Background
Alex Hirsch was born on June 18, 1985, in Piedmont, California, the United States. Not much is known about his family excepting that he has a twin sister, Ariel and three half-sisters, Lauren, Jessica and Katrina.
2019
429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States
Ricky Cometa, Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls), Executive Producer Dana Terrace, Wendie Malick (Bojack Horseman, Just Shoot Me), Sarah-Nicole Robles (Boss Baby, Billy Dilley’s Super-Duper Subterranean Summer) and moderator, Vice President of Creative & Artistic Development Shane Prigmore pose for a photo backstage during the Welcome to "The Owl House" panel during New York Comic Con 2019 - Day 2 at Jacobs Javits Center on October 04, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe)
2012
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2013
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Cast of Gravity Falls greet fans and sign autographs at Disney's D23 Expo, the ultimate event for Disney fans at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California (August 9). (Photo by Matt Petit)
2014
1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015, United States
Alex Hirsch attends the Gravity Falls Live! Disney Animation Panel during the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on June 14, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vincent Sandoval)
2017
800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802, United States
Alex Hirsch at the Anaheim Convention Center, July 14, 2017.
2018
189 The Grove Dr suite k 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States
Alex Hirsch signs copies of his new book, "Gravity Falls: Lost Legends" at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on July 24, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brandon Williams)
2018
189 The Grove Dr suite k 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036, United States
Alex Hirsch signs copies of his new book, "Gravity Falls: Lost Legends" at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on July 24, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brandon Williams)
2019
429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States
Ricky Cometa, Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls), Executive Producer Dana Terrace, Wendie Malick (Bojack Horseman, Just Shoot Me), Sarah-Nicole Robles (Boss Baby, Billy Dilley’s Super-Duper Subterranean Summer) and moderator, Vice President of Creative & Artistic Development Shane Prigmore pose for a photo backstage during the Welcome to "The Owl House" panel during New York Comic Con 2019 - Day 2 at Jacobs Javits Center on October 04, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe)
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(Journal 3 brims with every page ever seen on the show plu...)
Journal 3 brims with every page ever seen on the show plus all-new pages with monsters and secrets, notes from Dipper and Mabel, and the Author's full story. Fans of Gravity Falls will simply love this 288-page full-color jacketed hardcover version of Journal 3!
https://www.amazon.com/Gravity-Falls-Journal-Alex-Hirsch/dp/1484746694/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Gravity+Falls%3A+Journal+3&qid=1580201754&s=instant-video&sr=1-1-catcorr
2016
(A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sle...)
A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls in one original New York Times bestselling graphic novel. Written by Alex Hirsch.
https://www.amazon.com/Gravity-Falls-Legends-All-New-Adventures/dp/1368021425/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Gravity+Falls%3A+Lost+Legends&qid=1580201834&s=instant-video&sr=8-1
2018
("Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn t...)
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.
https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Into-Spider-Verse-Liev-Schreiber/dp/B07L9YXWSW/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Spider-Man%3A+Into+the+Spider-Verse&qid=1580197750&sr=8-2
2018
(Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles are setting sail for misad...)
Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles are setting sail for misadventure, big laughs, and tons of excitement. They are held hostage by a weird mechanical genie, attend the fascinating Knot Festival, and set sail to the South Pole in search of K'nuckles long lost booty. Because that's what adventurers do!
https://www.amazon.com/Several-Leagues-Below-Cammie-Island/dp/B00AEXQJH6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Marvelous+Misadventures+of+Flapjack&qid=1580201463&sr=8-1
Alex Hirsch was born on June 18, 1985, in Piedmont, California, the United States. Not much is known about his family excepting that he has a twin sister, Ariel and three half-sisters, Lauren, Jessica and Katrina.
Hirsch attended the Piedmont High School where, in 2002, he won the annual Bird Calling Contest of the school. While there, he also featured on the popular American late-night talk show Late Show with David Letterman.
He enrolled at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from where he completed his graduation in 2007. While there he developed different short films and projects. These included the short film Off the Wall created in spring 2007. Later animation executive at Disney, Mike Moon, happened to see the film that was a combination of both animation and live-action. This led Moon to ask Hirsch to develop a TV series for Disney that eventually resulted in Gravity Falls.
After graduating from CalArts, Hirsch worked at the Los Angeles, California based digital entertainment studio called JibJab. He earned his first job as writer and storyboard artist of the American animated television series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack that aired on Cartoon Network.
He along with Bill Reiss developed the Disney Channel animated series, Fish Hooks. He also contributed as Creative Director and voiced the recurring role of Clamantha in the series that aired for over three years from September 3, 2010, to April 4, 2014.
In 2012, he landed up with one of the most notable works of his career, creating the American animated television series Gravity Falls. Disney Television Animation produced the critically acclaimed show for Disney Channel and Disney XD from June 15, 2012, to February 15, 2016. Hirsch once recalled that as he wanted to work for Disney, he turned down Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks Animation while he was attending CalArts.
Hirsch has also contributed to the main voice roles of Grunkle Stan and Soos Ramirez in Gravity Falls apart from providing voices of recurring characters Bill Cipher and Gnomes. The series bagged several awards and nominations including winning BAFTA Children's Award and an Annie Award in 2015.
The series Gravity Falls revolves around adventures of Dipper Pines and his twin sister Mabel while they were on a summer visit to their great-uncle Stan’s place in a mysterious town of Gravity Falls that had supernatural creatures and paranormal forces all around. This concept was inspired by experiences of Hirsch's own childhood with sister Ariel while they spent their summer vacations. While the character of Mabel was inspired by Ariel, that of Stan was based on his own grandfather. Many of the real-life experiences of Hirsch including trick-or-treating with Ariel and living in Piedmont as kids have found place in the series.
He came up with a global treasure hunt called Cipher Hunt for the fans of Gravity Falls in July 2016. Clues of the hunt were hidden across the globe and the goal was to find the statue of the character Bill Cipher from the series. The statue was unearthed by the fans in Reedsport, Oregon in two weeks from the hunt. Meanwhile, Hirsch’s tie-in book, Gravity Falls: Journal 3, which he co-authored with Rob Renzetti released on the 26th of that month. It went on to feature on The New York Times Best Seller list for almost a year.
On July 14, 2017, an official announcement was made at D23 on a new Gravity Falls graphic novel written by Hirsch. The novel, Gravity Falls: Lost Legends: 4 All-New Adventures!, a collection of four all-new, original and strange stories revolving around the town of Gravity Falls, was released on July 24 the following year.
While working for Gravity Falls, he also played voice roles in different shows including as Officer Concord in October 5, 2013, aired episode Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror from the American animated musical comedy television series Phineas and Ferb; and as Toby Matthews in the September 13, 2015, aired episode Big Trouble in Little Sanchez from the American adult animated science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty. He also remained announcer of the Netflix special Chelsea Peretti: One of the Greats in 2014, a web program written, executive produced and starred by American comedian, actress, and writer Chelsea Peretti.
An announcement was made in August 2016 that Hirsch along with Nicole Perlman were writing the new live-action Pokémon movie titled Detective Pikachu. However, he left the project. n February 2017, Hirsch was added as a story contributor to Sony's animated Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
According to the American weekly entertainment trade magazine Variety, Hirsch has signed a deal with American media-services provider Netflix on August 27, 2018. He is currently the voice of King in the Disney Channel animated series The Owl House, created by Dana Terrace. The show premiered on January 10, 2020.
(Journal 3 brims with every page ever seen on the show plu...)
2016(A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sle...)
2018("Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" introduces Brooklyn t...)
2018(The flightless birds and scheming green pigs take their b...)
2019(Flapjack and Captain K'nuckles are setting sail for misad...)
Alex Hirsch is non-religious. Once, in an interview, he said: "I don’t consider myself a religious man."
Alex Hirsch is the supporter of the Democratic Party. He motivates his followers on various social media accounts to vote and be politically aware.
Hirsch has helped in raising more than $200,000 for Hurricane Harvey relief in 2017 along with Ethan Klein and Justin Roiland through a Twitch charity live stream.
Quotations:
"As long as I could hold a pencil, I was drawing and telling stories and making jokes. I've just been lucky that no one ever stopped me, and now I can do that for a living."
"Stay curious, stay weird, stay kind and don't let anyone ever tell you you aren't smart or brave or worthy enough."
"As long as I can recall I've always wanted to make cartoons. When I went to California Institute of the Arts, I was classmates with a lot of like-minded weirdoes, some of who have gone on to create other cartoon shows - J.G. Quintel, Regular Show; Pen Ward, Adventure Time. We were all friends in school and pushed each other and made each other laugh. It's been a direct progression from elementary school kid watching Disney cartoons to kid-at-heart currently making cartoons for kids, for Disney."
As a child Hirsch was quite fond of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and he counts it among his main influencers. When he was younger, he was fascinated with the paranormal and his sister, Ariel, would always tease him about it. His Gravity Falls script is based on his paranormal childhood fascination.
Hirsch is in a long-term relationship with director Dana Terrace who is best recognized for her work on Gravity Falls (2012) and Mirage (2012).