Eric Fogel (born May 11, 1969) is an American director, writer, animator, producer, and voice actor who is best known as the creator of Celebrity Deathmatch.
Where, while working on his first series; The Head, also directed episodes of Cartoon Sushi (which featured the original Celebrity Deathmatch pilot), and Daria.
Celebrity Deathmatch premiered in 1998 during the Super Bowl Halftime and turned out to be the highest-rated special in the history of MTV.
In 1999, a Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack was released, the single "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" by Marilyn Manson had a video directed by Fogel in the style of the show.
Though no wrestling is involved, the two hosts from Celebrity Deathmatch introduce Manson and his entire band are portrayed in clay performing the song.
Despite being replaced by Jack Fletcher and Dave 'Canadian' Thomas, Fogel was still credited as the creator and co-executive producer of the show.
Fogel's latest series; Glenn Martin, DDS, which he co-created with Alex Berger and Michael Eisner premiered on Nick at Nite in the United States and Citytv in Canada in 2009.
The show generated some controversy due to its inappropriate content (sexual references) and time slot, which aired following SpongeBob SquarePants.
In 2018, MTV announced yet another revival of the show was set to air in 2019 with Ice Cube serving as co-executive producer and host.
Based on the children's book by Tony Hale, the show was produced by DreamWorks Animation where it ran for two seasons.