Homer Groening Explained
Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 - March 15, 1996) was a Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist.[1] [2] He was also the father of Matt Groening and inspired the names of Homer Simpson and Philip J. Fry.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Groening was known for work on many different types of short films.[9] [10]
Biography
Groening was born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada to a German-speaking Mennonite family;[11] [12] he was named after the Greek poet Homer.[13] [14] [15] The family would later move to Oregon.[16] Groening would later attend Linfield University, and in 1941, marry Marge Wiggum. Later he would serve in World War II and flew a B-17.[17] [18]
Groening's career began in 1958 when he produced an advertisement for a local station KGW-TV. Groening also worked on many documentaries and films including The Big Three, Timberline, A Study in Wet, Man and His World Psychedelic Wet, the Story[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] and Linfield Revisited.[24]
Groening also was a cartoonist. On April 28, 1962, the New Yorker ran an advertisement written by Groening. Groening also worked on several comic strips.
Family and personal life
Groening was the father of Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Lisa Groening, who is married to Craig Bartlett the creator of Hey Arnold!,[25] [26] as well as Maggie, Mark, and Patty Groening.[27] [28]
Groening died on March 15, 1996, of cancer.[29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]
In 2013, Groening's wife Marge died at the age of 94.[37] [38]
Notes and References
- Web site: Amidi . Amid . 2011-02-06 . Dad of "Simpsons" Creator Matt Groening Was a Filmmaker Too . 2023-09-28 . Cartoon Brew . en-US.
- Web site: 2007-05-10 . The Simpsons Archive: Matt Groening Q&A; (June 1993) . 2023-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510155119/http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening93b.html . 2007-05-10 .
- Web site: Oregonian . Marc Mohan Special to The . 2015-01-15 . Portland filmmaker (and 'Simpsons' inspiration) Homer Groening gets his due with a screening of his work . 2023-09-26 . oregonlive . en.
- Web site: Homer Groening: The Legend, the Father, the Simpson . 2023-09-26 . Portland Monthly . en-US.
- Web site: Homer Groening: The Legend, the Father, the Simpson . 2023-09-27 . Portland Monthly . en-US.
- Web site: Oregonian/OregonLive . Joseph Rose The . 2007-08-01 . The real people behind Homer Simpson and family . 2023-09-27 . oregonlive . en.
- Web site: Oregonian . Marc Mohan Special to The . 2015-01-15 . Portland filmmaker (and 'Simpsons' inspiration) Homer Groening gets his due with a screening of his work . 2023-09-27 . oregonlive . en.
- Web site: 2007-05-10 . The Simpsons Archive: Matt Groening Q&A; (June 1993) . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510155119/http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening93b.html . 2007-05-10 .
- Web site: Groening to discuss Homer's work in Portland, his father's short films . 2023-09-26 . katu.com.
- Web site: Group . Pamplin Media . 2015-01-16 . Homer Groening's films add a little D'oh! to Hollywood theatre retrospective . 2023-09-28 . PortlandTribune.com . en.
- Web site: Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, 'Simpsons' Inspiration. Associated Press. March 19, 1996. Seattle Times. October 19, 2023.
- Web site: Arts&Culture 6-19 . 2023-11-01 . legacy.canadianmennonite.org.
- Web site: 2012-04-10 . Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield Arts & Culture Smithsonian Magazine . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120410222259/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Matt-Groening-Reveals-the-Location-of-the-Real-Springfield.html/ . 2012-04-10 .
- 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (six-minute edit for the season 1 DVD) . 20th Century Fox . 2000 . UK . June 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081722/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/ . February 11, 2017 . live . DVD . BBC.
- News: Sadownick . Doug . February 26, 1991 . Matt Groening . Advocate . 571.
- Web site: Oregonian . Marc Mohan Special to The . 2015-01-15 . Portland filmmaker (and 'Simpsons' inspiration) Homer Groening gets his due with a screening of his work . 2023-09-28 . oregonlive . en.
- Web site: Delzio . Melissa . 2020-01-06 . Homer Groening . 2023-09-26 . PDX Design History . en.
- Web site: 2015-01-14 . AP Film Studies: Homer's Odyssey . 2023-09-28 . Willamette Week . en.
- Web site: Before The Simpsons: Homer Groening Directs a 1969 Short Film, The Story, Starring His Kids Maggie, Lisa & Matt Open Culture . 2023-09-26 . en-US.
- Web site: 2014-01-30 . Meet the real-life 'Simpsons' kids in a 1969 film made by Matt Groening's father, Homer . 2023-09-28 . DangerousMinds.
- Web site: Lynch . E. D. W. . 2014-02-22 . The Story, A 1969 Short Film by Homer Groening Starring His Kids Maggie, Lisa, and Matt . 2023-09-28 . Laughing Squid . en-US.
- Web site: 2012-02-06 . "Simpsons" Creator Matt Groening's Dad Was Named Homer, and He Made Movies . 2023-09-28 . Mental Floss . en-US . 2022-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116172706/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29924/simpsons-creator-matt-groenings-dad-was-named-homer-and-he-made-movies . dead .
- Web site: Oregon Midcentury Genius presents: Selected Short Films by Homer Groening (January 2015) – Oregon Cartoon Project . 2023-09-28 . en-US.
- Web site: Homer Groening . 2023-09-26 . lambiek.net . en.
- Web site: 2008-08-20 . My Simpsons Collection . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820020800/http://donthaveacowman.com/Simpsons/Cards/Inkworks2001/page2001.70.html . 2008-08-20 .
- Web site: Owen . Aled . 2023-06-14 . Why We Have 'The Simpsons' to Thank for 'Hey Arnold!' . 2023-09-28 . Collider . en.
- Web site: 2020-01-30 . Creating 'The Simpsons:' How Matt Groening's Own Family Inspired the Characters . 2023-09-28 . Biography . en-US.
- Web site: Matt Groening's Mother, Inspiration For Marge Simpson, Dies . 2023-09-28 . www.wbur.org . 7 May 2013 . en.
- Web site: Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, 'Simpsons' Inspiration The Seattle Times . 2023-09-26 . archive.seattletimes.com.
- Web site: Oregonian/OregonLive . Joseph Rose The . 2007-08-01 . The real people behind Homer Simpson and family . 2023-09-26 . oregonlive . en.
- Web site: 1996-03-21 . Homer P. Groening, 76, an ad man... . 2023-09-26 . Baltimore Sun.
- Web site: Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, 'Simpsons' Inspiration The Seattle Times . 2023-09-27 . archive.seattletimes.com.
- Web site: Archives . L. A. Times . 1996-03-22 . Homer Groening; Cartoonist and Filmmaker . 2023-09-27 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Web site: 1996-03-21 . Homer P. Groening, 76, an ad man... . 2023-09-27 . Baltimore Sun.
- Web site: Father Of Cartoonist Matt Groening Dies The Spokesman-Review . 2023-09-28 . www.spokesman.com.
- News: 2013-05-07 . Margaret Groening, Marge Simpson 'inspiration', dies . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-09-28.
- Web site: 2013-05-07 . Margaret Groening, inspiration for "The Simpsons" mom, dies at 94 - CBS News . 2023-09-28 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
- Web site: 2013-05-09 . Marge Groening, Inspiration For Son Matt Groening's Marge Simpson, Has Died . 2023-09-28 . HuffPost . en.