jeff marsh jeff marsh born december american animator associated animated television series marsh born california grew heavily blended family dynamic marsh continues driving force animation projects working seasons animated television series simpsons marsh continued work animated television series including king hill moving england england marsh worked animated programs including bounty worked produce feature films years living asked longtime partner help produce concept working marsh accepted moved united_states series garnered marsh emmy awards nominations songwriting according original pitch extra prefers having letters long longer people names currently producing new series disney entitled murphy law early life marsh born december california marsh raised large complicated blended family included stepfather bill growing felt dynamic treated media normal marsh felt majority friends divorced blended structures marsh spent summer active going outside digging trenches tunnels building tree houses constructing forts family musical activities musical background dating les brown marsh grandfather household filled different musical instruments years marsh learned play trumpet guitar marsh recalls sing fake create rock bands friends family high school college marsh took architectural drawing courses took theater productions helped understand view set builder career early career adult marsh vice president sales marketing computer company day decided quit friend helped portfolio animation business eventually found working animated television series simpsons background layout artist marsh worked series seasons episodes helped produce won emmy awards help animation efforts marsh utilized books art architecture design artistic rendering kept household library desk series office placed opposite fellow layout artist shared tastes humor music quickly formed friendship marsh working writer director nickelodeon animated series channel house cartoon production seasons found working alongside time writing partner choice marsh claimed crew hopes making offset sloppy pair developed distinctive style including stories characteristic musical numbers chase scenes won environmental achievement award episode written marsh conceived series based similar experiences childhood summers spent outdoors went unsuccessful pitches series picked marsh hired artists animated series king hill serving storyboard artist designer england working marsh moved london england considered absolutely fantastic marsh spent years city working animated television productions included bounty projects produced major companies bbc itv served large contributor producer british feature films working company contacted marsh pitch somewhat successful shown interest producing series wanted minute pilot marsh immediately accepted began packing booked vacation los_angeles plans travel france set travel england marsh flew los_angeles days devised plot outline episode went france drew plotted come went england pair touched dialogue checked sure came planned marsh moved united_states disney accepted pilot episode ordered episode season pair needed convince overseas disney executives pick series instead conventional script recorded spent time dubbing voice character sound effects narration recording sent executives accepted series officially green lit company cable network officially began broadcast february cartoon called marsh wanted incorporate kind humor developed work included action sequences disney encouragement featured musical numbers episode flop described songs marsh pair earned emmy nominations songs date emmy nomination episode monster pitted nominee received award distinctive style influenced artistic look includes geometric shapes characters background style determined sketch title character butcher paper covering table dinner family restaurant california taken sketch tore kept prototype stylistic blueprint executive producer founder marsh voices character major marsh based performance character broadcast journalist personal life marsh currently lives city venice california frequently goes children borne grandchildren nickname given living england attending college reference marsh added nickname credited preferred jeff marsh means making longer names letters
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh