Matt Groening and Yeardley Smith at event of Simpsonai (1989)
Caption: Matt Groening and Yeardley Smith at event of Simpsonai (1989)
Writer, Producer, Animation Department
Born: February 15, 1954
Star sign: Aquarius
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Known for: The Simpsons (1989), The Simpsons Movie (2007), Futurama (1999), Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
Source: IMDB
Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening did not particularly like school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In the mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip named "Life in Hell", which eventually became published in the newspaper where he worked. In 1988, James L. Brooks, looking for a filler in ...