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Line 1: {{short description\|American voice actor}} {{distinguish\|text=[[Matthew Greenfield]], a producer of independent films}} {{Use American English\|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person ~~\| name = Matt Greenfield~~ \| birth_name = Matthew Brian Greenfield \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|~~1961~~1965\|1\|12}} \| birth_place = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S. <!-- Facebook profile --> \| occupation = Producer, ADR director, Scriptwriter, Voice Actor Line 11 ⟶ 13: \| other_names = Brian Granveldt }} '''Matthew Brian Greenfield''' (born January 12, ~~1961~~1965)~~<ref name="California Birth Index">State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.</ref>~~ is an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] producer, scriptwriter, director and voice actor. ~~best~~ ~~known~~He ~~for his work in producing the~~produces English-language versions of ~~many popular~~ Japanese anime, ~~most notably~~including ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', and ~~for being~~was the co-founder<ref>{{cite news\|last=Huise\|first=Ed\|title=Company broadens its offerings without straying far from its core consumer\|newspaper=Video Business\|date=23 September 23, 2002\|id={{ProQuest\|223907817}}}}{{dead link\|date=December 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> of [[A.D. Vision]]. ==Early life== Matthew Brian Greenfield was born on January 12, ~~1961~~1965, in [[Sacramento, California]] to Patricia (née Doering, born 1938)<ref name="California Birth Index">State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.</ref> and Virgil Greenfield (1934–2006).<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=virgil-greenfield&pid=17184450\|title=Virgil Greenfield\|newspaper=Houston Chronicle\|date=March 26, 2006\|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref> His grandparents, Esther (née Weaver, 1917–2013) and Joseph Doering (1906–1975), worked at jewelry shops in Los Angeles; Esther was also a longtime member of the Shasta Dam Methodist Church (now known as the Shasta Lake Community United Methodist Church).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/redding-ca/esther-doering-5407154\|title=Esther Dail Doering\|website=Dignity Memorial\|date=February 1, 2013\|accessdate=September 30, 2019}}</ref> ==Career== Originally ~~an avid~~a fan who ran an [[anime]] club in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] (known as "Anime NASA") starting in 1985 alongside classmate and AD Vision founder [[David Williams (producer)\|David Williams]], Greenfield and Williams met fellow enthusiast [[John Ledford]] in 1992 and the three quickly formed AD Vision, a name later condensed to ADV Films. The company, which began as an importer of anime, marketing primarily to the existing network of anime fans, rapidly expanded and soon had its own dedicated dubbing studios and a distribution network that also handled international marketing, licensing and North American home video distribution for a wide variety of other programming, including non-ADV produced animated titles such as ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Robotech]]'', ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' and ''[[ReBoot]]'', and a diverse lineup of live action programming that ranged from Japanese horror and kaiju productions such as ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', ''[[Daimajin]]'' and the all-time [[Godzilla]] classic ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''.▼ ▲Originally an avid fan who ran an [[anime]] club in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] (known as "Anime NASA") starting in 1985 alongside classmate and AD Vision founder [[David Williams (producer)\|David Williams]], Greenfield and Williams met fellow enthusiast [[John Ledford]] in 1992 and the three quickly formed AD Vision, a name later condensed to ADV Films. The company, which began as an importer of anime, marketing primarily to the existing network of anime fans, rapidly expanded and soon had its own dedicated dubbing studios and a distribution network that also handled international marketing, licensing and North American home video distribution for a wide variety of other programming, including non-ADV produced animated titles such as ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Robotech]]'', ''[[Hello Kitty]]'' and ''[[ReBoot]]'', and a diverse lineup of live action programming that ranged from Japanese horror and kaiju productions such as ''[[Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]]'', ''[[Daimajin]]'' and the all-time [[Godzilla]] classic ''[[Destroy All Monsters]]''. Still growing, ADV also launched the first all anime television channel, [[The Anime Network]], and a publishing division that distributed the authorized English version of the popular Japanese magazine ''[[Newtype]]'' and Japanese manga. Line 29 ⟶ 30: Greenfield has also worked as a [[voice actor]], often going by the [[pseudonym]] '''Brian Granveldt'''. He married voice actress [[Tiffany Grant]] in 2003 (divorced in 2018). Greenfield is a frequent guest at anime and sci-fi conventions around the world, where he speaks on both the history and future of animation. ==References== Line 35 ⟶ 36: ==External links== * {{~~ann~~anime News Network\|people\|673}} * {{IMDb name\|0335744}} * {{AnimeCons name\|id=283}} Line 51 ⟶ 52: [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:American male television writers]] [[Category:~~Voice~~American voice directors]]