Andrew Huebner

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Andrew Huebner
Education Columbia College Chicago
Occupation(s) Television producer, vice president of animation production
Years active1999–present
Employer(s) Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Film Roman
Notable work Avatar: The Last Airbender

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
Monsters vs Aliens
The Penguins of Madagascar'

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Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Awards Daytime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Award
Website Andrew Huebner LinkedIn

Andrew Huebner is an American television producer with Nickelodeon Animation Studios. [1] [2] In that capacity, he has received one Primetime Emmy Award and three Daytime Emmy Awards. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Early life

Huebner attended Columbia College Chicago, graduating in 1998 with a MFA in traditional animation. [7]

Career

Film Roman

Huebner worked from 1999 to 2000 for Film Roman. While there, he was the production assistant for Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit (2000) and The Golden Child (2001). [8] [9] He was also a production coordinator for Andy Gets A Promotion (2000). [10]

Nickelodeon Animation Studios

Huebner started working for Nickelodeon Animation Studios in 2001. He served in various capacities, including production assistant, writer, line producer, animation producer, post-production coordinator, post-production supervisor, production manager, producer, and vice president of animation production. [2] His work for Nickelodeon has included collaborative projects with Bill Oakley/Josh Weinstein Productions, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Animation Television, Pinkfong, Snee-Oosh, and United Plankton Pictures. [2]

In 2003 and 2004, he was a post-production supervisor and post-production coordinator for episodes of Dora the Explorer . [11] [12] [13] He was the production manager for sixteen episodes of the show Avatar: The Last Airbender across three seasons, from 2005 to 2008. [14] [1] He also wrote the show's "magnum opus", the "Tale of Iroh" segment in the episode "The Tales of Ba Sing Se." Sifu Kisu, Avatar: The Last Airbender's martial arts consultant, said "The person that runs it, the guy that really held Avatar together, was a guy named Andrew Huebner. He was the production manager at the time and he went on to do several other really big projects." [1]

In 2008, Huebner worked as a line producer for Destiny Schmestiny and an animation producer for the show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan . [15] [2] In 2010, he received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program for his production work on the television series Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, along with Jeff DeGrandis, Mary Harrington, and Sascha Paladino. [16]

His "big projects" for Nickelodeon included being a producer for several animated television shows: Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Monsters vs Aliens, and The Penguins of Madagascar . [1] [3] Huebner was the producer of season three of The Penguins of Madagascar which won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 2012. [3] In 2012, The Penguins of Madagascar also received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program [17] [4] Huebner also produced Peep & The Big Wide World which aired on PBS and was also nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program in 2012. [18]

Huebner received his second Daytime Emmy Award in 2013 when Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness won Outstanding Children's Animated Program; The Penguins of Madagascar was also nominated in 2013. [19] [20] [5] Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness also received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) in 2013. [21] He also produced three animated shorts for Nickelodeon that were released in 2013: Bug Salad , Earmouse and Bottle, and Woodstump!. [2] Bug Salad was an official selection of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2014. [22]

In 2014, he received two more Daytime Emmy nominations when Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Monsters vs Aliens were nominated for the Outstanding Children's Animated Program, with the former winning again. [23] [6] He produced Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness from 2011 to 2016. [24]

In 2016, Huebner became a vice president of series production for Nickelodeon. [25] [26] [2] Projects that he has overseen in this capacity include Pig and a Blanket (2016), Slimelab (2016), Space Mission: Danger! (2016), The Super Dooper Studios (2016), Farkels (2017), Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2017), and Camp Weedonwantcha (2017). [2] He also produced the animated short Don vs. Raph (2016), also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Don vs Raph, which premiered at the San Diego Comic–Con following a panel celebration 25 years of cartoons on Nickelodeon. [27] [28]

In 2018, Huebner worked on five episodes of Bug Salad. [2] In 2019 through 2022, he worked on episodes of Baby Shark's Big Show! , The Casagrandes , Invader Zim , The Loud House , Rocko's Modern Life , and SpongeBob SquarePants . [2]

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