Paul Dini

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Paul Dini

Paul Dini (* 1957 in New York City ) is an American television producer of animated cartoons .

He is known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. / DC Comics series, including Star Wars: Ewoks , Tiny Toon Adventures , Batman: The Animated Series , Superman: The Animated Series , The New Batman / Superman Adventures , Batman Beyond and Duck Dodgers . He has also developed and written Krypto the Superdog and stories on Animaniacs (he created Minerva Mink ), Freakazoid! , Justice League and Justice League Unlimited . After leaving Warner Bros. early in 2004, Dini went on to write and rewrite the popular ABC adventure series Lost .

Life

Paul Dini visited with the help of an art scholarship from the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach , California . He attended Emerson College in Boston , where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing (he also took zoology classes at Harvard University ).

While in college, he began freelancing animation stories for Filmation and a number of other studios. In 1984 he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.

The episodes of the He-Man cartoon, written by Dini, have become favorites among fans of the show over the internet, although - despite the fact that he also contributed interviews on the show's published season boxes - Dini did not Made secret of his aversion to filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation 1 Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks tricks series, several of which included rare Empire appearances.

Professional career

In 1989 he was hired by Warner Brothers Animation to work on the Tiny Toon Adventures . He later moved on to Batman: The Animated Series , where he worked as a writer, producer, and editor , to later work on Batman Beyond . He continued to work with WB Animation on a number of in-house projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers through 2004. He earned five Emmy Awards for his animation work.

Dini has also written several comic book stories for DC Comics , including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross . A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes . Other comics written by Dini for DC feature his Batman Animated creation, Harley Quinn, as well as classic characters like Superman , Batman , Captain Marvel, and Zatanna .

Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle , the rebellious, teenage daughter of Santa Claus . Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red , the superpowered cowgirl star in a series of books set in Dini's mythical city of Mutant, Texas .

His series of animated cartoons starring the characters from DC Comics is sometimes known among his fans as the Diniverse .

In 2006, Dini becomes the writer for Detective Comics . This will be Dini's first regular comic book assignment.

His later works include the computer games Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City , the plots of which were created by Dini. For the comic series Batman: Arkham City , which revolves around the prehistory of the game of the same name, he wrote the story for the first volume.

Hobbies

Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist , hunter, and nature photographer. Paul Dini is also an amateur stage magician and an active member of the Academy of Magical Arts . Fittingly, one of his favorite DC characters is Zatanna. He has also played several small roles in Kevin Smith films .

Paul Dini lives in Los Angeles , California and is married to the magician Misty Lee .

Award

Dini has won five Emmy Awards for writing on Tiny Toon Adventures , Batman: The Animated Series, and Batman Beyond .

He received the Writer's Guild Animation Writing Award in 2000 and a second WGA Award for Dramatic Television Writer in 2006 as a member of the Lost Writing Team .

Dini is also a three-time winner of the Animation Industry Annie Awards and has won seven Comic Industry Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards . Dini received nominations for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1999 and 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Dini, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American television producer of animated cartoons
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City