Peter Hannan is an artist, writer, and creator of the Nickelodeon animated series CatDog. He oversaw all aspects of the show, including writing, storyboarding, character design, art direction, and post-production, for sixty-five half-hours, including holiday specials.
As the producer of Fetch, the CatDog theatrical short subject for The Rugrats Movie, and the ninety-minute television movie CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery, Hannan has worked on various projects in development for different age groups.
He is the author and illustrator of The Sillyville Saga, a series of children's books, and has written and illustrated stories for anthologies such as Speak! and Purr!. Hannan is currently working on a series of middle-grade illustrated chapter books featuring a team of super-avenging nincompoops.
He has also written and illustrated picture books, a book intended for adults, and amusing newspaper and magazine pieces. Hannan has had a lifelong interest in singing and songwriting, writing the CatDog theme song and many other songs for the series.
He has done illustrations for various publications, including The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Playboy, and Entertainment Weekly. Hannan has also created a line of greeting cards and has worked on a series of drawings entitled My Own Private Hollywood.
Born and raised in upstate New York, Hannan is a proud victim of small-town public and parochial education and a graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. He lives in southern California with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
