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Revision as of 16:00, April 16, 2023

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Matt Groening (character).
Matt Groening
Matt Groening.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Creator, developer, executive producer, writer, character designer, creative consultant
Birth date: February 15, 1954 (1954-02-15) (age 70)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 765
Number of comic stories: 235
Seasons active: Shorts season 1 - Present
First short: "Good Night"
Most recent short: Feliz Navidad
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day"
First comic: It's in the Cards
Most recent comic: Margemary's Baby
Song: "Do the Bartman"
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell and television series' The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends, The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem, The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, The Simpsons: America's First Family, and The Simpsons: A Culture Show. He also appeared in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.[1]

Groening has voiced himself on a few occasions, "My Big Fat Geek Wedding", The Simpsons Game and "Homer the Whopper". He also voiced a soccer announcer in "Holidays of Future Passed".[2]

Awards

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[3] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[4] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Nominated
1991[5] "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Won
1992[6] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1995[7] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[8] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[9] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[10] "Trash of the Titans"
1999[11] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated
2000[12] "Behind the Laughter" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2001[13] "HOMЯ"
2002[14] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
2003[15] "Three Gays of the Condo" Won
2004[16] "The Way We Weren't" Nominated
2005[17] "Future-Drama"
2006[18] "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Won
2007[19] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Nominated
2008[20] "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Won
2009[21] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2010[22] "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
2011[23] "Angry Dad: The Movie"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2012[24] "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013[25] "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
2015[26] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2016[27] "Halloween of Horror"
2017[28] "The Town"
2018[29] "Gone Boy"
2019[30] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[31] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[32] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[33] "Pixelated and Afraid"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program 2017[34] Planet of the Couches Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[35] The Force Awakens from Its Nap
2022[36] When Billie Met Lisa

Credits

Written by

Screenplay by

Created by

Developed by

Executive producer

Character design

Creative consultant

Produced by

Producer

Characters created by

Creative consultant

Very special thanks to

Comics

Note: Each Simpsons Comics story features a credit for Matt Groening, in the vain of "created by", usually a humorous pun on the comic story.
Simpsons Comics:Bartman:Itchy & Scratchy:Radioactive Man:Krusty Comics:Lisa Comics:Treehouse of Horror:

Contributing writer

Simpsons Comics: |I100S1=yes

Contributing artist

Simpsons Comics: |I100S1=yes

Writer

Publisher

For The Simpsons

Parody lyrics by

Hans Zimmer would like to thank

Thanks to

Creator

Acknowledgement

Interviewee

See also

References

  1. Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"
  2. Simpsons Music 500 "Wrapping Up 2011"
  3. The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  4. Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  5. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"
  6. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  7. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"
  8. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  9. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"
  10. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"
  11. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"
  12. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"
  13. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  14. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  15. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"
  16. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"
  17. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"
  18. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"
  19. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"
  20. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"
  21. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"
  22. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"
  23. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"
  24. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"
  25. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"
  26. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"
  27. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"
  28. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"
  29. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"
  30. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"
  31. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"
  32. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"
  33. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"
  34. Television Academy - "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program - 2017"
  35. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  36. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"


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