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Dan Povenmire

American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1963 · age 63

He spent 16 years pitching a cartoon about two stepbrothers who build roller coasters in their backyard - and when Disney finally said yes, Phineas and Ferb became one of the longest-running animated series in the network's history.

Dan Povenmire is read about 443 times a day, in 23 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 12 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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2026Locker Diaries: Phineas And FerbSeries, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (voice)2025Cartoonified! With Phineas and FerbSeries, Creator2022ChibiverseSeries, Heinz Doofenshmirtz / Alien Pilot (voice)Living with ChuckyFilm, 20222020Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the UniverseFilm, Director, Writer2017Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns'Film2016Milo Murphy's LawSeries, Director, Writer2015TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media SpecialFilm2014“Comedy is a lot harder to do if you don’t go to the mean place.”In their words7 November 2014LIFE IN 2D: DAN POVENMIRE ON THE GREATEST CARTOONS EVER, SALSA MUSIC, AND NOT BEING A JERK

2013Doofenshmirtz's Daily DirtSeries, CreatorPhineas and Ferb: Mission MarvelFilm, 2013Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (voice) / Additional Voices2012Phineas and Ferb: The Daze of SummerFilm, Writer2011Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd DimensionFilm, Director, Writer2010Take Two with Phineas and FerbSeries, Creator, ProducerPhineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to you !Film, 2010Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz2008Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the PhineasFilm, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (voice)2007Phineas and FerbSeries, Director, Writer2005SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing FavoritesFilm, Writer2003Museum ScreamFilm, Director, Writer2002SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge BuddiesFilm, Writer1998CatDogSeries, Writer1996Hey Arnold!Series, Director1993Rocko's Modern LifeSeries, DirectorPsycho Cop ReturnsFilm, 1993Writer1989Escape from HeavenFilm, Person in Heaven1963Born18 September 1963

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Known for

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  • Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe 2020
  • Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars 2014
  • I Know That Voice 2014
  • Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension 2011
  • Scoob! 2020

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Filmography 24

87 credits on file

Television 17

Media & music

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About this person

Povenmire cut his teeth on The Simpsons, Rocko's Modern Life, and SpongeBob SquarePants before landing as a director on Family Guy, where he earned an Annie nomination in 2005. He left that gig to finally get Phineas and Ferb off the ground with co-creator Jeff "Swampy" Marsh - a project they'd been shopping since the '90s. The show ran for years and racked up award nominations; after its initial wrap, the pair launched Milo Murphy's Law in 2016, then returned for a second Phineas and Ferb film, Candace Against the Universe, in 2020. That same year he announced Hamster & Gretel, which hit screens in 2022.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1963 · age 63

In the same film or series as Dan

Amanda SeyfriedAlso in Scoob! (2020)"Weird Al" YankovicAlso in Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)Iain ArmitageAlso in Scoob! (2020)Peter BergAlso in Going Overboard (1989)