Paul Germain
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Paul Germain is an American animation
screenwriter
and producer
. Among the shows Germain has written and/or produced for are Rugrats
, All Grown Up!
, The Simpsons
, Recess
, Even Stevens
, Lloyd in Space
, The Tracey Ullman Show
, and Beethoven: The Animated Series
. Germain was one of the creators of, and the primary creative force behind, the award-winning Rugrats. With his Rugrats colleague Joe Ansolabehere
, he is the creator of Recess and Lloyd in Space
. Germain was born in Los Angeles, California
.
Among his film credits are Say Anything..., Big
and Broadcast News
.
Germain's eldest son Tom was the inspiration for the Rugrats character Tommy Pickles
. The school in Recess shares the name of Third Street School, an actual school in Los Angeles where all of his children went. Mikey, a character in Recess, shares his youngest son's name. His wife's childhood photos were the model for Gretchen Grundler, also from Recess. His daughter, Helen Rose, was the inspiration for Lloyd's younger sister.
Paul youngest brother is Marc "Mr K" Germain, a popular talk-show host in Los Angeles and formerly known as Mr. KABC
and before that as "Mr. KFI".
He has recently been credited as screenwriter on Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
.
Germain is currently working as voice director on Pound Puppies
.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. Among the shows Germain has written and/or produced for are Rugrats
Rugrats
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
, All Grown Up!
All Grown Up!
All Grown Up! is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó. After the success of All Growed Up, the Rugrats 10th anniversary special, Nickelodeon commissioned All Grown Up! as a spin-off series based on the episode.The series ran from April 12, 2003 to August...
, The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, Recess
Recess (TV series)
Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers...
, Even Stevens
Even Stevens
Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003...
, Lloyd in Space
Lloyd in Space
Lloyd in Space is an animated television series, created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain , and released in 2001. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop...
, The Tracey Ullman Show
The Tracey Ullman Show
The Tracey Ullman Show was an American television variety show, hosted by British comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children, and ran until May 26, 1990. The show blended sketch comedy shorts...
, and Beethoven: The Animated Series
Beethoven (TV series)
Beethoven is an animated sitcom, loosely based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name. The series was produced by Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Animation Studios and Universal Media Studios, and aired for one season on CBS, with 24 half-hour episodes produced.-Premise:Unlike the...
. Germain was one of the creators of, and the primary creative force behind, the award-winning Rugrats. With his Rugrats colleague Joe Ansolabehere
Joe Ansolabehere
Joe Ansolabehere is an American animation screenwriter and producer of Basque descent. He is the creator of Recess and Lloyd in Space with partner and friend Paul Germain....
, he is the creator of Recess and Lloyd in Space
Lloyd in Space
Lloyd in Space is an animated television series, created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain , and released in 2001. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop...
. Germain was born in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
Among his film credits are Say Anything..., Big
Big
Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight...
and Broadcast News
Broadcast News (film)
Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer , who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter and his charismatic but far less seasoned rival...
.
Germain's eldest son Tom was the inspiration for the Rugrats character Tommy Pickles
Tommy Pickles
Thomas Malcolm "Tommy" Pickles is the main protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated television series' Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!. He is clad in only a T-shirt and a diaper and is bald with big, blank eyes. He translates everything adult into baby gibberish...
. The school in Recess shares the name of Third Street School, an actual school in Los Angeles where all of his children went. Mikey, a character in Recess, shares his youngest son's name. His wife's childhood photos were the model for Gretchen Grundler, also from Recess. His daughter, Helen Rose, was the inspiration for Lloyd's younger sister.
Paul youngest brother is Marc "Mr K" Germain, a popular talk-show host in Los Angeles and formerly known as Mr. KABC
Mr. KABC
Marc Germain , previously known as Mr. KFI, Mr. KABC or simply Mr. K, is an American radio talk show host, formerly broadcasting from Los Angeles, California. Now a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, he can be heard nationwide on Doug McIntyre's Red Eye Radio on Saturday night/Sunday morning, in...
and before that as "Mr. KFI".
He has recently been credited as screenwriter on Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is an computer animated film based on the Disney Fairies franchise, produced by DisneyToon Studios. It is the sequel to the 2009 film, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and revolves around Tinker Bell, a fairy character created by J. M...
.
Germain is currently working as voice director on Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies (2010 TV series)
Pound Puppies is a American/Canadian animated series that premiered on The Hub on October 10, 2010, in the United States. Pound Puppies airs on YTV in Canada. The series is produced by Paul and Joe Productions and Hasbro Studios...
.