Butch Hartman

Butch Hartman
Hartman in 2013
Born
Elmer Earl Hartman IV

(1965-01-10) January 10, 1965 (age 59)
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations
  • Animator
  • illustrator
  • writer
  • producer
  • director
  • actor
Years active1984–present
Known forThe Fairly OddParents
Danny Phantom
T.U.F.F. Puppy
Bunsen Is a Beast
Spouse
Julieann Hartman
(m. 1992)
Children2

Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, illustrator, writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for creating the animated television series The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast for Nickelodeon. He founded the company, Billionfold Inc. in 2003, to produce the shows. Hartman was an executive producer on The Fairly OddParents for the entirety of its 16-year run.

In February 2018, Hartman announced his departure from Nickelodeon after almost 20 years;[1] this resulted in the end of production on Bunsen Is a Beast after one season.[2] In 2021, he returned to the studio to produce The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, a live-action Fairly OddParents reboot which premiered on Paramount+ the following year and aired for one season. In 2023, his first non-secular animated program, The Garden, premiered on the Christian streaming service Pure Flix.

  1. ^ Hartman, Butch (February 9, 2018). "Why I Left Nickelodeon". Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2018 – via SoundCloud.
  2. ^ Hartman, Butch (February 8, 2018). "Why I Left Nickelodeon". Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018 – via YouTube.

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