- Loren Bouchard
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name = Loren Bouchard
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yearsactive = 1995 - present
spouse = Holly Kretschmar
homepage =Loren Hal Bouchard (born 1970) is a writer, director, producer, composer, and voice actor for several animated TV shows. He is most often associated with three shows: Comedy Central's "
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist ", Adult Swim's "Home Movies," and "Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil ".Career
A high-school dropout, Bouchard was working as a bartender in 1993 when he bumped into a former grade school teacher of his, Tom Snyder. Snyder asked if Bouchard was still drawing, and then offered Bouchard a chance to work on a few animated short films Snyder was making. [ [http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2007/09/inside_with_lor.html] Interview with Bouchard in The Apiary] The shorts developed into Bouchard's first series, "
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist ", which he produced. He creditsJonathan Katz ,H. Jon Benjamin , and Tom Snyder as major influences. [ [http://tv.ign.com/articles/566/566488p1.html] "Ten Questions: Lauren Bouchard", IGN, November 16, 2004] "Dr. Katz" ran for six seasons, from 1995-2000. He also produced one season of "Science Court ", another animated show made bySoup2Nuts . [ [http://movies.ign.com/articles/634/634271p1.html] "Comic-Con 2005 Video Blog: Loren Bouchard", IGN]Towards the end of "Dr. Katz", Bouchard and
Brendon Small teamed up to create "Home Movies" [ [http://movies.ign.com/articles/566/566928p1.html] "Ten Questions: Brendon Small", IGN] The show was picked up initially byUPN , who dropped it after five episodes; the remaining eight shows from season one, and the subsequent three seasons were shown on Adult Swim. The show was not renewed after the conclusion of the fourth season in 2004.After "Home Movies" concluded and another Bouchard pilot, "
Saddle Rash " (2002), was not picked up, Bouchard created "Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil ". The show's pilot was created onOctober 30 2005 , but it was not until September 2007 that the show debuted as a weekly feature on Adult Swim. [ [http://weblogs.variety.com/on_the_air/loren_bouchard/index.html] Variety article on "Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil"]Bouchard lives in
San Francisco [ [http://www.imposemagazine.com/mag/?p=2030] Interview with Bouchard in Impose Magazine] with his wife, Holly Kretschmar. The couple was married onSeptember 6 2006 . [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/fashion/weddings/03kretschmar.html?_r=1&oref=slogin] Bouchard's wedding announcement in the New York Times]References
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