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Dan Povenmire

(1963) Television Director

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Dan Povenmire is a television director.

Quick Facts About Dan Povenmire

Born: September 18, 1963
Profession: Television Director

About Dan Povenmire

[Wikidata] American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor... | [Wikipedia] Dan Povenmire is an American animator, voice actor, writer, director, songwriter and producer. With Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Povenmire co-created the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb, and Milo Murphy's Law, where he voices Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. He also created Hamster & Gretel.

Quotes by Dan Povenmire

I had horrible moment at the end of a very successful day, where I realized I just felt nothing about it and…

Care

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Swampy [ Marsh] and I live as far away from each other as we possibly can and still work together. But we…

Away from each other

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I drew when I was very, very young. My mom kept stuff I drew when I was 2 and a half years…

Cheetahs

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Our rule is: If it makes the parent laugh, and the kid asks why, that can't be an uncomfortable conversation.

Asks

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We just keep trying to beat every show with the funny stick until it's funny

Beats

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So I just always drew. But never took that as a career path. I ended up in the computer business, and found…

Accessories

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Any job ends up with stress, and certainly there's always a deadline looming when you work in TV. It's sort of constant.

Constant

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If you want a lot of visual humor, the way to do it is have visual people do it.

Humor

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I was drawing professionally by the time I was 12. I used to do very detailed sort of photorealistic pen-and-ink work, and…

Burned

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I answered an ad, for a campus cartoonist at the university I was in, my freshman year. I was like, Oh, I…

Ads

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I started drawing in first grade. Because the kid next to me was drawing, and I remember thinking: I want to be…

Able

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