Vivienne Medrano

Vivienne Medrano (born October 28, 1992), also known by her online alias VivziePop, is an American animator, writer, director, illustrator, comic creator and voice actress. She is best known as the creator of the adult animated series Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. She has also written a webcomic entitled ZooPhobia. Career Early work Prior to joining YouTube, Medrano did assistant work on a thesis horror comedy film by Zach Bellissimo titled Blanderstein, in 2011. Medrano launched her YouTube channel under the screen name "VivziePop" in 2012, building a dedicated online audience, who enjoyed her fanwork and original creations. Also in 2012, she started a webcomic titled ZooPhobia, which ultimately ran until 2016, ending so that she could find more time to develop Hazbin Hotel. Medrano directed her first short animated film, titled "Son of 666" in 2013. Medrano released her fourth year thesis film entitled "Timber" in 2014, for which she won a Dusty Award in "Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation". Medrano named the film after the song by Pitbull and Kesha, and its score had homages to the song as well. In October 2014, she released an animated music video for the song "Die Young" by Kesha, which accumulated over 50 million views by October 2019. As a result, she became "relatively well-known" online for her animation and artwork, some of which she shared on her channel.