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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's cat

Ghost, Dana Terrace's cat.

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]


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  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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Creator/Executive Producer Dana Terrace
Voice actors Main Cast: Sarah-Nicole RoblesWendie MalickAlex Hirsch

Recurring Cast: Tati GabrielleIssac Ryan BrownMae WhitmanZeno RobinsonCissy JonesMatthew RhysElizabeth GrullonEden RiegelBumper RobinsonFryda WolffRyan O'FlanaganErica LindbeckMela LeeKimberly BrooksAvi RoqueJorge DiazParvesh CheenaDee Bradley BakerDana Terrace
Other Cast: Blu del BarrioEric BauzaJB BlancSteve BlumMatt ChapmanNoshir DalalFelicia DayGrey DeLisleMichaela DietzDeb DoetzerNik DodaniRobin Atkin DownesKeith FergusonAugust FormanEileen GalindoNoah GalvinJake GreenHarvey GuillénArin HansonChris HoughtonKeston JohnCarter JonesBilly KametzAlex LawtherAbigail Zoe LewisKevin LocarroRachael MacFarlaneAlly MakiShannon McKainNatalie PalamidesJim PirriAnairis QuiñonesKevin Michael RichardsonIsabella RosselliniStephen SandovalLily SanfelippoRoger Craig SmithAndré SogliuzzoApril StewartChristopher SwindleFred TatascioreKari WahlgrenGary Anthony WilliamsDebra Wilson

Directors Season 1: Aminder DhaliwalSage CotugnoStephen SandovalStu Livingston
Season 2: Amelia LorenzBosook "Bo" CoburnBridget Underwood
Technical directors Denise WogatzkeIvan SayonJezreel Mann Carlos IIKameron J. MooreScott RossmanVesela Stamenova
Casting Aaron DrownColleen O'DonnellJulia Pleasants
Writers Dana TerraceCharley FeldmanZach MarcusManuel Jesse Nieto Jr.Jeff TrammellMolly OstertagEmmy CicieregaJohn Bailey OwenMikki CrisostomoMadeleine HernandezJanae HallRachel VineAlex and Lindsay Small-ButeraJenny Jordan
Storyboard artists Dana TerraceLuz BatistaAmelia LorenzAndy Garner-FlexnerBosook "Bo" CoburnBridget UnderwoodKing PecoraBen HolmDaun HanAlexandra NyergesRhya VoskuilFabien MenseHayley WongInbal BredaYasmin KhudariStu LivingstonStephen SandovalAminder DhaliwalMike AustinCatherine Harman-MitchellEmmy CicieregaVince AparoSage CotugnoRhea DadooRachel PaekSpencer WanCharlie BryantNicole RodriguezChris PiankaNaomi HicksMadeleine FloresAlexandria KwanKelsey NordenHusain UntoroBarbara Lynn HamaneSam KestinKofi FiagomeThomas BarkelWendy ParkCassie Urban
Character designers Andy Garner-FlexnerAsia EllingtonBecky DreistadtErik ElizarrezFabien MenseJess MarfisiJoe SparrowJustin K. NoelLina SchlotterLío GuevaraMarina GardnerMatthieu CousinSarah CraigTristan YuviencoZharia Rahn
Prop designers Aleth RomanillosBecky DreistadtChristian PalaciosMary NashMegan WilloughbyMelanie AtwaterRachelle ReyesSarah CraigTara WhitakerTristan YuviencoZharia Rahn
Location designers Alexandre DiboineJane BakKillian NgKyle FewellLeland GoodmanSam Bosma
Background designers Adel SabiFaith SchafferGermán OrozcoHeather LindJacob StreileinJane BakJasmin ChoiJessica McGinnisKyle FewellLeland GoodmanLeonard HungMira KoRyan AndrewsSarah WebbSolbi ParkSteven SugarValerie HernándezVictoria OrolfoWren Farren
Color designers Andy Garner-FlexnerDenise WogatzkeDresden DouglasJaison Duell WilsonSam KestinSeanna DuongShawn Responts
Sound designers Eric FreemanJim HarrisonJordan KingNicole A. FletcherPaul McGrathSimon Sampath-Kumar
Musicians TJ HillBrad BreeckAndrew Morgan Smith
Production Associates Anne ChunapongseCaroline PelaezDreanna CastellanosEden RoussoKenzie HolmquistMatthew HaddonRebecca BozzaRian BorlandWade Wisinski