Matt Groening(I)
- Writer
- Producer
- Animation Department
Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not particularly like
school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In the
mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip
named "Life in Hell", which eventually became published in the
newspaper where he worked. In 1988,
James L. Brooks, looking for a filler in
the television show,
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987),
turned towards a framed "Life in Hell" strip on his wall and contacted
Groening. The animated shorts that Groening created were
The Simpsons (1989).
school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In the
mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip
named "Life in Hell", which eventually became published in the
newspaper where he worked. In 1988,
James L. Brooks, looking for a filler in
the television show,
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987),
turned towards a framed "Life in Hell" strip on his wall and contacted
Groening. The animated shorts that Groening created were
The Simpsons (1989).