Danny Antonucci (/ˌæntəˈnuːtʃi/,[1] Italian: [antoˈnuttʃi]; born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer.

He created the Cartoon Network animated comedy series Ed, Edd n Eddy as well as Lupo the Butcher and The Brothers Grunt for MTV.

Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, and worked on a number of series: The Flintstone Comedy Show, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Smurfs, and Richie Rich.

For MTV, Antonucci made a number of bumpers, his series The Brothers Grunt, and the title sequence to animation showcase program Cartoon Sushi.

[2] Antonucci attended the Sheridan College of Visual Arts but quit to take a job as an animator[3] at Canimage Production, a division of Hanna-Barbera.

[6] Intending to move to Los Angeles in 1984 to find more work, Antonucci landed in Vancouver, British Columbia.

[10] Feeling confined to "gross" and "edgy" work, such as his series The Brothers Grunt, Antonucci decided to produce an animated children's television show again with his company a.k.a.

He also stated that Rolf is strongly based on himself and his cousins, since he was part of an immigrant family, and grew up in a first-generation foreign household with different customs and ways of living.

[15] On June 11, 2013, US animator Joe Murray posted a short interview with Antonucci for his class on his website, and on the end wrote: "He's currently working on a new series, so rock on.

[citation needed] Antonucci's first solo work Lupo the Butcher was a successful short and is considered to be a cult classic.

[8] Eric Fogel, creator of Celebrity Deathmatch, stated that Lupo the Butcher "opened [his] eyes to a world of animation that was strictly for grownups and inspired [him] to pursue a career path that was a bit more...

[8] In 1998, for his work on Cartoon Sushi, Antonucci received a National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Television Animation.