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Eric Stough

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Eric Stough

Born Jul 31, 1972 · 53 years14 titles 13 movies · 1 TV
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Biography

Eric "Butters" Stough (born July 31, 1972) is an American animator and producer. He is best known as the animation director and a producer on the television series South Park. Born in Evergreen, Colorado, Stough attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated in 1995 with a degree in film. A longtime friend of Trey Parker, he has worked with him and Matt Stone on most of their projects, including South Park, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Orgazmo, Team America: World Police and the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon. Stough has won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on South Park, as well as a Peabody Award. He was the inspiration for the character of Butters Stotch on South Park. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jul 31, 1972

Evergreen, Colorado, USA

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1996 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

1999 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)