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| Born | June 6, 1959 (age 64) Los Angeles, California |
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| Occupation | Screenwriter, Television Producer, Director, Voice Director |
| Years active | 1983—present |
| Spouse(s) | Beatrice Mills (1988-present) |
Paul Germain is an American animation screenwriter and producer. Among the shows Germain has written, produced, or directed are Rugrats, All Grown Up!, The Simpsons, Recess, Even Stevens, Lloyd in Space, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Beethoven: The Animated Series. Germain (along with Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó) was one of the creators of the award-winning animated series for Rugrats and was a primary creative force for the series. With his Rugrats colleague Joe Ansolabehere, he is the creator of Recess and Lloyd in Space.
Among his film credits are Say Anything..., Big, and Broadcast News.
Germain's son was the inspiration for the Rugrats character, Tommy Pickles. The antagonist in Rugrats, Angelica Pickles was based on a bully (who was a girl) in his childhood.
Paul was born in Los Angeles, California. The school in Recess shares the name of Third Street School, an actual elementary school that his children attended.
His grandfather Simon Lazarus produced the blacklisted 1954 film, Salt of the Earth, with Herbert J. Biberman and Paul Jarrico, and was involved in the production of the 1971 anti-war film, Johnny Got His Gun, written and directed by Dalton Trumbo.
Paul's younger brother is Marc "Mr. K" Germain, a popular talk-show host formerly known as Mr. KABC and before that as "Mr. KFI".
He has recently been credited as screenwriter on Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue. Germain is currently an executive producer of the Rugrats reboot.