Marc Brown
Birth Name:
Marc Tolon Brown
Birth Place:
Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Producer, Writer, Actor, Animation department
Fast Facts
- In 2006, he won two CINE Golden Eagle awards for "Arthur," one for the episode "The Squirrels/Fern & Persimmony Glitchet" and another for the episodes "Do You Speak George?/World Girls․"
- Majored in graphic design at the Cleveland Institute of Art
- Was inspired by the stories his grandmother and great grandmother would tell him while he was growing up
- Known for writing and illustrating the "Arthur" series of children's books, on which the television series of the same name and its spin offs are based
- The names of his children are hidden in the books he writes
- Based many of the characters in his Arthur stories on children from his own third grade class
- Credits Fred Rogers for Arthur's success, as Brown believes he set the standard for television geared toward children and family
- Started teaching part time at Boston's Garland Junior College in 1969
- Stated that the Mountain Ash trees that grow in Martha's Vineyard are one of his favorite kids of trees
- Turned an old sheep barn into a garage with an upper story to serve as a studio
Awards
- 1999Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Winner
- 2000Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2001Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Winner
- 2002Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2003Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2004Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2005Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2005Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 2006CINE Golden Eagle - Telecast - Professional Non-Fiction Division: Children's Programs:Winner
- 2006CINE Golden Eagle - Telecast - Professional Non-Fiction Division: Children's Programs:Winner
- 2006Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2006Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 2007Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Winner
- 2008Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2008Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 2009Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 2015Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Program:Nominated
- 2020Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Animated Series:Nominated