Homer Groening Explained

Homer Groening
Birth Date:30 December 1919
Birth Place:Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation:Director, producer, writer, advertiser, cartoonist
Years Active:1958-1996
Children:5, including Matt

Homer Philip Groening (December 30, 1919 - March 15, 1996) was a Canadian-American filmmaker, advertiser, writer, and cartoonist.[1] [2] He was the father of Matt Groening and inspired the names of Homer Simpson and Philip J. Fry.[3] [4] [5] Groening was known for work on many different types of short films.[6] [7]

Biography

Groening was born in Main Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada to a German-speaking Mennonite family;[8] [9] he was named after the Greek poet Homer.[10] [11] [12] The family would later move to Oregon.[13] Groening attended Linfield College in Portland. After graduating in 1941, he married Marge Groening (née Wiggum). He served as a pilot in World War II, flying a B-17 Bomber.[14] [15]

Groening's career began in 1958 when he produced an advertisement for a local station KGW-TV. Groening also worked on many documentaries and films including The Big Three, Timberline, A Study in Wet, Man and His World Psychedelic Wet, the Story[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and Linfield Revisited.[21] Groening also was a cartoonist. On April 28, 1962, the New Yorker ran an advertisement written by Groening. Groening also worked on several comic strips.

Family and personal life

Groening was the father of Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, Lisa Groening, who is married to Craig Bartlett the creator of Hey Arnold!,[22] [23] as well as Maggie, Mark, and Patty Groening.[24] [25] Groening died on March 15, 1996, of cancer.[26] [27] [28] Following his death, his wife Marge lived another 17 years and died on April 22, 2013.[29] She was 94 years old.[30]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amidi . Amid . 2011-02-06 . Dad of "Simpsons" Creator Matt Groening Was a Filmmaker Too . 2023-09-28 . Cartoon Brew . en-US.
  2. Web site: 2007-05-10 . The Simpsons Archive: Matt Groening Q&A; (June 1993) . 2023-11-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510155119/http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening93b.html . 2007-05-10 .
  3. Web site: Homer Groening: The Legend, the Father, the Simpson . 2023-09-27 . Portland Monthly . en-US.
  4. News: Rose . Joseph . 2007-08-01 . The real people behind Homer Simpson and family . 2023-09-27 . The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon . Advance Publications.
  5. Web site: 2007-05-10 . The Simpsons Archive: Matt Groening Q&A; (June 1993) . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070510155119/http://www.snpp.com/other/interviews/groening93b.html . 2007-05-10 .
  6. Web site: Groening to discuss Homer's work in Portland, his father's short films . 2023-09-26 . katu.com.
  7. Web site: Tribune Staff . Pamplin Media Group . 2015-01-16 . Homer Groening's films add a little D'oh! to Hollywood theatre retrospective . September 1, 2024 . PortlandTribune.com.
  8. News: Times Staff . Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, 'Simpsons' Inspiration. Associated Press. March 19, 1996. Seattle Times. October 19, 2023.
  9. Web site: Arts&Culture 6-19 . 2023-11-01 . legacy.canadianmennonite.org.
  10. De La Roca . Claudia . May 1, 2012 . Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield . . . Washington, D.C. . September 1, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501223958/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Matt-Groening-Reveals-the-Location-of-the-Real-Springfield.html . May 1, 2012 .
  11. 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (six-minute edit for the season 1 DVD) . 20th Century Fox . 2000 . UK . June 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081722/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250735/ . February 11, 2017 . live . DVD . BBC.
  12. News: Sadownick . Doug . February 26, 1991 . Matt Groening . Advocate . 571.
  13. News: Marc . Mohan . January 15, 2015 . Portland filmmaker (and 'Simpsons' inspiration) Homer Groening gets his due with a screening of his work . September 1, 2024 . . . Portland, Oregon . https://web.archive.org/web/20150120045515/https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2015/01/portland_filmmaker_and_simpson.html . January 20, 2015 . live.
  14. Web site: Delzio . Melissa . January 6, 2020 . Homer Groening . 2023-09-26 . PDX Design History.
  15. Web site: 2015-01-14 . AP Film Studies: Homer's Odyssey . 2023-09-28 . Willamette Week.
  16. Web site: Crow . Jonathan . Before The Simpsons: Homer Groening Directs a 1969 Short Film, The Story, Starring His Kids Maggie, Lisa & Matt . Open Culture . September 14, 2014 . 2023-09-26 .
  17. Web site: 2014-01-30 . Meet the real-life 'Simpsons' kids in a 1969 film made by Matt Groening's father, Homer . 2023-09-28 . DangerousMinds.
  18. Web site: Lynch . E. D. W. . 2014-02-22 . The Story, A 1969 Short Film by Homer Groening Starring His Kids Maggie, Lisa, and Matt . 2023-09-28 . Laughing Squid .
  19. Web site: 2012-02-06 . "Simpsons" Creator Matt Groening's Dad Was Named Homer, and He Made Movies . 2023-09-28 . Mental Floss . en-US . 2022-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221116172706/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29924/simpsons-creator-matt-groenings-dad-was-named-homer-and-he-made-movies . dead .
  20. Web site: Oregon Midcentury Genius presents: Selected Short Films by Homer Groening (January 2015) – Oregon Cartoon Project . 2023-09-28 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Homer Groening . 2023-09-26 . lambiek.net . en.
  22. Web site: 2008-08-20 . My Simpsons Collection . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820020800/http://donthaveacowman.com/Simpsons/Cards/Inkworks2001/page2001.70.html . 2008-08-20 .
  23. Web site: Owen . Aled . 2023-06-14 . Why We Have 'The Simpsons' to Thank for 'Hey Arnold!' . 2023-09-28 . Collider . en.
  24. Web site: 2020-01-30 . Creating 'The Simpsons:' How Matt Groening's Own Family Inspired the Characters . 2023-09-28 . Biography . en-US.
  25. Web site: Matt Groening's Mother, Inspiration For Marge Simpson, Dies . 2023-09-28 . www.wbur.org . 7 May 2013 . en.
  26. News: AP Staff . . Homer Groening, Cartoonist's Father, 'Simpsons' Inspiration . . March 19, 1996 . September 1, 2024.
  27. News: LA Times Staff . March 22, 1996 . Homer Groening; Cartoonist and Filmmaker . September 1, 2024 . . L.A. Times Archive.
  28. News: BBC Staff . May 7, 2013 . Margaret Groening, Marge Simpson 'inspiration', dies . London . BBC News . British Broadcasting Corporation . September 1, 2024.
  29. News: CBS Staff. May 7, 2013 . Margaret Groening, inspiration for "The Simpsons" mom, dies at 94 . September 1, 2024 . CBS News . New York.
  30. News: Post Staff . May 9, 2013 . Marge Groening, Inspiration For Son Matt Groening's Marge Simpson, Has Died . September 1, 2024 . . New York.

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