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|Known For = [[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]<br>[[wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]]<br>[[wikipedia:Life in Hell|Life in Hell]]<br>[[Bongo Comics]]
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|Relatives = '''Wife:''' Deborah Caplan (1986–1999)<br> '''Children:'''Homer, Abe <br> '''Parents:''' Homer Philip Groening and Margaret Ruth Wiggum <br> '''Siblings:''' 1 Brother (Mark), and 3 sisters (Lisa, Maggie and Patricia)
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|first comic= ''[[It's in the Cards]]''
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|latest album= ''[[The Simpsons: Testify]]''
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|first book= ''[[The Simpsons Annual 1992]]''
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'''Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening''' (born February 15, 1954) is <includeonly></includeonly>the creator of the comic strip ''[[Life in Hell]]'' and television series' ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]''. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of ''Life in Hell'' to the avant-garde ''Wet'' magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers.
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'''Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening''' (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is the creator of the comic strip ''[[Life in Hell]]'' and television series' ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'' and ''[[Disenchantment]]''. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of ''Life in Hell'' to the avant-garde ''Wet'' magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends]]'', ''[[The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem]]'', ''[[The Simpsons: Access All Areas]]'', ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'', ''[[The Simpsons: America's First Family]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons: A Culture Show]]''. He also appeared in ''[[The Simpsons Take the Bowl]]''.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/the-simpsons-live-show-with-orchestra-coming-to-hollywood-bowl-20140717 Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"]</ref>
  
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''Life in Hell'' caught the attention of [[James L. Brooks]]. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation for the [[FOX]] variety show ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his ''Life in Hell'' characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, [[Simpson family|the Simpsons]], and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: ''The Simpsons'', which has since aired over 450 episodes in 21 seasons. In 1997, Groening got together with [[David X. Cohen]] and developed ''Futurama'', an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox in 2003, but Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes from four direct-to-DVD movies. In June 2009, Comedy Central ordered 26 new episodes of Futurama, to be aired over two seasons. His advice to beginning cartoonists is to not care about what over peaple think and just try to make yourself laugh. He said that if he did not think up the Simpsons, he would probably be in a tire shop, drawing doodles of his boss on the break room wall.
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Groening has voiced {{Ch|Matt Groening|himself}} on a few occasions, "[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]", ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' and "[[Homer the Whopper]]". He also voiced a soccer announcer in "[[Holidays of Future Passed]]".<ref>[http://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/wrapping-up-2011/ Simpsons Music 500 "Wrapping Up 2011"]</ref>
  
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Groening has won 11 [[Awards#Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]], ten for ''The Simpsons'' and one for ''Futurama'' as well as a [[Awards#British Comedy Awards|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''. In Some simpsons comics, me gives himself a fake title, like Big Daddy (Taming Your Wild Child),Cartoonist Gone Wild (Bart's Beard),and Former Heartthrob (Faking the Band).
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== Awards ==
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==Biography==
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=== Early life ===
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Groening was born on February 15, 1954 in [[wikipedia:Portland, Oregon|Portland Oregon]] USA. He grew up in Portland, and attended Ainsworth Elementary School, and Lincoln High School. He was the middle child of five children. His Norwegian mother, Margaret Wiggum, was once a teacher, and his German father, Homer Philip Groening, was a filmmaker, advertiser, writer and cartoonist. Homer, born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada, grew up in a Mennonite, Plautdietsch-speaking family. Matt's grandfather Abram Groening was a professor at Tabor College, a Mennonite Brethren liberal arts college in Hillsboro, Kansas before moving to Albany College (now known as Lewis and Clark College) in Oregon in 1930.
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
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From 1972 to 1977, Groening attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, a liberal school which he described as "a hippie college, with no grades or required classes, that drew every weirdo in the Northwest." He served as the editor of the campus newspaper, ''The Cooper Point Journal'', for which he also wrote articles and drew cartoons. He befriended fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry after discovering that she had written a fan letter to Joseph Heller, one of Groening's favorite authors, and had gotten a reply back. Groening has credited Barry with being "probably [his] biggest inspiration." He has also cited the Disney animated film ''One Hundred and One Dalmatians'' as what got him interested in cartoons.
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TRs|[[1990]]<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>|2}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1991]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1992]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[1998]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[1999]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2000]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|11}}
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{{TB|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2003]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2004]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Way We Weren't]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2005]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Future-Drama]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2006]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2007]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2008]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2009]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|9}}
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{{TBT|[[2010]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2011]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]"}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TB|[[2012]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2013]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2015]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2016]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Town]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2018]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Boy]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2019]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Mad About the Toy]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2020]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TBT|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Pixelated and Afraid]]"}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|3}}
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{{TB|[[2023]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2024]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2024"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Night of the Living Wage]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2025]]<ref>[https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2025/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2025"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Bart's Birthday]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-creative-achievement-in-interactive-media-within-a-scripted-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[Planet of the Couches]]''}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[When Billie Met Lisa]]''}}
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=== Futurama ===
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After spending a few years researching science fiction, Groening got together with Simpsons writer/producer David X. Cohen (still known as David S. Cohen at the time) in 1997 and developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000. By the time they pitched the series to Fox in April 1998, Groening and Cohen had composed many characters and storylines; Groening claimed they had gone "overboard" in their discussions. Groening described trying to get the show on the air as "by far the worst experience of [his] grown-up life." The show premiered on March 28, 1999. Groening's sole writing credit for the show was the premiere episode, "Space Pilot 3000", co-written with Cohen.
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After four years on the air, the show was cancelled by Fox. In a similar situation as Family Guy, however, strong DVD sales and very stable ratings on Cartoon Network brought Futurama back to life. When Comedy Central began negotiating for the rights to air Futurama reruns, Fox suggested that there was a possibility of also creating new episodes. When Comedy Central committed to sixteen new episodes, it was decided that four straight-to-DVD films—Bender's Big Score (2007), The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008), Bender's Game (2008) and Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)—would be produced. Since no new Futurama projects were in production, the movie Into the Wild Green Yonder was designed to stand as the Futurama series finale. However, Groening had expressed a desire to continue the Futurama franchise in some form, including as a theatrical film. In an interview with CNN, Groening said that "we have a great relationship with Comedy Central and we would love to do more episodes for them, but I don't know...We're having discussions and there is some enthusiasm but I can't tell if it's just me."
 
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On June 9, 2009, it was confirmed that Comedy Central had picked up the show for 26 new episodes that will begin airing in 2010.
 
  
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Groening has been nominated for 25 Emmy awards and has won eleven: ten for The Simpsons and one for Futurama in the "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming one hour or less)" category.
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Groening received the 2002 National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award, and had been nominated for the same award in 2000. He received a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004.
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Latest revision as of 09:15, December 14, 2025

General
This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Matt Groening (character).
Matt Groening
Matt Groening.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Creator, developer, executive producer, writer, character designer, creative consultant
Birth date: February 15, 1954 (1954-02-15) (age 72)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 805
Number of comic stories: 236
Seasons active: Shorts season 1 - Present
First short: "Good Night"
Most recent short: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Homer? A Cracker Bro?"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
First game: The Simpsons Arcade Game
Most recent game: The Simpsons Game
First comic: It's in the Cards
Most recent comic: Margemary's Baby
First book: The Simpsons Annual 1992
Most recent book: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 3: Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies
Song: "Do the Bartman"
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify



Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell and television series' The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends, The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem, The Simpsons: Access All Areas, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, The Simpsons: America's First Family, and The Simpsons: A Culture Show. He also appeared in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.[1]

Groening has voiced himself on a few occasions, "My Big Fat Geek Wedding", The Simpsons Game and "Homer the Whopper". He also voiced a soccer announcer in "Holidays of Future Passed".[2]

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[3] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[4] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Nominated
1991[5] "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Won
1992[6] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1995[7] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[8] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[9] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[10] "Trash of the Titans"
1999[11] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated
2000[12] "Behind the Laughter" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2001[13] "HOMЯ"
2002[14] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
2003[15] "Three Gays of the Condo" Won
2004[16] "The Way We Weren't" Nominated
2005[17] "Future-Drama"
2006[18] "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Won
2007[19] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Nominated
2008[20] "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Won
2009[21] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2010[22] "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
2011[23] "Angry Dad: The Movie"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2012[24] "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013[25] "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
2015[26] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2016[27] "Halloween of Horror"
2017[28] "The Town"
2018[29] "Gone Boy"
2019[30] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[31] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[32] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[33] "Pixelated and Afraid"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2023[34] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won
2024[35] "Night of the Living Wage" Nominated
2025[36] "Bart's Birthday"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program 2017[37] Planet of the Couches Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[38] The Force Awakens from Its Nap
2022[39] When Billie Met Lisa

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone - "'The Simpsons' Live Show With Orchestra Coming to Hollywood Bowl"
  2. ↑ Simpsons Music 500 "Wrapping Up 2011"
  3. ↑ The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  7. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"
  8. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  9. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"
  10. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"
  11. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"
  12. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"
  13. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  14. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  15. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"
  16. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"
  17. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"
  18. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"
  19. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"
  20. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"
  21. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"
  22. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"
  23. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"
  24. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"
  25. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"
  26. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"
  27. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"
  28. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"
  29. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"
  30. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"
  31. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"
  32. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"
  33. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"
  34. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"
  35. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2024"
  36. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2025"
  37. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program - 2017"
  38. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  39. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"


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