Danny Antonucci

Danny Antonucci

Daniel Edward "Danny" Antonucci (born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer and screenwriter who created the animated comedy series Ed, Edd n Eddy, Lupo the Butcher and The Brothers Grunt.

Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on a number of series, including The Flintstones Comedy Hour, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Smurfs and Richie Rich. He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials for Rocketship Limited, and created his first solo work, the animated short Lupo the Butcher. At MTV, he work on a number of commercials, his series The Brothers Grunt, and Cartoon Sushi. He went on to create Ed, Edd n Eddy for Cartoon Network. In 2008, Antonucci signed to Wild Brain.

Throughout his career, Antonucci won a number of awards. Many of his commercials for Converse, ESPN and Levi’s won a number of awards. Lupo the Butcher was a successful short and is considered to be a cult-classic. Ed, Edd n Eddy, his work by which he is best known, remains one of Cartoon Network's most successful series to date.