Biography
Allan Neuwirth attended the Art Students League and Pratt Institute, and began his career as an animator and designer. He created and directed cartoon projects for broadcast and cable networks, illustrated children's books and magazines, designed posters for Broadway shows, and art directed TV series before shifting his career in the 1990s to writing, directing and producing TV and feature films. In 1998 he and Glen Hanson co-created the internationally syndicated comic strip "Chelsea Boys," which has been anthologized twice: "Chelsea Boys" (2003, Alyson Books) and "Chelsea Boys Steppin' Out" (2006, Bruno Gmunder). He has also written non-fiction books about the entertainment industry, including "Makin' Toons" (2003, Allworth Press) and "They'll Never Put That On The Air" (2006, Allworth Press). Neuwirth has head written, story edited, and/or written for TV series including "Bubble Guppies" (Nick Jr.), "Rugrats (2021)" (Paramount+), "Space Racers" (Universal Kids), "The Bug Diaries" (Amazon Prime), "Octonauts" (Disney Channel & BBC), "Big Bag" (Cartoon Network), "Tumble Leaf," (Amazon Prime), "Arthur" (PBS), "Cyberchase" (PBS), "Courage the Cowardly Dog" (Cartoon Network), and "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss" (Nickelodeon). He's written holiday specials ("Jingle All The Way" and "Jingle & Bell's Christmas Star" for the Hallmark Channel), comic book series and graphic novels ("The Flintstones & The Jetsons," "Wonder Woman vs. The Red Menace"), and was a consultant on PBS's documentary series, "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America." Allan produced and directed the musical documentary feature "What's The Name Of The Dame?" (2011), produced the feature film "Drawing Home" (2017), associate produced "Call Me By Your Name" (2017), executive produced "Change In The Air" (2018), and is working on "State of Dispute", "Shadow Cast", "The Yank" and "Boy From Berlin". He co-hosts a new talk show series for YouTube, "Makin’ Toons", inspired by his book of the same name.
