Peter Browngardt

Peter Browngardt’s story starts in Sag Harbor, New York, where he landed on August 12th, 1979. The guy’s basically a cartoon wizard—seriously, if you’ve even glanced at the weird, wild worlds of “Secret Mountain Fort Awesome” or “Uncle Grandpa,” you’ve seen his fingerprints all over the place. Browngardt’s sense of humor is… well, let’s just say it’s not exactly subtle. His shows are the kind of thing that makes parents raise an eyebrow and kids burst out laughing, which, honestly, is pretty much the dream if you’re making cartoons. After breaking into the scene with some seriously offbeat stuff in the late 2000s, Browngardt kept pushing the envelope. In 2019, he brought his wild energy to the legendary “Looney Tunes Cartoons,” showing everyone he could mess with the classics without missing a beat. There’s just something about his style—unapologetically weird, but with a real heart underneath all the wackiness. You can feel he grew up loving cartoons, and now he’s just out here making the kind of stuff he would’ve watched as a kid. Off the clock, he’s been married to Kristina Baranovich since October 16, 2011. But you get the sense that animation’s never far from his mind. Browngardt’s not just making shows—he’s pretty much shaping the next generation of animated weirdness, and honestly, the cartoon world’s way more fun with him in it.