L. Brooks. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, The Simpsons, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: The Simpsons, which has since aired over 480 episodes. In 1997, Groening, along with former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen, developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox in 2003, but Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes from four direct-to-DVD movies in 2008. Then, in June 2009, Comedy Central ordered 26 new episodes of Futurama, to be aired over two seasons. Groening has won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, ten for The Simpsons and one for Futurama as well as a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Groening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Simpsons
Average
8

The Simpsons

(1989) Creator
Futurama
Average
8

Futurama

(1999) Creator
Duckman
Average
7

Duckman

(1994) Thanks
Disenchantment
Average
8

Disenchantment

(2018) Creator
The Tracey Ullman Show
Average
7

The Tracey Ullman Show

(1987) Writer
The Simpsons Movie
Average
7

The Simpsons Movie

(2007) Screenplay
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
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7
The Simpsons: The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
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7

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self
Aldo Leopold (voice)
2015 Self - Creator of 'The Simpsons'
Himself
Himself
2014 Himself
Self
2013 (Archivo)
Self - Creator: The Simpsons
Himself
2011 Self
Matt Groening
2010 Himself
2008 Self
2007 Himself
2006 Self
Finkster (voice)
2004 Will (voice)
2001 Self
2000 Self
Self
1999 Arturo (voice)
Self
Self (voice)
1997 Himself
Self
1996 Self
1994 N/A
Self (archive footage)
1993 Self - Guest
Himself
1992 Self
Self
1991 Self
1989 Matt Groening (voice)
Self
1972 N/A
1970 N/A
1969 Himself
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
2018 Creator
1999 Creator
1989 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1994 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Visual Effects

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Character Designer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1972 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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