Amy Winfrey (born May 1976) is an American animator, screenwriter,
songwriter, director and voice actress. She is best known for creating
the web series Making Fiends that was later picked up by Nickelodeon
in 2008.Winfrey studied animation at UCLA and made a 3D film called
The Bad Plant, which won her a silver medal at the Student Academy
Awards in 2000. At UCLA, Winfrey worked as an animator on South Park
during the first and second seasons. She took a break from the school
to work full-time on the South Park theatrical film. In a UCLA class,
Winfrey made a website dedicated to traffic cones. Because of many
visitors on the traffic cone website, Winfrey decided to create a
series of short web cartoons, and the result was Muffin Films. When
the 12 shorts were finished, Winfrey created another series, Big
Bunny. In 2003, Winfrey created Making Fiends. Nickelodeon contacted
Winfrey in 2004 about possibly bringing Making Fiends to TV. The TV
series premiered on October 4, 2008.Winfrey resides Los Angeles,
California with her husband, Peter Merryman.
songwriter, director and voice actress. She is best known for creating
the web series Making Fiends that was later picked up by Nickelodeon
in 2008.Winfrey studied animation at UCLA and made a 3D film called
The Bad Plant, which won her a silver medal at the Student Academy
Awards in 2000. At UCLA, Winfrey worked as an animator on South Park
during the first and second seasons. She took a break from the school
to work full-time on the South Park theatrical film. In a UCLA class,
Winfrey made a website dedicated to traffic cones. Because of many
visitors on the traffic cone website, Winfrey decided to create a
series of short web cartoons, and the result was Muffin Films. When
the 12 shorts were finished, Winfrey created another series, Big
Bunny. In 2003, Winfrey created Making Fiends. Nickelodeon contacted
Winfrey in 2004 about possibly bringing Making Fiends to TV. The TV
series premiered on October 4, 2008.Winfrey resides Los Angeles,
California with her husband, Peter Merryman.
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