Matt Groening

Known for WritingBorn 1954-02-15 (age 72)Portland, Oregon, USA

Matthew Abram Groening (/ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; 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 (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), and Disenchantment (2018–2023), as well as the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012). The Simpsons is the longest-running American primetime television series in history, as well as the longest-running American animated series and sitcom. Born in Portland, Oregon, Groening made his first professional cartoon sale, of Life in Hell, to the avant-garde 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Residents - A Documentary

Steamlyannaya Hamonika

The Simpsons: America's First Family

The Rock Bottom Remainders

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Futurama

It Came From Aquarius Records

The Simpsons - On Your Marks, Get Set, D'oh!

The Adventures of Delivery-Boy Man

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko

The Simpsons

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Classic Albums

Disenchantment

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

Futurama: Bender's Big Score

Beauty Is Embarrassing

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Fortnite x The Simpsons

I Know That Voice

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

Duckman

The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

Portlandia

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

Futurama: Bender's Game

The Tracey Ullman Show

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents

Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"

Olive, the Other Reindeer

The Simpsons in Plusaversary

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us

Welcome to the Club

Futurama: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow

Hair High

The Daily Show