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Dana Terrace

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American animator, cartoonist, writer, director, and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House. She is also known for storyboarding on Gravity Falls and directing on the 2017 reboot of DuckTales.Terrace was born in Hamden, Connecticut. She spent eight years going to St. Rita School, a local Catholic School, gaining an interest in painters such as John Bauer, Remedios Varo, and Hieronymus Bosch.[2][3] As a child, she watched cartoons like The Powerpuff Girls, South Park, and The Simpsons, inspiring her later works.[4][3][5] Studio Ghibli films (especially Princess Mononoke), the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Garfield influenced her as well.[6][5][7] In 2000, she created her first flip-book animation, which focused on "Pikachu thundershocking a Charmander."[8] Terrace was a dancer for 10 years.[9] She attended Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School in New Haven, Connecticut.