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Alex Hirsch is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Disney Channel Animated Series Gravity Falls. He voices main characters Stan Pines and Soos, as well as recurring characters like Old Man McGucket and the Gnomes. His twin sister is Ariel Hirsch.

He places many of his real-life experiences in the show, such as living in Piedmont and trick-or-treating with his sister as cats. He based Mabel on his twin sister, Ariel Hirsch, Grunkle Stan off of his Grandpa Stan and based the entire show loosely on his childhood summers. He gave Mabel a pet pig because his sister had always wanted one when she was a kid.

Episodes written by Alex Hirsch

Season 0 (pilot)

"Unaired pilot"

Season 1

Every episode of Season 1

Season 2

Roles in Gravity Falls

Cast hirsch voiceacting stan — Hirsch voice acting Stan.

Alex Hirsch with Grunkle Stan Puppet — Alex Hirsch at SDCC 2014 holding a puppet of Grunkle Stan.

Other Work

Alex was the creative consultant for Fish Hooks, which he developed for television alongside Maxwell Atoms, where he portrays Clamantha, her father, Fumble, one of the fish police and a Ferret. He was also a writer and a storyboard artist for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He also provided the voice of Officer Concord the Juice Time Juice Box Flavor Cop in the "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror" episode of Phineas and Ferb, also on Disney Channel.^[7]^[8]

Early life

Alex Hirsch was born and raised in Piedmont, California, and he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles County, California, in 2007. He also liked to go to Oregon, and often did so. Shortly after graduating, he worked at the digital entertainment studio JibJab and was a writer/storyboard artist on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. He also served as a creative consultant and helped develop the hit Disney Channel animated series, Fish Hooks, and voices the character Clamantha in the series. Hirsch chose Oregon as the setting for Gravity Falls after spending a summer there during college working for the animation studio Laika.^[9]

Trivia

Mystery Tour 2013 Worlds Most Distracting Object — Alex in Mystery Tour 2013.

In Spring 2007, he created a short film called Off the Wall, which was one of his student films at CalArts. Mike Moon, an animation executive at Disney eventually saw it. Impressed, he asked Alex to pitch the network a television series, which eventually lead to Gravity Falls.
He is the inspiration for Dipper.
His twin sister Ariel is the inspiration for Mabel.
A caricature of Hirsch is seen in "Bottomless Pit!" riding a unicycle.
Alex's college roommate was the show's art director, Ian Worrel.^[10]
Alex guest voiced Officer Concord for a special Phineas and Ferb Halloween episode.^[11]
Alex has joked about the rumors that he is hiding occult symbols in the show on multiple occasions, because they are hidden in plain sight.
Alex Hirsch named one of the manotaurs after his taxidermy buffalo "Beardy" that he keeps in his office at Disney.Template:Cite
Alex prefers Nintendo over Sega, and his favorite Nintendo game is Kirby's Pinball Land.^[12]^[13]
He owns a full size adult taxidermy buffalo which he insists people sit on when they take tours. ^[14]
The number 618 the appears throughout Gravity Falls is a reference to his birthday, June 18th (otherwise 6/18).

List of articles and interviews

Publication	Date	Title/Link
Animation Magazine	Jun 2, 2012	Tales from the Weird Side
MTV Geek	Jun 15, 2012	Interview: Alex Hirsch Returns To His Weird, Monster-Filled Childhood In Disney's 'Gravity Falls'
Collider	July 7, 2012	Creator Alex Hirsch Talks GRAVITY FALLS, How He Ended Up Making a Show for the Disney Channel, His Love for TV Animation and More
GamerLive.TV	Aug 4, 2012	Alex Hirsch and Jason Ritter Talk Disney Channel Gravity Falls
New York Times	Aug 17, 2012	An Undercurrent of Darkness, Even at Disney
TV Guide	Aug 22, 2012	Watch My Show: Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch Answers Our Showrunner Survey
Comics Alliance	Aug 24, 2012	Alex Hirsch on 'Gravity Falls,' Mabel's Sweater Collection and TV's Fear of Sincerity
A.V. Club	Sep 28, 2012	Comedy Showrunners Week: Alex Hirsch on the real in the unreal of Gravity Falls
Media Mike's	Apr 12, 2013	Alex Hirsch talks about recent trip to get inspiration for Disney’s “Gravity Falls”
Time Warner Cable - On Set	May 10, 2013	On Set Episode 16: Phineas & Ferb and Gravity Falls
Animation Magazine	Jun 10, 2013	A Day in the Life of Alex Hirsch
HappyCool	Aug 10, 2013	Alex Hirsch Interview - Gravity Falls Season 2
Young Hollywood	Aug 19, 2013	"Gravity Falls" Cast's Secret Message from D23

↑ BMI Repertoire
↑ "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel." Zach Paez, Alex Hirsch (writers) & John Aoshima (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. July 6, 2012. No. 4, season 1.
↑ "The Inconveniencing." Michael Rianda, Aaron Springer (writers), Joe Pitt (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. July 13, 2012. No. 5, season 1.
↑ "Double Dipper." Tim McKeon, Michael Rianda, Alex Hirsch (writers) & Joe Pitt, Aaron Springer (directors). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. August 10, 2012. No. 7, season 1.
↑ "Irrational Treasure." Tim McKeon, David Slack, Alex Hirsch (writers) & John Aoshima (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. August 17, 2012. No. 8, season 1.
↑ http://youtu.be/hSGpbz6G14o?t=10m23s
↑ https://twitter.com/mmonogram/status/373494849942458370
↑ https://twitter.com/DanPovenmire/status/373484986235506688
↑ http://www.welovefine.com/contest/29-gravity-falls-design-contest
↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/cbq3zgf?context=3
↑ http://themysteryofgravityfalls.tumblr.com/post/62978904981/this-guy-right-here-officer-concord-the
↑ https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/434591315234287617
↑ https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/434593770022006784
↑ http://www.reddit.com/comments/1kgq85

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V - E - H - D Gravity Falls Staff
Creator/Executive Producer	Alex Hirsch
Directors/Writers/Animators	Ian Abando \| John Aoshima \| Carla Arcuri \| Bryan Arnett \| Matthias Bauer \| James Baxter \| Matt Braly \| Roy Braverman \| Brad Breeck \| Luke Brookshier \| Russell Calabrese \| Matt Chapman \| Tyler Chen \| Emmy Cicierega \| Neil Cicierega \| Nancy Cohen \| Robertryan Cory \| Sage Cotugno \| Sarah Craig \| Mira Lark Crowell \| Ali Danesh \| Matt Danner \| Alexander Duckworth \| Jay Wade Edwards \| Erik Fountain \| Mark Garcia \| Bobby Garza \| Andy Gonsalves \| Neil Graf \| Sunil Hall \| Patrick Harpin \| Jim Harrison \| James Hathcock \| Steve Heneveld \| Alex Hirsch \| Ben Holm \| Chris Houghton \| Shane Houghton \| Louis Jhocson \| Sean Jimenez \| Celia Kendrick \| Mark Kondracki \| J Lampien \| M.A. Larson \| Larry Leichliter \| Blake Lemons \| Ray Leonard \| Kevin Locarro \| Amelia Lorenz \| Huy Luong \| Ethan Marak \| Sam Marin \| Dan McGrath \| Tim McKeon \| Ginny McSwain \| Elle Michalka \| Kate Moran \| Randy Myers \| Heather Olsen \| Zach Paez \| Pamela Palma \| Josh Parpan \| Joe Pitt \| Michelle Park \| Miguel Puga \| C Raggio \| Stephanie Ramirez \| Alonso Ramirez Ramos \| Treasure Rawson \| Rob Renzetti \| Michael Rianda \| Mark Rizzo \| Paul Robertson \| Jeff Rowe \| Amanda Rynda \| Phil Rynda \| Stephen Sandoval \| Carder Scholin \| Sara Jane Sherman \| Daniaelle Simonsen \| Trevor Simonsen \| David Slack \| Robert Lacko \| Jessie Slipchinsky \| Robbi Smith \| SangEun Song \| Chris Sonnenburg \| Andrew Sorcini \| Aaron Springer \| James Suhr \| Vaughn Tada \| Shion Takeuchi \| Aran Tanchum \| Dana Terrace \| Tobias Conan Trost \| Maureen Tzudiker \| Aury Wallington \| Josh Weinstein \| Tara Whitaker \| Daniel Patrick White \| Ian Worrel \| Niki Yang \| Kristen Campbell
Cast	Main Cast: Linda Cardellini \| Alex Hirsch \| Jason Ritter \| Kristen Schaal \| J.K. Simmons Secondary Cast: Brad Abrell \| Dee Bradley Baker \| Jillian Bell \| Jackie Buscarino \| Jennifer Coolidge \| Grey DeLisle \| Jessica DiCicco \| John DiMaggio \| Carl Faruolo \| Keith Ferguson \| Will Forte \| Will Friedle \| Mark Hamill \| Ken Jenkins \| Scott Menville \| T.J. Miller \| Nick Offerman \| Michael Rianda \| Kevin Michael Richardson \| Stephen Root \| Paul Scheer \| Jorma Taccone \| Jacob Shinder \| Fred Tatasciore \| Gregg Turkington \| Thurop Van Orman \| Kari Wahlgren \| April Winchell \| Niki Yang Guest Stars: Stuart Allan \| Micah Amundsen \| Diedrich Bader \| Cecil Baldwin \| Jonathan Banks \| Lance Bass \| Jeff Bennett \| Blake Bertrand \| Brian Bloom \| Kurt Braunohler \| Kimberly Brooks \| Corey Burton \| Frank Caliendo \| Ken Campbell \| Carmen Carter \| Matt Chapman \| Gregory Michael Cipes \| Coolio \| Jim Cummings \| Greg Ellis \| Georgia Gillespie \| Nathan Fillion \| Danielle Fishel \| Mckenna Grace \| A. Smith Harrison \| Carter Hastings \| Ariel Hirsch \| Nicolas Isler \| Mikey Kelley \| Larry King \| Kyle MacLachlan \| Christian Mardini \| Sam Marin \| Andy Merrill \| Alfred Molina \| Kimberly Mooney \| John O'Hurley \| Genesis Ochoa \| John Oliver \| Patton Oswalt \| Chelsea Peretti \| John Roberts \| Justin Roiland \| Joshua Rush \| Daryl Sabara \| Horatio Sanz \| Peter Serafinowicz \| Jon Stewart \| Tara Strong \| Neil deGrasse Tyson \| Conrad Vernon \| Amory Watterson \| Dave Wittenberg \| Robbie Wyckoff \| "Weird Al" Yankovic

[1] BMI Repertoire

[2] "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel." Zach Paez, Alex Hirsch (writers) & John Aoshima (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. July 6, 2012. No. 4, season 1.

[3] "The Inconveniencing." Michael Rianda, Aaron Springer (writers), Joe Pitt (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. July 13, 2012. No. 5, season 1.

[4] "Double Dipper." Tim McKeon, Michael Rianda, Alex Hirsch (writers) & Joe Pitt, Aaron Springer (directors). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. August 10, 2012. No. 7, season 1.

[5] "Irrational Treasure." Tim McKeon, David Slack, Alex Hirsch (writers) & John Aoshima (director). Gravity Falls. Disney Channel. August 17, 2012. No. 8, season 1.

[6] ttp://youtu.be/hSGpbz6G14o?t=10m23s

[7] ttps://twitter.com/mmonogram/status/373494849942458370

[8] ttps://twitter.com/DanPovenmire/status/373484986235506688

[9] ttp://www.welovefine.com/contest/29-gravity-falls-design-contest

[10] ttp://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/cbq3zgf?context=3

[11] ttp://themysteryofgravityfalls.tumblr.com/post/62978904981/this-guy-right-here-officer-concord-the

[12] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/434591315234287617

[13] ttps://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/434593770022006784

[14] ttp://www.reddit.com/comments/1kgq85

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-'''Alex Hirsch''' (born on June 18, 1985 in Piedmont, California) is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Disney Channel Animated Series ''[[Gravity Falls (TV series)|Gravity Falls]]''. He voices main characters [[Stan Pines]] and [[Soos]], as well as recurring characters like [[Old Man McGucket]] and the [[Gnomes]]. His twin sister is [[Ariel Hirsch]].
+'''Alex Hirsch''' is the creator, executive producer, and director of the Disney Channel Animated Series ''[[Gravity Falls (TV series)|Gravity Falls]]''. He voices main characters [[Stan Pines]] and [[Soos]], as well as recurring characters like [[Old Man McGucket]] and the [[Gnomes]]. His twin sister is [[Ariel Hirsch]].
 He places many of his real-life experiences in the show, such as living in Piedmont and trick-or-treating with his sister as cats. He based [[Mabel Pines|Mabel]] on his twin sister, Ariel Hirsch, Grunkle Stan off of his Grandpa Stan and based the entire show loosely on his childhood summers. He gave Mabel a pet [[Waddles|pig]] because his sister had always wanted one when she was a kid.