Mike Judge
Mike Judge is an American animator, writer, director, and actor known for creating Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, and Silicon Valley.
Beavis and Butt-Head: An animated comedy series about two dim-witted teenage friends, created by Mike Judge. The MTV series began Judge’s breakthrough as an animator and television creator.
Animation: The creation of moving images by displaying successive drawings, models, or digital frames. Judge’s early animation gave him a direct route from independent shorts to television.
St. Vincent's School of Art: A private Catholic school in Dallas, Texas, attended by Mike Judge. Judge’s Dallas upbringing and schooling preceded his career in technology and entertainment.
MTV: An American cable television network launched in 1981, initially centered on music videos. MTV gave Beavis and Butt-Head a national platform and shaped its early audience.
King of the Hill: An animated sitcom about the Hill family and their neighbors in the fictional Texas town of Arlen. Judge co-created the series and voiced its central character, Hank Hill.
Television comedy: Comedy made for television, including sitcoms, sketch shows, and animated series. Most of Judge’s best-known creations are television comedies.
University of California, San Diego: A public research university in La Jolla, California, where Mike Judge studied physics. Judge graduated with a physics degree before pursuing animation and comedy.
Adult animation: Animation made primarily for adult audiences, often using humor or themes unsuitable for children. Judge’s success helped make animated comedy for adults a prominent television form.
Silicon Valley: An HBO comedy series following programmers trying to build a technology startup. Judge co-created this later series, turning his satirical focus toward tech culture.
Idiocracy: A 2006 science-fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge about an unintelligent future society. Judge carried his social satire into a feature-length vision of the future.