Dane Boe

Dane Willard Boedigheimer (born: ), known professionally as Dane Boe or daneboe, is an American Internet personality, voice actor, writer, and animator. They are known for creating the web series The Annoying Orange and the spin-off television series The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange; they provide the voice of the title character in both productions. 
Boedigheimer began making videos with their 8mm camcorder as a teenager. Boedigheimer was a speech communications major at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and became a production assistant for MTV's Pimp My Ride three years after earning their degree. They later founded the company Gagfilms in 2005.
The talking food videos Boedigheimer had previously done for JibJab inspired and prepared them to create the first original Annoying Orange video. Due to the success of the video, they began creating more, and ultimately became an online YouTube franchise. The success of the Annoying Orange series has been parlayed into a spin-off television series, a video game, a range of toys, a clothing line, and costumes. 
==Personal life==
Boedigheimer was born on September 28, 1978 in Minnesota to Peter (1953-2008) and Julie Boedigheimer. Their father was a roofer. Boedigheimer has a younger brother, Lucas. They were raised in Harwood, North Dakota, where they frequently made home videos as a teen, since they began using their parents' 8mm video camera that they got for Christmas at the age of 12.
This would later inspire them to work as a camera operator for local TV stations.
The first movie they ever did was a joint effort with their little brother called "Pugzilla." The movie featured a toy barnyard set and some Matchbox cars which would be damaged by the brother's dog, Pugsly. Boedigheimer attended West Fargo High School where they graduated in 1997. 
Boedigheimer married Theresa Barket, a frequent collaborator in their videos, in 2012. They live in Sierra Madre, California.
Boedigheimer came out as non-binary in 2022, and currently uses they/she pronouns. On December 22, 2023, in an interview by Smosh co-founders Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla (as part of their series, Flashback with Smosh), Boedigheimer came out as transgenderAnnoying Orange Creator Breaks Down Controversies - YouTube, which was accompanied by an official announcement on their InstagramInstagram. Before coming out as transgender, they also used he/him pronouns. On May 8th, 2024, they came out as polysexual on Instagram commentInstagram.
==Trivia==
*The original Annoying Orange video is their most popular video on their eponymous channel, with over 250 million views as of August 2023.
*They are colorblind which has interfered with color correcting in videos.
== Gallery==
File:Dane Boedigheimer (7483766156).jpg|Dane's appearance pre. 2023.
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