Andrew Huebner is an American

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon a ...

with

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Nickelodeon Animation Studio is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global. It has created many original television programs for Nickelodeon, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The Fairly OddParents'', ''Rugrats'' and ''Avatar: The ...

s. In that capacity, he has received one

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and three

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Early life

Huebner attended

Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago is a private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergraduate and graduat ...

, graduating in 1998 with a MFA in

traditional animation Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawing, drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation. ...

Career

Film Roman

Huebner worked from 1999 to 2000 for

Film Roman Film Roman, LLC is an American independent animation studio currently based in Woodland Hills, California and formerly in Burbank. It was previously owned by Starz Inc., which is now a division of Lionsgate, and later by Waterman Entertainme ...

. While there, he was the production assistant for '' Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit'' (2000) and ''The Golden Child'' (2001). He was also a production coordinator for '' Andy Gets A Promotion'' (2000).

Nickelodeon Animation Studios

Huebner started working for

s in 2001. He served in various capacities, including production assistant, writer, line producer, animation producer, post-production coordinator, post-production supervisor, production manager, producer, and vice president of animation production. His work for Nickelodeon has included collaborative projects with

Bill Oakley William Lloyd Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series '' The Simpsons''. Oakley and Josh Weinstein became best friends and writing partners at St. Albans ...

Josh Weinstein Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series ''The Simpsons''. Weinstein and Bill Oakley became best friends and writing partners at St. Albans School; Weins ...

Productions, DreamWorks Animation,

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Pinkfong Pinkfong (Hangul: 핑크퐁) is a South Korean children's educational brand of The Pinkfong Company (formerly SmartStudy), a South Korean educational entertainment company. Pinkfong consists of mainly children's songs, of which the most famous ...

Snee-Oosh Snee Oosh (also spelled Snee-Oosh or Snee-oosh; ) is a populated place on Fidalgo Island in the U.S. state of Washington, on the Swinomish Indian Reservation. The population was reported as 302 in 1999. There is also a Snee Oosh Point at , and Sn ...

, and

United Plankton Pictures Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, and marine science educator. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' ...

. In 2003 and 2004, he was a post-production supervisor and post-production coordinator for episodes of ''

Dora the Explorer ''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...

''. He was the production manager for sixteen episodes of the show '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'' across three seasons, from 2005 to 2008. He also wrote the show's "magnum opus", the "Tale of Iroh" segment in the episode "

The Tales of Ba Sing Se "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" is the 15th episode of the second season of the animated television series '' Avatar: The Last Airbender''. It features six short vignettes of several main characters as they go about an average day in the Earth Kingd ...

Sifu Kisu, Shifu () in Mandarin, or sifu in Cantonese, or sai hu in Hokkien, is a title for, and the role of, a skillful person or a master. The character 師/师 means "skilled person" or "teacher," while 傅 means "tutor" and 父 means "father." Though ...

'' Avatar: The Last Airbender's'' martial arts consultant, said "The person that runs it, the guy that really held ''Avatar'' together, was a guy named Andrew Huebner. He was the production manager at the time and he went on to do several other really big projects." In 2008, Huebner worked as a line producer for ''Destiny Schmestiny'' and an animation producer for the show ''

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'' is an American animated children's television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It began as a series of three interstitial shorts on Nick Jr. called ''Downward Doghouse''. The first full episode was initially se ...

''. In 2010, he received a nomination for a

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for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for his production work on the television series ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'', along with

Jeff DeGrandis Jeffrey Maxwell DeGrandis (born December 1, 1957) is an American animator, director, and producer. Currently he's Executive Producer at Warner Bros Animation on "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz." Jeff has served as Supervising Producer on '' Dora th ...

, Mary Harrington, and

Sascha Paladino Sascha Paladino is an American television writer and documentary director. At Nickelodeon, he was the head writer and developer of ''Ni Hao, Kai-Lan'', for which he received a 2010 Daytime Emmy Award nomination. He also wrote for other Nick-produ ...

. His "big projects" for Nickelodeon included being a producer for several animated television shows: '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness,'' ''

Monsters vs Aliens ''Monsters vs. Aliens'' is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated monster comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman from a screenplay written by L ...

,'' and

The Penguins of Madagascar ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' is an American computer-animated television series co-produced by DreamWorks Animation and Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from DreamWorks' animated film ''Madagascar'': the penguins Skipper ( Tom McGrath) ...

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he 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations
(PDF). ''Emmy Online''. 2015-04-02. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-12 – via Wayback Machine. Huebner was the producer of season three of ''

'' which won the

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program had been awarded annually between 1985 and 2021. Until 1993, the award was just known as the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. ''Arthur'' held the record for most ...

in 2012. In 2012, ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' also received a

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Huebner also produced ''Peep & The Big Wide World which aired on''

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and was also nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 2012. Huebner received his second Daytime Emmy Award in 2013 when ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' won Outstanding Children's Animated Program; ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' was also nominated in 2013. ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) in 2013. He also produced three animated shorts for Nickelodeon that were released in 2013: '' Bug Salad'', ''Earmouse and Bottle'', and ''Woodstump!''. ''Bug Salad'' was an official selection of the

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in 2014. In 2014, he received two more Daytime Emmy nominations when ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' and ''Monsters vs Aliens'' were nominated for the Outstanding Children's Animated Program, with the former winning again. He produced ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' from 2011 to 2016. In 2016, Huebner became a vice president of series production for Nickelodeon. Projects that he has overseen in this capacity include ''Pig and a Blanket'' (2016), ''Slimelab'' (2016), ''Space Mission: Danger!'' (2016), ''The Super Dooper Studios'' (2016), ''Farkels'' (2017), '' Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie'' (2017), and ''Camp Weedonwantcha'' (2017). He also produced the animated short ''Don vs. Raph'' (2016), also known as ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is an American media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Miche ...

: Don vs Raph,'' which premiered at the San Diego Comic–Con following a panel celebration 25 years of cartoons on Nickelodeon. In 2018, Huebner worked on five episodes of ''Bug Salad.'' In 2019 through 2022, he worked on episodes of ''

Baby Shark's Big Show! ''Baby Shark's Big Show!'' () is an animated children's television series based on the "Baby Shark" brand from the South Korean company Pinkfong. SmartStudy, Pinkfong's parent company, co-produces the show with Nickelodeon Animation Studio from ...

'', ''

The Casagrandes ''The Casagrandes'' is an American animated comedy television series developed by Michael Rubiner and Miguel Puga that aired on Nickelodeon from October 14, 2019 to September 30, 2022. It is a spin-off of ''The Loud House'' and the second tel ...

'', ''

Invader Zim ''Invader Zim'' is an American Animated series, animated science fiction dark comedy Television show, television series created by comic book writer and cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez for Nickelodeon. The series centers on an extraterrestrial life, ...

'', ''

The Loud House ''The Loud House'' is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only ...

'', ''

Rocko's Modern Life ''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian immigrant wallaby named Rocko and his friends: the eccentric stee ...

'', and ''

SpongeBob SquarePants ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American Animated series, animated Television comedy, comedy Television show, television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It ...

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Awards

* 2012:

— ''

'' * 2012:

— ''The Penguins of Madagascar'' * 2013: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program — '' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'' * 2014: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program — ''Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness''

References

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