Audu Paden
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Audu Paden (born December 20, 1963, in London, England)1 is an American television producer, director, writer, cartoonist, and storyboard artist. A Peabody, Gemini, and Emmy Award winner,2 he built a career spanning more than twenty-five years across major animation studios, with credits on Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Rugrats, The Simpsons, Spider-Man (MTV), Godzilla: The Series, Monster High, and Ever After High, among many others. He served as producer, director, and storyboard artist on Extreme Ghostbusters, the 1997 animated sequel to The Real Ghostbusters.
Early life and education
Paden was born in London to American parents and raised internationally, spending formative years in sub-Saharan Africa (West Africa).3 He later returned to the United States and studied theater at Northwestern University before completing film and animation studies at the UCLA animation workshop during the 1980s.3