Biography
Occasionally a TV show insinuates itself into popular culture shortly after its premiere, lending itself to parody and punchlines and giving the world catchphrases. Such was the case with "South Park" (Comedy Central, 1997- ), a crude and crudely animated series about four foul-mouthed third-graders in a fictional Colorado town. From its debut, "South Park" courted controversy and was variously described as "'Peanuts' on acid" and "a cartoon …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Teamed with Matt Stone and composer Robert Lopez to create the Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon"; earned Tony nominations for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Score | |
2007 | Signed a deal with Comedy Central worth $75 million, which will keep "South Park" at the network through 2011 | |
2005 | Signed a deal to keep "South Park" at Comedy Central through the end of 2008, with Parker and Stone continuing to write, direct, voice and edit | |
2004 | With Stone, produced, co-wrote and voiced characters in the feature "Team America: World Police" | |
2001 | Co-created the sitcom "That's My Bush," spoofing the presidential family | |
1999 | With Stone, produced, co-wrote and voiced characters in the feature "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"; also directed; also co-wrote songs included in the film; shared a Best Original Song Oscar nomination with Marc Shaiman for "Blame Canada" | |
1998 | Co-starred in David Zucker's film comedy "BASEketball" | |
1997 | Co-created the animated Comedy Central series "South Park" with Matt Stone; also wrote, directed, and voiced several characters | |
1997 | Co-wrote (with Stone), directed and starred in "Orgazmo"; shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival | |
1994 | Moved to Los Angeles with Matt Stone | |
1993 | Submitted first film "Alferd Packer! The Musical!" to the Sundance Film Festival; film was not accepted but was purchased by Troma and re-titled "Cannibal! The Musical!" | |
| Created "The Spirit of Christmas" with Matt Stone, two animated short films referred to as "Jesus vs. Frosty" (1992) and "Jesus vs. Santa" (1995) | ||
1992 | With Chris Graves, made first animated short, the 5-minute "American History"; film won a silver medal in the Student Academy Awards competition | |
Awards
2011 | Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical |
2011 | Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical |
2011 | Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in South Park |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
1999 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music Score in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |
1999 | Academy Award for Music (Original Song) in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut |
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |