Matthew Abram Groening\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0261re\u026an\u026a\u014b\/\u00a0GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0(1989\u2013present),\u00a0Futurama\u00a0(1999\u20132003, 2008\u20132013, 2023\u2013present),\u00a0and\u00a0Disenchantment\u00a0(2018\u20132023), as well as the comic strip\u00a0Life in Hell\u00a0(1977\u20132012).\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0is the\u00a0longest-running American primetime television series in history, as well as the\u00a0longest-running American animated series and sitcom.<\/p>\n
Born in Portland, Oregon, Groening made his first professional cartoon sale, of\u00a0Life in Hell, to the avant-garde magazine\u00a0Wet\u00a0in 1978. At its peak, it was carried in 250 weekly newspapers and caught the attention of American producer\u00a0James L. Brooks, who contacted Groening in 1985 about adapting it for animated sequences for the\u00a0Fox 21st Century\u00a0variety show\u00a0The Tracey Ullman Show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening created a new set of characters, the\u00a0Simpson family. The shorts were spun off into their own series,\u00a0The Simpsons, which has since aired\u00a0791 episodes.<\/p>\n
In 1997, Groening and former\u00a0Simpsons\u00a0writer\u00a0David X. Cohen\u00a0developed\u00a0Futurama, 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\u00a0Comedy Central\u00a0for another five years, and was finally picked up by\u00a0Hulu\u00a0for another revival in 2023. In 2016, Groening developed a new series for\u00a0Netflix,\u00a0Disenchantment, which premiered in August 2018.<\/p>\n
Groening has won 14\u00a0Primetime Emmy Awards, 12 for\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0and 2 for\u00a0Futurama,\u00a0and a\u00a0British Comedy Award\u00a0for “outstanding contribution to comedy” in 2004. In 2002, he won the\u00a0National Cartoonist Society\u00a0Reuben Award\u00a0for his work on\u00a0Life in Hell. He received a star on the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame\u00a0on February 14, 2012.<\/p>\n
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Matthew Abram Groening\u00a0(\/\u02c8\u0261re\u026an\u026a\u014b\/\u00a0GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0(1989\u2013present),\u00a0Futurama\u00a0(1999\u20132003, 2008\u20132013, 2023\u2013present),\u00a0and\u00a0Disenchantment\u00a0(2018\u20132023), as well as the comic strip\u00a0Life in Hell\u00a0(1977\u20132012).\u00a0The Simpsons\u00a0is the\u00a0longest-running American primetime television series in history, as well as the\u00a0longest-running American animated series and sitcom. Born […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-48111","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n