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Paul Dini
Dini in 2019
Born
Paul McClaran Dini

(1957-08-07) August 7, 1957 (age 66)
New York City, U.S.
EducationEmerson College (BFA)
Occupation(s)Comic creator, writer
Years active1979–present
Notable work
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​
AwardsInkpot Award 2013

Paul McClaran Dini (/ˈdiːni/; born August 7, 1957) is an American screenwriter and comic creator. He has been a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Terry McGinnis.

Dini began writing on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe for Filmation (1983-1984) Then later for Warner Bros. Animation on Tiny Toon Adventures. In addition to Batman: The Animated Series, Dini was a writer for Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999), and writer and developer for Batman Beyond (1999–2001). He also co-created Freakazoid! (1995–1997) with Timm, produced Duck Dodgers (2003–2005), developed and scripted Krypto the Superdog (2005–2006). After leaving Warner Bros. Animation in early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the first season of the ABC adventure series Lost. Dini wrote the storylines for the Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City video games. In 2010, he created the live action drama series Tower Prep for Cartoon Network.

He has written a number of comic books for

Sheriff Ida Red, and Madame Mirage
.

Early life

Paul Dini was born on August 7, 1957

Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing.[3]

During college, he began doing

freelance animation scripts for Filmation,[4] and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects. Dini later returned to the Star Wars universe in 2007 to script several episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[5]

Career

1980s

Dini wrote episodes for the 1983–1985 animated TV series,

Star Wars: Ewoks animated series,[6] several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.[7]

1990s

In 1989, Dini was hired at

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program.[10] He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.[11] In 1989 and 1990, he contributed scripts to the live-action television horror anthology series Monsters: "One Wolf's Family" and "Talk Nice to Me". Along with Bruce Timm, he created the animated series Freakazoid!.[12]

He has earned five

Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was the co-author with Chip Kidd of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.[13]

Dini and

Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth), and the Justice League (Secret Origins and Liberty and Justice). A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Super-Heroes.[23] Among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus.[24]

2000s

In 2002, Dini created

Hush.[30] After Morrison's "Batman R.I.P." storyline in 2009, creators were moved around titles and Dini started writing two new Batman titles Batman: Streets of Gotham[31][32] and Gotham City Sirens.[33][34] Streets of Gotham started and ended with story arcs about Hush while Gotham City Sirens focused on the women of Gotham; he wrote the bulk of both titles during their existence including the first and last issue of both.[35]

In 2006 he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring

GoAnimate to launch his Super Rica & Rashy series on the platform.[41]

Dini returned to Batman animated adaptations to write the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Legends of the Dark Mite". In the same episode, he appeared in an animated form wearing Harley Quinn's costume in a comic book convention parody scene, along with Bruce Timm wearing Joker's costume next to him.[42] He would go on to write several additional episodes for the series, including "Chill of the Night!", which contained a team-up between Batman and Zatanna, one of Dini's favorite characters. Dini penned the storyline for the Rocksteady Studios video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, released on August 25, 2009.[43] He wrote three episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars: "Cloak of Darkness,"[44] "Holocron Heist,"[45] and "Voyage of Temptation."[46] On February 14, 2008, the first edition of Dini's column, "200 Words with Paul Dini" was released on the iFanboy site.[47]

2010s

Dini is the main creator of the live action drama Tower Prep Cartoon Network series.[48] On August 4, 2010, it was confirmed that Dini will be involved in Marvel Comics' upcoming animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, which aired on Disney XD in 2012.[49] He worked on Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., an animated series centered around the Hulk and his supporting cast.[50] Dini worked with Rocksteady studios once again to create Batman: Arkham City, which was a sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum.[51] He wrote a five-issue comic series set in the game continuity.[52] A building in Arkham City is named Dini Towers in tribute.[53] He did not write the storyline of the third Rocksteady game in the series, Batman: Arkham Knight, due to the company not wanting to hire freelance writers for future games.[54]

Dini wrote the script for Bloodspell, an original graphic novel starring Black Canary and Zatanna.[55][56] He also performed rewrites on Disney's dark fantasy film Maleficent.[57][58] His graphic novel Dark Night: A True Batman Story, based on a mugging he experienced in 1993, was published in June 2016.[59] Dini wrote the "Actionland!" chapter in Action Comics #1000 (June 2018) which was drawn by José Luis García-López and Kevin Nowlan.[60]

Paul Dini and his wife, magician

Quick Stop Entertainment.com.[61] Dini and Misty Lee appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on April 6, 2016.[62]

2020s

In September 2020,

HBO Max.[64] It was canceled in August 2022 by Warner Bros. Discovery.[65]

Personal life

Dini and his wife

The Dog Whisperer, in which they sought Cesar Millan's help with their dogs' behavioral problems. Around this time, Dini began an extensive weight loss and exercise regimen which combined dog obedience training.[68][69]

Screenwriting credits

Bibliography

Awards

References

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