Andrew Huebner

Huebner attended Columbia College Chicago, graduating in 1998 with a MFA in traditional animation.{{Cite web |title=Traditional Animation |url=https://www.colum.edu/academics/programs/traditional-animation |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Columbia College Chicago |language=en-US}}

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).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Golden Child |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/28005-Golden-Child |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) |language=en}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web |title=Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit) (2000) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=58286 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}} He was also a production coordinator for Andy Gets A Promotion (2000).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Andy Gets A Promotion |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/34228-Andy-Gets-A-Promotion |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) |language=en}}{{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Huebner |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_artists/artist.aspx?artistID=10186#page=filmography |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=The Internet Animation Database}} 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.

In 2003 and 2004, he was a post-production supervisor and post-production coordinator for episodes of Dora the Explorer.{{Cite web |title=Job Day (2004) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=65399 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}}{{Cite web |title=Rescue, Rescue, Rescue! (2003) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=65384 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}}{{Cite web |title=Dora Had a Little Lamb (2003) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=65379 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}} He was the production manager for sixteen episodes of the show Avatar: The Last Airbender across three seasons, from 2005 to 2008.{{Cite web |title=The Boy in the Iceberg (2005) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=28754 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}} 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."

In 2008, Huebner worked as a line producer for Destiny Schmestiny and an animation producer for the show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan.{{Cite web |title=Sports Day (2008) - The Internet Animation Database |url=https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry.aspx?shortID=75185 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.intanibase.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-05-14 |title=Which kids' shows really Deserve an Emmy? |url=https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2010/05/14/which-kids-shows-really-deserve-an-emmy/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Channel Guide Magazine |language=en-US}}

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."T [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402190121/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_1112_nominees_anounced_v11.pdf he 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations]" (PDF). Emmy Online. 2015-04-02. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved 2022-08-12 – via Wayback Machine. 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. In 2012, The Penguins of Madagascar also received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program{{Cite web |title=Andrew Huebner |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/andrew-huebner |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Television Academy {{!}} Emmys |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2012 |title=Popular Nickelodeon Shows Nominated For The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards |url=http://www.nickalive.net/search?q=huebner |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=NickAlive!}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2013-05-01 |title=CBS, "The Young And The Restless" Top Daytime Emmy Nominations |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/cbs-the-young-and-the-restless-top-daytime-emmy-nominations-487559/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Molloy |first=Tim |date=May 1, 2013 |title=Daytime Emmy Nominees: The Complete List |url=http://yahoo.com/entertainment/news/daytime-emmy-nominees-complete-list-142027497.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Yahoo! Entertainment |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2013 |title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners for the 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards |url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_1213_creative_arts_winners_v02.pdf |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=Emmy Online |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929182808/http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/_pdf/day_1213_creative_arts_winners_v02.pdf |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web |title=Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness: Enter The Dragon |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/kung-fu-panda-legends-awesomeness-enter-dragon |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Television Academy {{!}} Emmys |language=en}} He also produced three animated shorts for Nickelodeon that were released in 2013: Bug Salad, Earmouse and Bottle, and Woodstump!. Bug Salad was an official selection of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2014.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=2014 Official Selection > Film Index: Bug Salad |url=https://www.annecy.org/about/archives:en/2014:en/official-selection/film-index:film-20141230 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Annecy Festival |language=en}}

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."[https://web.archive.org/web/20160208194858/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_41st_nominations_v03.8.pdf The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award Nominations]" (PDF)". Emmy Online. 2014. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2022 – via Wayback Machine.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Andrea |date=2014-05-01 |title=Daytime Emmy Awards 2014: Complete list of winners and nominees |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/tv/la-et-st-daytime-emmy-awards-2014-complete-list-winners-nominees-story.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} He produced Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness from 2011 to 2016.{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMFTDwAAQBAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018-05-04 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0374-6 |language=en}}

In 2016, Huebner became a vice president of series production for Nickelodeon.{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2021-01-28 |title=Blue Sky Studios Vet Brian Keane Joins Nickelodeon To Support "Ambitious Growth Plans" |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/blue-sky-vet-brian-keane-joins-nickelodeon-to-support-ambitious-growth-plans-201299.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Tuchow |first=Ryan |date=January 27, 2021 |title=Nickelodeon Animation adds more execs |url=https://kidscreen.com/2021/01/27/nickelodeon-animation-adds-more-execs/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Kidscreen}} 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). He also produced the animated short Don vs. Raph (2016), also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Don vs Raph, which premiered at San Diego Comic–Con following a panel celebration 25 years of cartoons on Nickelodeon.{{Cite web |title=Cast & Crew – TMNT: Don vs Raph |url=https://en.kinorium.com/1594511/cast/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Kinorium |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2016 |title=Watch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short Don vs. Raph by Jhonen Vasquez |url=https://animatedviews.com/2016/watch-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-short-don-vs-raph-by-jhonen-vasquez/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Animated Views |language=en-US}}

In 2018, Huebner worked on five episodes of Bug Salad. 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.

• 2012: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program — The Penguins of Madagascar
• 2012: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program — The Penguins of Madagascar
• 2013: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program — Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
• 2014: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program — Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

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