Fred Seibert

Fred Seibert
Seibert at Vidcon 2014
Born	Frederick G. Seibert[1]
Education	Columbia University (dropped out)
Occupations	Television producer media proprietor
Years active	1975–present
Works	Cartoon shorts filmography
Label	Oblivion Records
Website	fredseibert.com

Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor.^[2] He was the first employee and creative director of MTV in 1980,^[3] and later founded Frederator Studios in 1998,^[4] as well as its spin-off companies Frederator Networks, Channel Frederator Network, and Cartoon Hangover.^[5][6] Having held numerous executive positions for Viacom Media Networks, he was the final president of animation studio Hanna-Barbera from 1992 to 1996.^[7][8][2] He has since co-founded Next New Networks, Bolder Media, and the production company FredFilms by 2020.^[9]

Seibert is an angel investor for numerous technology and media-based startup projects. He was as an initial seed investor for the website Tumblr, and in media, he has been credited with executive production and funding for animated and live action television shows on cable and streaming.^[10] He created the animation incubator anthology series What a Cartoon! in 1994, Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998, and Random! Cartoons in 2008; all three have spawned successful television programs as spin-offs, including The Fairly OddParents, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Powerpuff Girls, and Adventure Time—for most of which he served as executive producer.^[11]

Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 and has received a Grammy Award nomination.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}