Loren Bouchard

Career A high school dropout, Bouchard was working as a bartender in 1993 when he bumped into a former grade school teacher of his, Tom Snyder, who asked if Bouchard was still drawing, and offered Bouchard a chance to work on a few animated short films Snyder was making. The shorts developed into Bouchard's first series, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, which he produced. He credits Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Snyder as major influences. Dr. Katz ran for six seasons, from 1995 to 2000. He also produced one season of Science Court, another animated show made by Soup2Nuts.

Towards the end of Dr. Katz, Bouchard and Brendon Small teamed up to create Home Movies. He was a consulting producer on HBO's The Ricky Gervais Show.

In 2009, Bouchard got together with King of the Hill writer and producer Jim Dauterive and developed Bob's Burgers, an animated series about a family working at a hamburger restaurant. Bouchard grew up in a working-class family full of "blue collar creatives" and created Bob's Burgers because he didn't see that kind of life represented on TV. In 2010, Fox placed the series on the primetime slate for the 2010–11 television season. A special preview aired on Thanksgiving on November 25, 2010. When the series premiered, it received mixed reviews with a Metacritic score of 54 out of 100. However, as the first season progressed and concluded and the second began, critics began giving the series praise. The show has generally been viewed as a spiritual successor to King of the Hill, which carried less emphasis on shock comedy and focused more on character-driven humor. A film adaptation based on the animated TV series was released on May 27, 2022. and serves as Bouchard's feature directorial debut.

Personal life Bouchard lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Holly Kretschmar. The couple married on September 3, 2006, and have two sons.

Filmography Series +Television work by Loren Bouchard Year Title Creator / Showrunner Involvement (episodes) Role1995–1999 Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistWriter, producer, editor (47 episodes) —1997 Science CourtProducer and director (12 episodes) —2001–2004 Home Movies (52 episodes)Writer, executive producer, director, co-theme music composer Josie Small (voice)2005–2007 Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil (11 episodes)Writer, executive producer, director, composerClassmate (voice)2007 My Gym Partner's a MonkeyVoice actor (episode: "Flesh Fur Fantasy/Substitute Sweetheart")Teddy (voice)2010 The Ricky Gervais ShowConsulting producer (season 1) —2011–present Bob's BurgersWriter, co-developer, executive producer, main theme composer Mickey (voice) (episode "Beach, Please", replaced Bill Hader)2020–2022 Central ParkWriter, executive producer, main theme composer —2021–2025 The Great NorthExecutive producer —

Films +Film work by Loren Bouchard Year Title Director Involvement Role2022 My Butt Has a Fever Short film, writer, music and lyrics, performer — The Bob's Burgers Movie Writer, producer, music and lyrics, additional score arrangements, additional music, musician, vocalist, song producer Additional voices

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