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Butch Hartman (born Elmer Earl Hartman IV on January 10, 1965), is an American animator and director. He is the creator of the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom.

Hartman was born in Highland Park, Michigan to Elmer Earl Hartman III and Carol Davis. He received the nickname "Butch" as a youth and continues to use the name professionally as an adult. Hartman spend his childhood in Roseville, Michigan and his teen years in New Baltimore, Michigan. He graduated from Anchor Bay High School in New Baltimore in 1983. He subsequently attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.

Hartman entered the animation industry in 1986, first working on the cartoon series My Little Pony and then It's Punky Brewster. In 1990 he went to DiC Entertainment, where he worked on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Captain N and Gadget Boy. Later, he became a writer, director and storyboard artist for several Cartoon Network shows, including Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, and Johnny Bravo.

His biggest success came in 1997, when he created The Fairly OddParents. It was originally a series of short subjects on the anthology show, Oh Yeah! Cartoons. In 2001, Nickelodeon picked it up as a full series. The Fairly OddParents became a huge hit, second only in the ratings to SpongeBob SquarePants. Hartman created another cartoon for Nickeldeon, Danny Phantom, in 2004. Both Danny Phantom and The Fairly Oddparents will cease production around 2006 and 2007.

Hartman is currently working on two new projects for Nickelodeon, one a live-action series and the another animated. He also served as executive producer and screenwriter of Doogal, the Americanized dub of the Franco-British animated film The Magic Roundabout
. The film was dubbed by The Weinstein Company, and was released on February 24, 2006.

His other TV work include voicing various characters on the animated series Family Guy, and playing the character Sean Masters on the short lived series Generations in 1991.

Hartman currently lives in Bell Canyon, California, with his wife, Julieann, and daughters, Carly and Sophia.

Trivia

Hartman formerly resided in Encino, California during the time Phil Hartman
was killed, approximately five miles from his house. The two are not related.

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