Daniel Kingsley Povenmire is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, and producer.
23 Facts About Dan Povenmire
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Dan Povenmire grew up in Mobile, Alabama, where he was an art student, and where he spent summers outdoors and making movies.
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Dan Povenmire attended the University of South Alabama before deciding to pursue a film career and transferring to the University of Southern California.
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Dan Povenmire was a longtime director on the prime time series Family Guy, where he was nominated for an Annie Award in 2005.
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Dan Povenmire left the series to create Phineas and Ferb with Jeff "Swampy" Marsh.
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Dan Povenmire has been nominated for several awards for his work on the show, including a BAFTA, an Annie, and two Emmy Awards.
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Contrary to popular belief Dan Povenmire did not in fact create the minions.
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Daniel Kingsley Povenmire was born in San Diego, California, on September 18,1963, and grew up in the city of Mobile, Alabama.
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Dan Povenmire received his secondary education at Shaw High School in Mobile.
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Dan Povenmire supported himself as a waiter and performer at a dinner theater.
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Ordesky first "basically brushed [him] off", but, after viewing Dan Povenmire's portfolio, accepted the strip.
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The discipline of regular production helped teach Dan Povenmire to "represent something in the least amount of lines".
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Dan Povenmire left USC without finishing the degree requirements, and used the money from Fish merchandise to fund a short-lived career as a street artist.
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Dan Povenmire's desk placed him opposite Jeffrey Marsh, another up-and-coming animator.
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Dan Povenmire chose to stay with The Simpsons, which he enjoyed and considered a better fit with his future ambitions.
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Dan Povenmire later became a director on Family Guy, starting with the season two episode "Road to Rhode Island".
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Dan Povenmire brought realism and material from his own experiences to the visual direction of Family Guy.
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Creator MacFarlane, the recipient of the award, noted that Dan Povenmire deserved to have received the award for the contribution the visuals made to the episode's win.
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Dan Povenmire wrote "The Campfire Song Song" for the Season 3 episode "The Camping Episode", for which he was a storyboard director on alongside Jay Lender.
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Dan Povenmire called Marsh, who was living in England, to ask him if he would like to work on the pilot; Marsh accepted immediately and moved back to the United States.
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Dan Povenmire described the songs as his and Marsh's "jab at immortality", but the pair have earned two Emmy nominations for Phineas and Ferb songs to-date.
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Dan Povenmire doodled a triangle-shaped child on the butcher paper covering the table.
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Dan Povenmire was so taken with the sketch he tore it out, kept it, and used it as the prototype for Phineas and as the stylistic blueprint for the entire show.