Elmer Earl Hartman IV (born: January 10, 1965), known professionally as Butch Hartman, is an American animator, artist, director, writer, actor, voice actor and producer who also became a consistent content creator on YouTube. He grew up in Roseville, Michigan and is known for creating the Nickelodeon shows The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen is a Beast. He has two daughters, Carly and Sophie Hartman with his wife, Juliann.
Butch left Nickelodeon Studios in 2018 after working in the studio for over 20 years.
Personal Life[]
Butch was born on January 10th, 1965, to Elmer Earl Hartman III and Carol Davis. He is the eldest of the 4 siblings (his three brothers being Mike, Keith and Timothy) and grew up in Roseville and New Baltimore, Michigan in his teenage years. He has a wife Juliann Hartman and two daughters, Carly and Sophie.
Butch is well known for creating animated shows such as The Fairly OddParents (2001-2017), Danny Phantom (2004-2007), T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010-2015) and Bunsen is a Beast (2017-2018) which have aired on Nickelodeon.
Education[]
Butch graduated from Anchor Bay High School in New Baltimore and attended the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
YouTube Career[]
Butch created his channel on August 15, 2015, where he uploads animations, drawings and tutorials based on his animated shows. His previous foray into YouTube included YooToon Studios, an animation channel that was operated between April and May 2012, and featured videos starring Butch, as well as animated shorts created by him and other creators.[1]
On February 8, 2018, he uploaded a video discussing him leaving Nickelodeon, with the title reminiscent to the infamous "Why I Left Buzzfeed" video "trend" with former Buzzfeed employees.
He has since collaborated with various YouTube creators, such as Thomas Sanders, Anna Brisbin (Brizzy Voices) and Drawfee Show.
Other Channels[]
- Speech Bubble w/Butch Hartman is a channel with over 48K subscribers.
- Carly Hartman is a channel with over 7K subscribers.
- Julieann Hartman is a channel with 206 subscribers.
- Soph Hart is a channel with 770 subscribers.
- The Noog Network is a channel with over 2K subscribers.
- YOOTOONSTUDIOS is a channel with 482 subscribers.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Amidi, Amid (March 26, 2012). "Butch Hartman to Launch Online Animation Channel YooToon". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved June 11, 2021.