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Who is Seth MacFarlane?
Name: Seth MacFarlane
Nationality: American
Born: 26 October 1973, in Kent, Connecticut, USA
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Biography
Seth MacFarlane is an American comedy writer and director, and passionate cannabis advocate.
His parents, Ronald Milton MacFarlane (1946) and Ann Perry (née Sager; 1947–2010), were born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is of English, Scottish, and Irish descent, with roots in New England including descent from Mayflower passenger William Brewster.
By the time he graduated from his local high school, he had developed a passion for animation, making his own short films. He went on to study film, video and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), gaining a Bachelor of Arts. He was rapidly head-hunted by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons on the basis of his thesis film The Life of Larry (which would become the basis of his hit TV show, Family Guy) – though more for the writing quality than his animation skills.
His experience at Hanna-Barbera and freelancing for Disney Television led to his pitching Family Guy to Fox TV in 1999: it has run on TV ever since.
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