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.
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Filmography
all 71
Movies 56
self 35
TV Shows 15
Writer 13
Producer 12
Voice 2
Director 2
Maggie Simpson in Rogue Not Quite One (2023)
The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in Feliz Navidad (2022)
Welcome to the Club (2022)
The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa (2022)
Worker and Parasite: Nap at Work (2022)
The Simpsons in Plusaversary (2021)
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! (2021)
The Simpsons: The Good, the Bart, and the Loki (2021)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021)
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap" (2021)
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny" (2020)
Disenchantment (2018)
Planet of the Couches (2016)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!! (2015)
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015)
Sex and Broadcasting (2014)
I Know That Voice (2014)
Da Suisa (2013)
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013)
The One and Only June Foray (2013)
Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" (2012)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)
Portlandia (2011)
The Adventures of Delivery-Boy Man (2010)
Futurama': Welcome to the World of Tomorrow (2010)
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice! (2010)
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008)
The Seventh Python (2008)
Futurama: The Lost Adventure (2008)
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore (2007)
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary (2007)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
Tales of the Rat Fink (2006)
The Simpsons - On Your Marks, Get Set, D'oh! (2004)
Hair High (2004)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (2003)
Richard & Judy (2001)
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer (2000)
The Beatles Revolution (2000)
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000)
Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz (2000)
Olive, The Other Reindeer (1999)
Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999)
Futurama (1999)
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1999)
The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (1997)
Classic Albums (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
Duckman (1994)
An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
The Rock Bottom Remainders (1992)
Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko (1991)
The Simpsons (1989)
Prisoners of Gravity (1989)
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
Drugs: Killers or Dillers? (1972)
The Salmon Street Saga (1970)
The Story (1969)
The Simpsons Movie 2
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
The Springfield Files
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GenderMale
Birthday1954-02-15 (70 years old)
Birth NameMatthew Abraham Groening
Birth PlacePortland, United States of America
Religionagnosticism
FatherHomer Groening
MotherMargaret Ruth Wiggum
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known As매트 그로닝
AwardsUmweltmedienpreis, Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Reuben Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Winsor McCay Award, Inkpot Award, Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program
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