Lawrence "Larry" Huber is an American

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, and

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who is known for his long history as a producer at

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was acti ...

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, and

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. Huber began his animation career in 1969 while working on

's '' The Perils of Penelope Pitstop''. He went on to work for

for 15 years. Returning to Hanna-Barbera in 1990, Huber worked on ''

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'' and '' Fish Police''. He was hired by Buzz Potamkin to supervise production on

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's '' World Premiere Toons'' in 1995. Huber left Hanna-Barbera in 1996 following the company's merger with

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. 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 ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

'', created by

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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

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. The company has produced the ''

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'' series for

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Career

Huber began working in animation in 1969 as an assistant to

on '' The Perils of Penelope Pitstop''. He later left Hanna-Barbera to work for

, a job he held for 15 years. Huber returned to Hanna-Barbera in 1990 to work on ''

'' and the short-lived series '' Fish Police''. He was soon hired by producer Buzz Potamkin to supervise production on

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's then-upcoming '' World Premiere Toons'' shorts program (later named ''What a Cartoon!'') on

. 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'', ''

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'', '' I Am Weasel'', ''

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'', and ''

Courage the Cowardly Dog ''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Films. The eponymous character is an anxious dog who li ...

''. After

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

. 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. 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), ''

'' by

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

. The company has since produced the

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'' for

, which ran from September 3, 2005, to December 26, 2006.

Personal life

Huber has a

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degree in Cinemagraphics from the

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(now the

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), which he obtained from 1964 to 1968.

Filmography

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