Butch Hartman
Biography
Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (born January 10, 1965) is an American animator, storyboard artist, YouTuber, illustrator, and voice actor, best known for creating Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Bunsen Is a Beast, and Danny Phantom. Hartman also owns a production company, Billionfold Inc., which he uses primarily to produce his shows. Hartman was an executive producer on The Fairly OddParents for the entirety of its 16-year run.
On February 8, 2018, Hartman announced in a YouTube video that he had left Nickelodeon on February 2 after having worked at the studio since December 1997; he confirmed that this resulted in the end of production on Bunsen Is a Beast after just one season.
Hartman's latest animated program, HobbyKids Adventures, premiered on YouTube in 2019.
Acting (9 movies)
A Fairly Odd Christmas
2013
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2011
California Hot Wax
1992
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly OddBaby
2008
The Fairly OddParents: Fairy Idol
2006
The Fairly OddParents: Abra Catastrophe! The Movie
2003
A Fairly Odd Summer
2014
The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers
2004
Uncle Duck!
2019
Directing (17 movies)
Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide
2006
Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
2006
Gramps
1996
Hillbilly Blue
1996
The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical
2005
The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers
2004
Jimmy Timmy Power Hour
2004
Danny Phantom: Reality Trip
2006
Zoomates
1998
The Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour Trilogy
2006
The Fairly OddParents: Abra Catastrophe! The Movie
2003
Pfish and Chip in Short Pfuse
1995
Pfish and Chip in Blammo the Clown
1997
Petey and the Wolf
1985
Uncle Duck!
2019
Terry and Chris
1999
The Greatest Thing Ever: A Garden Cartoon Movie
2025