Fred Seibert's Page

Tell us your story:

It didn't seem to me that making cartoons (or television, for that matter) was an option. It didn't even occur to me that actual humans made cartoons or TV, and when I grew up and knew better, I couldn't write or draw or do much of anything else one would need to be in the biz.

My lack of training didn't stop me from producing the first animated IDs for MTV and Nickelodeon, or becoming President of the woirld famous Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (talk about luck!), or starting Frederator Studios.

I have the best gig in the universe.

Hometown:

New York City

Personal Website:

http://fredseibert.com

Portfolio Site:

http://frederator.com

About Me:

I make cartoons and TV networks.

Favorite Cartoons:

All the Frederator cartoons, Bugs Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, The Flintstones

Favorite Films:

Rock 'N' Roll High School, Car Wash, The Godfather

Favorite TV Shows:

Law & Order, The Closer, 24, Hardball, Reliable Sources, Meet the Press, Washington Week, Friends Mystery!, Prime Suspect

Favorite Comics:

Superman

Favorite Books:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll, Feel Like Goin' Home, Lost Highway, Sweet Soul Music, Riding on a Blue Note, The Power Broker, Jazz Life, Jazz Giants, L'Oeil Du Jazz, The Black Echo, Black Ice, A Darkness More Than Night, 8,000,000 Ways to Die

Authors: Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Robert Caro, Michael Connelly, Sue Grafton, Sarah Paretsky, Peter Guarlnick, Gary Giddins, Walter Mosley, Steven Heller.

Favorite Artists or Illustrators:

All the hundreds of artists who've worked on Frederator cartoons.

Favorite Music:

Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Blossom Dearie, Vince Guaraldi, Ahmad Jamal, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Abdullah Ibrahim, Alex Skolnick, Lester Bowie, James Brown, Run-DMC, Eric B. & Rakim, Ray Charles, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Brother Jack McDuff, Astrud Gilberto, Tony Williams, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Lester Young, Raymond Scott.

And The Electric Flag, Dion, Allen Toussaint, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, James Brown, The J.B.s, Irma Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Beau Hunks, Chuck Berry, Carole King, James Taylor, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Dr. John, Sam & Dave, Jason Forrest, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Al Kooper, Albert King, B.B. King, Michael Jackson, Cream, Eric Clapton, The Isley Brothers, Rascals, Eugene Pitt & The Jive Five, Aaron Neville, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Van Morrison.

Favorite Robots:

Channel Frederator robots