Butch Hartman
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Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV （born January 10, 1965） is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor.
He is best known for creating Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast.
Hartman also owns a production company, Billionfold Inc.
, which he uses primarily to produce his shows.
Hartman was an executive producer on The Fairly OddParents for the entirety of its 16-year run.
On February 8, 2018, Hartman announced in a YouTube video that he had left Nickelodeon on February 2 after having worked at the
studio since December 1997; he confirmed that this resulted in the end of production on Bunsen Is a Beast after just one season.
Hartman's latest animated program, HobbyKids Adventures, premiered on YouTube in 2019.
Hartman was born in Highland Park, Michigan.
He received the nickname Butch as a young boy and continued to use the name professionally as an adult.
Hartman spent his childhood in Roseville, Michigan and his teenage years in New Baltimore, Michigan.
He graduated from Anchor Bay High School in New Baltimore in 1983, and subsequently attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
As a young student he appeared on The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour winning close to $3,000.
While still attending CalArts, Hartman interned as an in-between animator on the Don Bluth film An American Tail.
Before graduating, he was a contestant on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour for three episodes and shortly after graduating, he was hired as a character designer and storyboard artist for an unidentified My Little Pony animated series.
As he had no previous experience w...