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Fred Seibert
American media proprietor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor.[2] Often credited with having co-founded MTV in 1980, he has served as the company's creative director and president of its MTV Networks Online branch.[3][4] He founded the production company Frederator Studios in 1998,[5] as well as its spin-off entities Frederator Networks, Channel Frederator Network, and Cartoon Hangover.[6][7] Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks, he was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996.[8][9][2] He has since co-founded Next New Networks, Bolder Media, and launched the production company FredFilms.[10]
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Born | Frederick G. Seibert[1] |
Education | Columbia University (dropped out) |
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Years active | 1975–present |
Works | Cartoon shorts filmography |
Label | Oblivion Records |
Website | fredseibert.com |
Seibert is an angel investor for numerous technology and media-based startup projects. He was as an initial seed investor for the website Tumblr, and has executive produced for various animated and live action projects.[11] He created the animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Powerpuff Girls, and Adventure Time—for most of which he has served as executive producer.[12]
Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination.[13][14][15][16][17]