Adam Muto (born July 19, 1980) is an American writer, director, storyboard artist, animator, and producer known for his work as the executive producer and

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of the animated television series ''

Adventure Time ''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...

''.

Career

Muto was a classmate of ''Adventure Time'' creator

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. When Ward was first working on the ''Adventure Time'' pilot for the

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series ''

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'', Muto assisted him by drawing props. Eventually, Muto went on to work on the television series, serving as a storyboard artist. During the show's first season, he was partnered with Elizabeth Ito, but during the show's second and third seasons, he was partnered with

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. During the following year, he was promoted to creative director, and midway through the show's fifth season, he was promoted to supervising producer, then co-executive producer. From mid-season five until the show's conclusion, he served as the show's

and executive producer (following Ward's stepping down sometime during the production of season five).

Awards

Adam Muto's work on ''Adventure Time'' gained him a

Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

nomination for the second season episode "

It Came from the Nightosphere "It Came from the Nightosphere" is the first episode of the second season of the American animated television series ''Adventure Time''. The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adop ...

" in 2011, along with his then-storyboarding partner

Filmography

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