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Dan Povenmire

Birth Name:
Daniel Kingsley Povenmire
Birth Place:
San Diego, California, United States
Profession
Art department, Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Animation department, Director, Producer, Music department, Assistant director
Dan Povenmire

Fast Facts

  • Honored with an Environmental Achievement Award alongside Jeff Marsh for a 1996 episode of "Rocko's Modern Life" they wrote together
  • Nominated for an Annie Award in 2005 for his work on "Family Guy"
  • After transferring from the University of South Alabama, he studied animation and film at the University of Southern California where he also contributed to the school's newspaper with a recurring comic strip
  • Quote: "[When discussing his animation hero, Chuck Jones] "Every drawing he did was beautiful to look at and had so much energy to it․""
  • After 16 years of pitching "Phineas and Ferb" to networks, he and collaborator Jeff Marsh finally struck gold with Disney who debuted the high-rated series in 2007
  • Began his career as a freelance animator at 24-years-old, eventually landing his first full-time position as a character animator on "The Simpsons"
  • As the popularity of his college comic strip grew, he was able to sell merchandise pertaining to the cartoon enough to support himself through school

Awards

  • 1995CableACE - Animated Programming Special or Series:Nominated
  • 1996EMA Award - Children's Animated Television Program:Winner
  • 2000Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less):Nominated
  • 2006Annie - Best Directing in an Animated Television Production:Nominated
  • 2006Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour):Nominated
  • 2008BAFTA Children's Award - Best International:Nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics:Nominated
  • 2008Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:Nominated
  • 2009Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class - Short-Format Animated Programs:Nominated
  • 2010Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation:Nominated
  • 2010Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in Animation:Winner
  • 2012BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award - Best Male Vocal Performance in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short:Winner
  • 2012BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short:Winner
  • 2012BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short:Nominated
  • 2012BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award - Best Male Vocal Performance in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short:Nominated
  • 2012OFTA Television Award - Best Voice-Over Performance:Nominated
  • 2012Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Voice-Over Performance:Nominated
  • 2012Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2013BTVA Television Voice Acting Award - Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role - Comedy/Musical:Nominated
  • 2013PGA Award - Outstanding Children's Program:Nominated
  • 2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2015Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2016Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2017Annie - Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production:Nominated
  • 2017Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2017Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2020Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Special Class Animated Program:Nominated
  • 2021Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Animated Program:Winner
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