Larry Huber

Larry Huber
Larry Huber
Born	Lawrence Huber; May 6, 1946 (age 78); Minnesota
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts (B.F.A.)
Occupation(s)	Television producer, writer, animator
Years active	1969–present
Television	ChalkZone

Lawrence "Larry" Huber (born May 6, 1946) is an American television producer, writer, and animator who is known for his long history as a producer at Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and Nickelodeon. He is the co-creator of Nickelodeon's ChalkZone along with Bill Burnett.

Career

Huber began working in animation in 1969 as an assistant to Hanna-Barbera on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.^[1] He later left Hanna-Barbera to work for Ruby-Spears, a job he held for 15 years.^[2]

Huber returned to Hanna-Barbera in 1990 to work on 2 Stupid Dogs and the short-lived series Fish Police. He was soon hired by producer Buzz Potamkin to supervise production on Fred Seibert's then-upcoming World Premiere Toons shorts program (later named What a Cartoon!) on Cartoon Network.^[3] The series consisted of 48 animated shorts and spawned new creator-driven original programming for the network, including Dexter's Laboratory (the show paid homage to Huber, naming the titular character's school as Huber Elementary), Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, and Courage the Cowardly Dog.^[1]

After Turner Broadcasting merged with Time Warner in October 1996, Huber left Hanna-Barbera once again to become an executive producer on Seibert's other animated shorts showcase, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, on Nickelodeon.^[4] Huber's ChalkZone short from Oh Yeah! Cartoons, which he co-created with Bill Burnett, was picked up by Nickelodeon for a full series. It premiered on March 22, 2002, with the highest ratings for a new show premiere in the network's history at the time.^[5] He continued to work with big idea cartoon incubators, consulting on Seibert's Random! Cartoons, which spawned Eric Robles' Fanboy & Chum Chum (in which he also directed the voice actors), Adventure Time by Pendleton Ward and Ward's Bravest Warriors. (He continues to be involved with Bravest Warriors as a consultant to show runner Breehn Burns and as an animation director).

In 2004 Huber launched his own production company called Animotion Works, located in Burbank, California. The company has since produced the educational children's television series Danger Rangers for PBS, which ran from September 3, 2005, to December 26, 2006.

Personal life

Huber has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Cinemagraphics from the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts), which he obtained from 1964 to 1968.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Work	Credit	Notes
1983	The Puppy's Further Adventures	Associate producer	TV movie
1983	Beauty and the Beast	Associate producer	TV movie
1983	Saturday Supercade	Associate producer	TV series
1983	Rubik, the Amazing Cube	Associate producer	TV series
1984	I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special	Associate producer	TV movie
1984	ABC Weekend Special	Associate producer	TV series
1984	Dragon's Lair	Associate producer	TV series
1984	Turbo Teen	Associate producer	TV series
1984	Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas	Producer	TV movie
1984	Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar	Associate producer	TV movie
1984	Rose Petal Place	Associate producer	TV short
1985	A Chipmunk Reunion	Associate producer	TV movie
1985	Rose Petal Place: Real Friends	Associate producer	TV movie
1983-1985	Mister T	Associate producer	TV series
1985	It's Punky Brewster	Producer	TV series
1986	Lazer Tag Academy	Supervising producer	TV series
1986	The Centurions	Producer	TV series
1986	Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos	Producer	TV series
1983–1985; 1987	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Associate producer; supervising producer	TV series
1987	A Mouse, a Mystery and Me	Animation producer	TV movie
1988	Superman	Producer	TV series
1988	Police Academy: The Series	Producer	TV series
1990	Grim Prairie Tales	Executive producer	Film
1989–1990	Dink, the Little Dinosaur	Producer	TV series
1990	Piggsburg Pigs!	Producer	TV series
1992	Fish Police	Producer	TV series
1993	2 Stupid Dogs	Producer	TV series
1993	A Flintstone Family Christmas	Producer	TV movie
1993–94	Droopy, Master Detective	Producer	TV series
1995	Dexter's Laboratory	Executive producer	Short film
1995	Short Orders	Supervising producer	TV movie
1995	Short Pfuse	Supervising producer	TV movie
1995–97	What a Cartoon!	Executive producer	TV series
1995–99	Cow and Chicken	Executive producer	TV series
1996–97	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Executive producer	TV series
1996–2003	Dexter's Laboratory	Executive producer	TV series
1997	Johnny Bravo	Executive producer	TV series
1997–99	I Am Weasel	Executive producer	TV series
1998–2000	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Executive producer	TV series
2003–06	Danger Rangers	Executive producer	TV series
2002–08	ChalkZone	Executive producer	TV series
2007–09	Random! Cartoons	Executive producer	TV series
2010	Pom Pom and Friends: The Big Mystery	Voice producer: English voice	Short
2010–11	Cloud Bread	Creative producer	TV series
2011–12	Pom Pom and Friends	Advising producer	TV series

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Shared with	Result
1994	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)	A Flintstone Family Christmas	Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Sean Roche, David Ehrman, Ray Patterson and Chris Cuddington	Nominated
1995			Dexter's Laboratory	Buzz Potamkin and Genndy Tartakovsky for "Changes"	Nominated
1996			Dexter's Laboratory	Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, and Paul Rudish for "The Big Sister"	Nominated
1996			Cow and Chicken	Buzz Potamkin, David Feiss, Pilar Menendez, and Sam Kieth for "No Smoking"	Nominated
1997			Dexter's Laboratory	Sherry Gunther, Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Jason Butler Rote for "Star Spangled Sidekicks", "T.V. Superpals", and "Game Over"	Nominated
2006	CINE Competition	CINE Golden Eagle	Danger Rangers	Mike D. Moore, Howard G. Kazanjian, and Ilie Agopian for "The Great Race"	Won

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Comm Week 2012 - Larry Huber". College of Communications. California State University, Fullerton. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
^ Huber, Larry (September 1997). "The Television Animation Portfolio: A Model". Animation World Magazine. 2 (6). Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
^ Seibert, Fred (January 6, 2008). "Blog History of Frederator's original cartoon shorts. Part 21". Frederator Studios Blog. Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
^ Seibert, Fred (June 20, 2005). "Oh Yeah! Larry Huber!". Frederator Studios Blog. Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
^ "Nickelodeon Draws Best Kid Ratings in Four Years, Ranks as Number-One Net for First Quarter '02, SpongeBob SquarePants and ChalkZone Etch Out Top-Rated Territory, Kids Find The Fairly OddParents Fairly Fascinating". Viacom. April 2, 2002. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

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[fullerton-1] "Comm Week 2012 - Larry Huber". College of Communications. California State University, Fullerton. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

[2] Huber, Larry (September 1997). "The Television Animation Portfolio: A Model". Animation World Magazine. 2 (6). Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

[3] Seibert, Fred (January 6, 2008). "Blog History of Frederator's original cartoon shorts. Part 21". Frederator Studios Blog. Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

[4] Seibert, Fred (June 20, 2005). "Oh Yeah! Larry Huber!". Frederator Studios Blog. Frederator Studios. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

[5] "Nickelodeon Draws Best Kid Ratings in Four Years, Ranks as Number-One Net for First Quarter '02, SpongeBob SquarePants and ChalkZone Etch Out Top-Rated Territory, Kids Find The Fairly OddParents Fairly Fascinating". Viacom. April 2, 2002. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. Retrieved 2012-12-14.

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