Paul Germain

Paul Lazarus Germain (born June 6, 1959) is an American writer, director, and producer. Germain—along with Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó—was one of the creators of the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rugrats''. He also co-created the series ''Recess'' and ''Lloyd in Space'', also having worked on ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' and ''Even Stevens''.

By the age of 24, Germain was credited on ''Terms of Endearment'', ''Say Anything...'', ''Big'' and ''Broadcast News'', which was produced by James L. Brooks for Gracie Films. He worked with ''Rugrats'' colleague Joe Ansolabehere to create Disney's ''Recess'' and ''Lloyd in Space''. Germain and Ansolabehere formed the television production company Paul & Joe Productions. They worked in tandem on ''Pound Puppies'' for Discovery Family and Disney Junior's ''Goldie & Bear''. He was a screenwriter on the direct-to-DVD film ''Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue''. Provided by Wikipedia