Larry Huber Explained

Birth Name:Lawrence Huber
Birth Place:Minnesota, U.S.
Alma Mater:Chouinard Art Institute (B.F.A.)
Years Active:1969–present
Television:ChalkZone

Lawrence "Larry" Huber 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. Huber began his animation career in 1969 while working on Hanna-Barbera's The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. He went on to work for Ruby-Spears for 15 years. Returning to Hanna-Barbera in 1990, Huber worked on 2 Stupid Dogs and Fish Police. He was hired by Buzz Potamkin to supervise production on Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons in 1995.

Huber left Hanna-Barbera in 1996 following the company's merger with Turner Broadcasting. Along with Bill Burnett, Huber co-created and executive produced an Oh Yeah! Cartoons pilot on Nickelodeon, which would later air as ChalkZone as a full series. Huber continued his role in animation on Random! Cartoons and Adventure Time, created by Pendleton Ward originally for Nickelodeon and later greenlit by Cartoon Network, which premiered in 2010.

Animotion Works, a company founded by Huber, was launched in 2004 in Burbank, California. The company has produced the Danger Rangers series for PBS.

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.

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 continued 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

YearWorkCreditNotes
1983The Puppy's Further AdventuresAssociate producerTV movie
1983Beauty and the Beast
1983Saturday SupercadeTV series
1983Rubik, the Amazing Cube
1984I Love the Chipmunks Valentine SpecialTV movie
1984ABC Weekend SpecialTV series
1984Dragon's Lair
1984Turbo Teen
1984Cabbage Patch Kids

First Christmas

ProducerTV movie
1984Associate producer
1984Rose Petal PlaceTV short
1985A Chipmunk ReunionTV movie
1985Rose Petal Place: Real Friends
1983-1985Mister TTV series
1985It's Punky BrewsterProducer
1986Lazer Tag AcademySupervising producer
1986The CenturionsProducer
1986Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
1983–1985; 1987Alvin and the ChipmunksAssociate producer; supervising producer
1987A Mouse, a Mystery and MeAnimation producerTV movie
1988SupermanProducerTV series
1988Police Academy: The Series
1990Grim Prairie TalesExecutive producerFilm
1989–1990Dink, the Little DinosaurProducerTV series
1990Piggsburg Pigs!
1992Fish Police
19932 Stupid Dogs
1993A Flintstone Family ChristmasTV movie
1993–94Droopy, Master DetectiveTV series
1995Dexter's LaboratoryExecutive producerShort film
1995Short OrdersSupervising producerTV movie
1995Short Pfuse
1995–97What a Cartoon!Executive producerTV series
1995–99Cow and Chicken
1996–97The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996–2003Dexter's Laboratory
1997Johnny Bravo
1997–99I Am Weasel
1998–2000Oh Yeah! Cartoons
2003–06Danger Rangers
2002–08ChalkZone
2007–09Random! Cartoons
2010Pom Pom and Friends: The Big MysteryVoice producer: English voiceShort
2010–11Cloud BreadCreative producerTV series
2011–12Pom Pom and FriendsAdvising producer

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkShared withResult
Primetime Emmy Awards[6] Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less)A Flintstone Family ChristmasJoseph Barbera, William Hanna, Sean Roche, David Ehrman, Ray Patterson and Chris Cuddington
Dexter's LaboratoryBuzz Potamkin and Genndy Tartakovsky (for "Changes")
Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken, and Paul Rudish (for "The Big Sister")
Cow and ChickenBuzz Potamkin, David Feiss, Pilar Menendez, and Sam Kieth (for "No Smoking")
Dexter's LaboratorySherry Gunther, Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Jason Butler Rote (for "Star Spangled Sidekicks", "T.V. Superpals", and "Game Over")
CINE CompetitionCINE Golden EagleDanger RangersMike D. Moore, Howard G. Kazanjian, and Ilie Agopian (for "The Great Race")

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comm Week 2012 - Larry Huber . dead . https://archive.today/20130213001045/http://communications.fullerton.edu/commbackup/commweek/2012/2012%20Speaker%20Bios/Larry_Huber.html . 2013-02-13 . 2012-12-14 . College of Communications . California State University, Fullerton.
  2. Huber . Larry . September 1997 . The Television Animation Portfolio: A Model . live . . 2 . 6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116221407/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.6/2.6pages/2.6huberportfolio.html . 2013-01-16 . 2012-12-14.
  3. Web site: Seibert . Fred . January 6, 2008 . Blog History of Frederator's original cartoon shorts. Part 21. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001103944/http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2008/01/06/blog-history-of-frederator%e2%80%99s-original-carto-6/ . October 1, 2012 . 2012-12-14 . Frederator Studios Blog . Frederator Studios.
  4. Web site: Seibert . Fred . June 20, 2005 . Oh Yeah! Larry Huber! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226094755/http://frederatorstudios.blogspot.com/2005/06/oh-yeah-larry-huber.html . February 26, 2014 . 2012-12-14 . Frederator Studios Blog . Frederator Studios.
  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 . April 2, 2002 . . . 2012-12-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020817185332/http://www.viacom.com/press.tin?ixPressRelease=80003771 . August 17, 2002.
  6. Web site: Larry Huber - Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins . 2023-06-11 . Emmys.com . . 2023-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230611223628/https://www.emmys.com/bios/larry-huber . live .