Butch Hartman

Butch Hartman is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for creating the animated television series The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen Is a Beast for Nickelodeon. Hartman created the production company Billonfold Inc. in 2003, 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.

In February 2018, Hartman announced that he had left Nickelodeon on 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 one season. His latest animated program, The Garden, premiered on the Christian streaming service Pure Flix in 2023. In 2021, he returned to Nickelodeon to produce a live-action Fairly OddParents reboot, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, which premiered on Paramount+ the following year for one season.