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[]

Ghost, Dana Terrace's cat.

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[]
Dana Terrace on Wikipedia
Dana Terrace on X (Twitter)
Dana Terrace on Bluesky
Dana Terrace on Instagram
Dana Terrace on Tumblr
Dana Terrace on Vimeo
Dana Terrace on YouTube
Dana Terrace on Twitch
Dana Terrace on Patreon
Dana Terrace on IMDb
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.