D.B. Sweeney

'''Daniel Bernard "D.B." Sweeney '''(Born November 14, 1961) is an Award winning American Actor, Film Producer, Director, Children's Author, Puppeteer, Animator, Screenwriter, Editor, Entrepreneur, Live Action Model, Voice Actor, Artist, Songwriter, Storyboard Artist, Entertainer, Dancer, Singer, Enviromentalist, Philanthropist and International Icon. He is best known for his creating "Terry the Blubber" and animating the longest running Children's Animated Shows "Madeline" and "The Madcap Adventures of Terry the Blubber".

Early Life
Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham by an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He started falling in love with Films when he was 4, starting with Mary Poppins, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. When he was 8, he immediately wanted to become a Songwriter after watching Oliver (1968 film), he wrote many songs that would become smash hits. When he was 7, he started performing on stage musical productions at school, there he started his singing and dancing career when he played Oliver Twist. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School, where he was a member of the Omega Gamma Dalta fraternity. He also became a Screenwriter when he wrote his first short film Terry the Blubber (Short film), but it was not realized until 1975. He attended both Tulane, New York University and CalArts. Though he had trouble getting sizable roles in student productions while still in school with the exceptions of Hello Dolly, Mary Poppins and Oliver (Musical), upon his graduation he was immediately cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial and The Music Man.