Dana Terrace

Dana Terrace (born December 8, 1990) is a director, storyboard artist, and animator, most known for creating the Disney animated series, The Owl House.

She also voices Tinella Nosa, Severine, and a younger King in "Echoes of the Past".

Life and career[]

Terrace graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York during the spring of 2013 and subsequently moved to Los Angeles after getting hired as a storyboard revisionist for Gravity Falls.

After finishing work on Gravity Falls, Terrace became a director on the first season of the DuckTales reboot. She later created and executive produced her own series, titled The Owl House, for Disney Channel.

After the production of The Owl House ended, Terrace left Disney after years of collaboration.^[1] Following her departure, Terrace has pursued work on productions for different companies. On January 17, 2025, Terrace announced that she was creating a new web series alongside Owl House writers John Bailey Owen and Zach Marcus for Australian indie studio Glitch Productions entitled "Knights of Guinevere" as the studios' first 2D-animated series.^[2]^[3]

Roles[]

Trivia[]

Dana Terrace Cameo — Dana's cameo in the show

As of 2015, she was dating Alex Hirsch.^[4] However, as of April 2022, they are broken up.^[5]
Dana previously identified as bisexual,^[6] but now uses the term "queer".^[7]
Dana has equinophobia, the fear of horses.^[8]
Luz's home state in the Human Realm, Connecticut, is Terrace's birthplace.
The appearance and name of Amity's palisman, Ghost, is modelled after Dana's real-life cat.
In a tweet, Dana stated that she was inspired to dye her hair green after finalizing Amity's design, because she "thought [Amity's] look was so dope."^[9]
In the episodes "Reaching Out" and "Thanks to Them", Luz's father is shown to have passed away when she was little. Similarly, Terrace's own father, Thomas Terrace, died when she was eleven.^[10]
A cartoon version of Dana as a student at Hexside appears in "Watching and Dreaming". However, Dana didn't know about her cameo until she watched the episode.^[11]

Gallery[]

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External links[]

References[]

↑ Dana Terrace on Instagram (Stories). Instragram (March 10, 2023). Archived from the original on 2023-03-10.
↑ Glitch Productions [@glitch_prod] (January 17, 2025). "We are SO excited to finally announce this!!! Knights of Guinevere is an indie animated, sci-fi psychological thriller and our FIRST 2D animated show. Pilot episode set to come out late this year (hopefully). Created by @DanaTerrace @johnbaileyowen and @zach2themax" (Tweet) – via X (Twitter).
↑ Terrace, Dana [@danaterrace] (January 17, 2025). "I am so HAPPY the KOG teaser is finally out. The reason I’ve been so sporadic with posting and keeping up is bc I’ve been busy with!! A new show!! With @zach2themax.bsky.social, JBO, and @glitchprod.com!!! I will have more to say soon but for now thank you for all your support and hype. 💙🪐" (Post) – via Bluesky.
↑ Hirsch, Alex [@_alexhirsch] (December 18, 2023). "Noticed that my girlfriend @DanaTerrace looks eerily similar to Dana Scully and now I can't un-see it" (Tweet) – via X (Twitter).
↑ Terrace, Dana (April 24, 2022). "VENT COMIC". Dana's Sketchbook. Tumblr. "AFTER A CANCELATION, A BREAKUP, AND A COUPLE OF ROUGH YEARS.."
↑ Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (August 8, 2020). "I'm bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership. (Thank you @NashRiskin and team!) Not to mention the amazingness of this crew." (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 – via X (Twitter).
↑ Terrace, Dana [@danaterrace] (June 2, 2025). "I suppose this is as good a time as any to admit that the term “bisexual” doesn’t feel correct to me these days. Idk what label I’m under and I’m not in any dire rush to figure it out, for now I’m quite content just being referred to as queer. ✨👍" (Post) – via Bluesky.
↑ Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (August 9, 2020). "Fun fact: I am terrified of horses." (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 – via X (Twitter).
↑ Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (May 22, 2019). "Fun fact: I actually dyed my hair AFTER designing her because I thought the look was dope. Other than that we have... Very little in common. Anyway, MEET AMITY BLIGHT!"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 3, 2023 – via X (Twitter).
↑ Dunne, Susan (January 6, 2020). "Hamden native creates Disney Channel's newest show 'The Owl House'". Hartford Courant. Retrieved on June 28, 2024.
↑ Cissy Jones (April 28, 2023). The "watching and dreaming" PostHoot with the one and only Dana Terrace! (23:00). Instagram. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023.

v • e — Crew —
Creator/Executive Producer	Dana Terrace
Voice actors	Main Cast: Sarah-Nicole Robles • Wendie Malick • Alex Hirsch Recurring Cast: Tati Gabrielle • Issac Ryan Brown • Mae Whitman • Zeno Robinson • Cissy Jones • Matthew Rhys • Elizabeth Grullon • Eden Riegel • Bumper Robinson • Fryda Wolff • Ryan O'Flanagan • Erica Lindbeck • Mela Lee • Kimberly Brooks • Avi Roque • Jorge Diaz • Parvesh Cheena • Dee Bradley Baker • Dana Terrace Other Cast: Blu del Barrio • Eric Bauza • JB Blanc • Steve Blum • Matt Chapman • Noshir Dalal • Felicia Day • Grey DeLisle • Michaela Dietz • Deb Doetzer • Nik Dodani • Robin Atkin Downes • Keith Ferguson • August Forman • Eileen Galindo • Noah Galvin • Jake Green • Harvey Guillén • Arin Hanson • Chris Houghton • Keston John • Carter Jones • Billy Kametz • Alex Lawther • Abigail Zoe Lewis • Kevin Locarro • Rachael MacFarlane • Ally Maki • Shannon McKain • Natalie Palamides • Jim Pirri • Anairis Quiñones • Kevin Michael Richardson • Isabella Rossellini • Stephen Sandoval • Lily Sanfelippo • Roger Craig Smith • André Sogliuzzo • April Stewart • Christopher Swindle • Fred Tatasciore • Kari Wahlgren • Gary Anthony Williams • Debra Wilson
Directors	Season 1: Aminder Dhaliwal • Sage Cotugno • Stephen Sandoval • Stu Livingston Season 2: Amelia Lorenz • Bosook "Bo" Coburn • Bridget Underwood
Technical directors	Denise Wogatzke • Ivan Sayon • Jezreel Mann Carlos II • Kameron J. Moore • Scott Rossman • Vesela Stamenova
Casting	Aaron Drown • Colleen O'Donnell • Julia Pleasants
Writers	Dana Terrace • Charley Feldman • Zach Marcus • Manuel Jesse Nieto Jr. • Jeff Trammell • Molly Ostertag • Emmy Cicierega • John Bailey Owen • Mikki Crisostomo • Madeleine Hernandez • Janae Hall • Rachel Vine • Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera • Jenny Jordan
Storyboard artists	Dana Terrace • Luz Batista • Amelia Lorenz • Andy Garner-Flexner • Bosook "Bo" Coburn • Bridget Underwood • King Pecora • Ben Holm • Daun Han • Alexandra Nyerges • Rhya Voskuil • Fabien Mense • Hayley Wong • Inbal Breda • Yasmin Khudari • Stu Livingston • Stephen Sandoval • Aminder Dhaliwal • Mike Austin • Catherine Harman-Mitchell • Emmy Cicierega • Vince Aparo • Sage Cotugno • Rhea Dadoo • Rachel Paek • Spencer Wan • Charlie Bryant • Nicole Rodriguez • Chris Pianka • Naomi Hicks • Madeleine Flores • Alexandria Kwan • Kelsey Norden • Husain Untoro • Barbara Lynn Hamane • Sam Kestin • Kofi Fiagome • Thomas Barkel • Wendy Park • Cassie Urban
Character designers	Andy Garner-Flexner • Asia Ellington • Becky Dreistadt • Erik Elizarrez • Fabien Mense • Jess Marfisi • Joe Sparrow • Justin K. Noel • Lina Schlotter • Lío Guevara • Marina Gardner • Matthieu Cousin • Sarah Craig • Tristan Yuvienco • Zharia Rahn
Prop designers	Aleth Romanillos • Becky Dreistadt • Christian Palacios • Mary Nash • Megan Willoughby • Melanie Atwater • Rachelle Reyes • Sarah Craig • Tara Whitaker • Tristan Yuvienco • Zharia Rahn
Location designers	Alexandre Diboine • Jane Bak • Killian Ng • Kyle Fewell • Leland Goodman • Sam Bosma
Background designers	Adel Sabi • Faith Schaffer • Germán Orozco • Heather Lind • Jacob Streilein • Jane Bak • Jasmin Choi • Jessica McGinnis • Kyle Fewell • Leland Goodman • Leonard Hung • Mira Ko • Ryan Andrews • Sarah Webb • Solbi Park • Steven Sugar • Valerie Hernández • Victoria Orolfo • Wren Farren
Color designers	Andy Garner-Flexner • Denise Wogatzke • Dresden Douglas • Jaison Duell Wilson • Sam Kestin • Seanna Duong • Shawn Responts
Sound designers	Eric Freeman • Jim Harrison • Jordan King • Nicole A. Fletcher • Paul McGrath • Simon Sampath-Kumar
Musicians	TJ Hill • Brad Breeck • Andrew Morgan Smith
Production Associates	Anne Chunapongse • Caroline Pelaez • Dreanna Castellanos • Eden Rousso • Kenzie Holmquist • Matthew Haddon • Rebecca Bozza • Rian Borland • Wade Wisinski

[1] Dana Terrace on Instagram (Stories). Instragram (March 10, 2023). Archived from the original on 2023-03-10.

[2] Glitch Productions [@glitch_prod] (January 17, 2025). "We are SO excited to finally announce this!!! Knights of Guinevere is an indie animated, sci-fi psychological thriller and our FIRST 2D animated show. Pilot episode set to come out late this year (hopefully). Created by @DanaTerrace @johnbaileyowen and @zach2themax" (Tweet) – via X (Twitter).

[3] Terrace, Dana [@danaterrace] (January 17, 2025). "I am so HAPPY the KOG teaser is finally out. The reason I’ve been so sporadic with posting and keeping up is bc I’ve been busy with!! A new show!! With @zach2themax.bsky.social, JBO, and @glitchprod.com!!! I will have more to say soon but for now thank you for all your support and hype. 💙🪐" (Post) – via Bluesky.

[4] Hirsch, Alex [@_alexhirsch] (December 18, 2023). "Noticed that my girlfriend @DanaTerrace looks eerily similar to Dana Scully and now I can't un-see it" (Tweet) – via X (Twitter).

[5] Terrace, Dana (April 24, 2022). "VENT COMIC". Dana's Sketchbook. Tumblr. "AFTER A CANCELATION, A BREAKUP, AND A COUPLE OF ROUGH YEARS.."

[6] Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (August 8, 2020). "I'm bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership. (Thank you @NashRiskin and team!) Not to mention the amazingness of this crew." (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 – via X (Twitter).

[7] Terrace, Dana [@danaterrace] (June 2, 2025). "I suppose this is as good a time as any to admit that the term “bisexual” doesn’t feel correct to me these days. Idk what label I’m under and I’m not in any dire rush to figure it out, for now I’m quite content just being referred to as queer. ✨👍" (Post) – via Bluesky.

[8] Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (August 9, 2020). "Fun fact: I am terrified of horses." (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 9, 2020 – via X (Twitter).

[9] Terrace, Dana [@DanaTerrace] (May 22, 2019). "Fun fact: I actually dyed my hair AFTER designing her because I thought the look was dope. Other than that we have... Very little in common. Anyway, MEET AMITY BLIGHT!"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 3, 2023 – via X (Twitter).

[10] Dunne, Susan (January 6, 2020). "Hamden native creates Disney Channel's newest show 'The Owl House'". Hartford Courant. Retrieved on June 28, 2024.

[11] Cissy Jones (April 28, 2023). The "watching and dreaming" PostHoot with the one and only Dana Terrace! (23:00). Instagram. Archived from the original on April 29, 2023.

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