Matt Groening

Matthew Abram Groening ˈɡreɪnɪŋ GRAYning born February 15 1954 is an American cartoonist writer producer and animator He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons 1989present Futurama 19992003 20082013 2023present and Disenchantment 20182023 as well as the comic strip Life in Hell 19772012 The Simpsons is the longestrunning American primetime television series in history as well as the longestrunning American animated series and sitcom Born in Portland Oregon Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avantgarde magazine Wet in 1978 At its peak it was carried in 250 weekly newspapers and caught the attention of American producer James L Brooks who contacted Groening in 1985 about adapting it for animated sequences for the Fox 21st Century variety show The Tracey Ullman Show Fearing the loss of ownership rights Groening created a new set of characters the Simpson family The shorts were spun off into their own series The Simpsons which has since aired 791 episodes In 1997 Groening and former Simpsons writer David X Cohen developed Futurama an animated series about life in the year 3000 which premiered in 1999 It ran for four years on Fox was picked up in 2008 by Comedy Central for another five years and was finally picked up by Hulu for another revival in 2023 In 2016 Groening developed a new series for Netflix Disenchantment which premiered in August 2018 Groening has won 14 Primetime Emmy Awards 12 for The Simpsons and 2 for Futurama and 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 He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14 2012 Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Groening licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia