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 daniel kingsley povenmire director actor , writer , producer , musician , voice university of south alabama ; university of southern california
dan povenmire

daniel kingsley `` dan '' povenmire -lrb- ; born september 18 , 1963 -rrb- is an american television director , writer , producer , storyboard artist , and actor associated with several animated television series , best known as the co-creator of the disney animated series `` phineas and ferb '' in which he also voices the show 's villain , heinz doofenshmirtz .
povenmire grew up in mobile , alabama , where he was a talented art student who spent summers outdoors and making movies .
povenmire attended the university of south alabama before deciding to pursue a film career and transferring to the university of southern california school of cinematic arts .
povenmire has been a long-time contributor to the animation business , working on several different animated television series such as `` hey arnold ! ''
, `` the simpsons '' , `` rocko 's modern life '' and `` spongebob squarepants '' .
he was a longtime director on the prime time series `` family guy , '' where he was nominated for an annie award in 2005 .
he left the series to create `` phineas and ferb '' with jeff `` swampy '' marsh .
povenmire has been nominated for several awards for his work on the show , including a bafta , an annie , and an emmy award .
