Matt Thompson is an American television producer, television writer, television director, and voice actor.
Career
Early work
Matt Thompson, and his creative partner
Adam Reed
Adam Brooks Reed (born January 8, 1970) is an American voice actor, animator, screenwriter, television producer and television director. Reed created, writes, and voice acts the FX (TV channel), FX adult animated comedy series ''Archer (2009 TV ...
, started out at
Cartoon Network
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doing various odd jobs until they came up with their own show, ''
High Noon Toons
High Noon Toons was a three-hour programming block of cartoons hosted by two cowboy hand puppets named Haas and Lil' Jo (a Bonanza reference) shown on Cartoon Network in the mid-1990s. The series was made by Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, who later ...
'', in the mid-1990s. ''High Noon Toons'' was a 3-hour programming block of cartoons hosted by cowboy
hand puppets Haas and Lil' Jo (a
Bonanza
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pun). While working on this show, Matt and Adam were usually
drunk
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and the two eventually got reprimanded for lighting one of the prop sets on fire.
He has also voiced the character of "Talent Scout" on the series ''
12 oz. Mouse
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.''
Production companies
Thompson and Reed formed
70/30 Productions when they started work on Sealab 2021. The company's name came from the plan that Thompson would do 70% of the producing and 30% of the writing, with Reed doing the reverse.
The pair became renowned for their work on a number of
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
television projects, chiefly ''
Sealab 2021
''Sealab 2021'' is an American adult animated television series created by Adam Reed and Matt Thompson for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. Cartoon Network aired the show's first three episodes in December 2000 before t ...
'' and their follow-up ''
Frisky Dingo'', which aired for several years.
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In 2009, Reed and Thompson closed ''70/30 Productions'' and formed Floyd County Productions to produce Reed's new project, the FX Network series '' Archer''.
''Archer'' has received positive reviews from critics and won many awards, including three Primetime Emmy Award
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s and four Critics Choice Awards. The series has also received 15 Annie Award
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nominations, among others, for outstanding achievement in animation, writing, direction, and voice acting. At San Diego Comic Con 2018, it was announced the tenth season would be titled ''Archer: 1999''.Atlanta
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'', '' Legion'', '' Fargo'', ''Goliath
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'', and ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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''.
Filmography
Television
Producer
Executive producer
Director
Writer
Voice acting
Film
Accolades
References
External links
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* https://www.floydcountyproductions.tv/
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American animators
American animated film directors
American animated film producers
American male voice actors
Place of birth missing (living people)