Writing
Matt Groening
EN, PT, RU, FR cinema · 67 credits
Born
15 February 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also known as 매트 그로닝 · مت گرونینگ
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.
Known for
Filmography
The New Simpsons Movie
Producer, Original Series Creator
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Executive Producer
Yellow Mirror
Executive Producer
Simpsley
Executive Producer
The Residents - A Documentary
as Matt Groening
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Executive Producer
Steamlyannaya Hamonika
Original Series Creator
When Billie Met Lisa
Producer
Welcome to the Club
Producer
Worker and Parasite: Nap at Work
Original Concept
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Aldo Leopold (voice)
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
Writer, Producer
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Creator of 'The Simpsons'
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Writer, Producer
The Adventures of Delivery-Boy Man
Executive Producer
20 years of Simpsons
as Self - Simpsons Creator
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
Futurama: Bender's Game
Original Series Creator, Executive Producer
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
The Simpsons Movie
Producer, Screenplay
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
Tales of the Rat Fink
as Finkster (voice)
Hair High
as Will (voice)
Comic Book: The Movie
as Matt Groening
The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer
as Self, Executive Producer
Olive, the Other Reindeer
as Arturo (voice), Executive Producer
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
Scenario Writer
An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
1994
An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa
as Self (archive footage)
Drugs: Killers or Dillers?
Actor, Editor, Director
The Story
as Himself