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Matt Groening
Portland, Oregon, USA
Matthew Abram Groening (/ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television…
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Matthew Abram Groening (/ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), and Disenchantment (2018–2023), as well as the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012). The Simpsons is the longest-running American primetime television series in history, as well as the longest-running American animated series and sitcom. Born in Portland, Oregon, Groening made his first professional cartoon sale, of Life in Hell, to the avant-garde magazine Wet in 1978. At its peak, it was carried in 250 weekly newspapers and caught the attention of American producer James L. Brooks, who contacted Groening in 1985 about adapting it for animated sequences for the Fox 21st Century variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening created a new set of characters, the Simpson family. The shorts were spun off into their own series, The Simpsons, which has since aired 791 episodes. In 1997, Groening and former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen developed Futurama, 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 Comedy Central for another five years, and was finally picked up by Hulu for another revival in 2023. In 2016, Groening developed a new series for Netflix, Disenchantment, which premiered in August 2018. Groening has won 14 Primetime Emmy Awards, 12 for The Simpsons and 2 for Futurama, and a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14, 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Groening, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2027
The New Simpsons Movie
Movie Producer
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2026
The X Protocol
TV show Animation
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2026
Yellow Mirror
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
The MAD World of Harvey Kurtzman
Movie Himself
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2026
Simpsley
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Fortnite x The Simpsons
TV show Characters
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2025
The Simpson: Yellow Planet
Movie Creator
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2024
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Movie Producer
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2024
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Movie Producer
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2024
May the 12th Be with You
Movie Producer
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2024
The Residents - A Documentary
Movie Matt Groening
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2023
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
Movie Producer
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2023
Steamlyannaya Hamonika
Movie Original Series Creator
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2022
Welcome to the Club
Movie Producer
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2022
It Came From Aquarius Records
Movie Self
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2022
When Billie Met Lisa
Movie Producer
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2022
Worker and Parasite: Nap at Work
Movie Original Concept
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2021
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
Movie Producer
- 2021
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2021
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
Movie Producer
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2021
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
Movie Producer
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2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie Aldo Leopold (voice)
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2021
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"
Movie Producer
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2020
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
Movie Writer
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2018
Disenchantment
TV show Executive Producer
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2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Movie Self - Creator of 'The Simpsons'
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2015
I Thought I Told You To Shut Up!!
Movie Himself
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2015
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents
Movie Himself
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2014
Sex and Broadcasting
Movie Self
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2014
I Know That Voice
Movie Self
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2013
Da Suisa
TV show (Archivo)
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2013
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
TV show Self - Creator: The Simpsons
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2013
The One and Only June Foray
Movie Self
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2012
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Movie Self
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2012
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Movie Writer
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2011
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Movie Self
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2011
Portlandia
TV show Matt Groening
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2010
The Adventures of Delivery-Boy Man
Movie Executive Producer
- 2010
