Hartman, Butch 1965(?)–

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HARTMAN, Butch 1965(?)–

PERSONAL

Original name, Elmer Hartman; born c. 1965, in Highland Park, MI; son of Carol Hartman; married; wife's name, Julieann; children: Carly, Sophia. Education: Studied animation at California Institute of the Arts.

Addresses: Manager— Gotham Group, 9255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Contact— c/o Nickelodeon, 1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

Career: Writer, director, producer, composer, lyricist, actor, and voice performer. Frequent collaborator with Steve Marmel. Worked as a freelance animator, including work with Hanna Barbera studios; also worked as a caricaturist. Affiliated with the website ComedyNet.net.

Awards, Honors: Annie Award nomination, International Animated Film Society, outstanding individual achievement for directing in an animated television production, 2001, for "Chin Up!," The Fairly OddParents; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding music and lyrics, 2002, for "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas," in "Christmas Every Day," The Fairly OddParents; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding music and lyrics, 2003, for "It's Great to Be a Guy" and "What Girls Love," both in "Love Struck!," The Fairly OddParents; Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding music in an animated television production, 2003, for The Fairly OddParents.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Character designer, The Tom & Jerry Kids Show (animated), Fox, 1990–1993.

Designer, SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (animated), syndicated, 1993–1994.

Storyboard artist, Johnny Bravo (animated), The Cartoon Network, 1997—.

(With others) Creator, Dan Danger (animated), beginning 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Creator (with others), director (including the episode "Chin Up!"), executive producer, and storyboard artist, The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001—.

Creator, director, and executive producer, Danny Phantom (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004—.

(With others) Creator and executive producer, Crash Nebula (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004—.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, Hillbilly Blue (animated short film), The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Storyboard artist, Zoomates (animated short film), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Creator, director, and executive producer, The Fairly OddParents: Abra–Catastropher (animated; also known as Abra–Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie ), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Television Work; Specials:

(With Keith Alcorn) Director, The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Nickelodeon, 2004.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c. 1992.

"Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995.

"Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997.

"Terry & Chris" (animated), Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, 1999.

"Dan Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

"A Date with Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

"100% Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Some episodes of The Fairly OddParents series were also broadcast as episodes of Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, between 1998 and 2001; also director of episodes of the animated series Cow and Chicken and Johnny Bravo, both The Cartoon Network.

Television Work; Other; Episodic:

Creator, "Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c. 1992.

Creator, "Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Creator, "Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997.

Producer, "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Sound mixer, "Totally Spaced Out/The Switch Glitch," The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Sean Masters, Generations, NBC, 1990–1991.

Voices of Mr. Jonathan Weed and others, Family Guy (animated), Fox, between 1999 and 2001.

Various voice characterizations, The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001—.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Narrator and voice of Bippy, The Fairly OddParents: Abra–Catastropher (animated; also known as Abra–Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie ), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Robert Jordan, "Michaelgate," Growing Pains, ABC, 1987.

Rod Grossman, "Close Encounters," Just the Ten of Us, ABC, 1988.

Voice of Chip, "Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Voice of Chip, "Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997.

Voice, "Brian: Portrait of a Dog," Family Guy (animated), Fox, 1999.

Voices of Mark Stevens and first townie, "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Judge, Pet Star, Animal Planet, 2003.

Male customer, "Floral Patton/Orphan Substitute," Time Squad, 2003.

Appeared as a man in the background, Al TV, CBS; also appeared in an episode of Family Ties, NBC.

Television Appearances; Other:

Narrator, Heavyweights and Heavyweights 2; appeared in the special Nicksclusive: The Making of the Fairly OddParents (also known as The Making of the Fairly OddParents ), Nickelodeon.

Film Work:

Assistant animator, An American Tail (animated), Universal, 1986.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Series:

(With others; and composer of theme music) The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001—.

(With others) Danny Phantom (animated), Nickelodeon, 2004—.

Teleplays; Movies:

Hillbilly Blue (animated short film), The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Zoomates (animated short film), Nickelodeon, 1998.

(With others) The Fairly OddParents: Abra–Catastropher (animated; also known as Abra–Catastrophe, The Fairly OddParents Movie, and The OddParents Movie ), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Teleplays; Specials:

Nickelodeon Magazine's 10th Birthday Party, Nickelodeon, 2003.

(With Steve Marmel and Gene Grillo) The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour, Nickelodeon, 2004.

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Gramps" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, c. 1992.

"Pfish & Chip: Short Pfuse" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1995.

Dexter's Laboratory, The Cartoon Network, multiple episodes, 1996–1997.

"Pfish & Chip: Blammo the Clown" (animated), World Premiere Toons, The Cartoon Network, 1997.

(With Ralph Grairl) "Ripto," The Brothers Flub, 1998.

"Dan Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

"A Date with Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

(With Steve Marmel) "A Lighter Side of Danger!" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

(With Steve Marmel) "100% Danger" (animated), Dan Danger, 1998, aired on Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Nickelodeon, c. 2001.

Writer of episodes of the animated series Cow and Chicken and Johnny Bravo, both The Cartoon Network.

Teleplays; Episodic; Lyrics for Songs; with Steve Marmel:

"I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas," in "Christmas Every Day," The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2001.

"It's Great to Be a Guy" and "What Girls Love," in "Love Struck!," The Fairly OddParents (animated), Nickelodeon, 2003.

Graphic Novels:

Fairly Odd Parents (graphic novel), two volumes, TokyoPop, 2004.

Contributor to books, including The Fairly OddParents: Heroes and Monsters, edited by Elizabeth Hurchalla, TokyoPop, 2004. Author of the pamphlet "How to Draw the Fairly Odd Parents," Walter Foster Publishing, Inc.