Conrad Vernon

Conrad Vernon
Born	July 11, 1968 (1968-07-11) (age 43) Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Voice artist, writer, director
Years active	1992–present

Conrad Vernon IV (born July 11, 1968)^[1] is an American director, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated films Shrek 2 and Monsters vs. Aliens.

Life and career

Vernon, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist on Ralph Bakshi's Cool World, 2 Stupid Dogs, Rocko's Modern Life, Nightmare Ned, Morto the Magician, and Shrek; additionally, he directed Shrek 2.^[2]

He also worked in the same capacity on Antz. After Antz proved a success as the first animated feature film to be produced by DreamWorks Animation, Vernon signed on as a writer for Shrek, where he was responsible for the Gingerbread Man, and eventually voiced that character. He also appeared in Shrek 4-D and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. He voiced Mason the chimpanzee for the DreamWorks Animation films Madagascar and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and its television series (with Streetcorner Santa #3 in The All Nighter Before Christmas). Additionally, he provided the voice for Insectosaurus and directed the 3D animated film, Monsters vs. Aliens. Vernon will also be the producer of the upcoming The Annoying Orange TV series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Cool World		Character designer Effects animator
1999	Herd	Pesion
2000	The Road to El Dorado		Additional storyboard artist
2001	Shrek	Gingerbread Man	Writer: "Merry Men"
	Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party	Gingerbread Man
	Morto the Magician		Director
2003	Shrek 4-D	Gingerbread Man
	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Jed	Additional storyboard artist
2004	Shrek 2	Gingerbread Man Cedric Announcer	Director
	Far Far Away Idol	Gingerbread Man
2005	Madagascar	Mason	Creative consultant
	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper		Creative consultant
2006	Over the Hedge		Story artist
	Flushed Away	Take Out
2007	Shrek the Third	Gingerbread Man Rumpelstiltskin Headless Horseman
	Bee Movie	Freddy
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Advisor Hawk Advisor Dither Minister Secret Service Man #2 Mama Dietl	Director
2010	Shrek Forever After	Gingerbread Man
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Boar
TBA	Lidsville[3]		Director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Rocko's Modern Life		Storyboard artist Writer
1993-1994	2 Stupid Dogs		Storyboard artist
1994	Itsy Bitsy Spider		Director
1996	Dexter's Laboratory		Storyboard artist Layout artist
1997	Nightmare Ned		Storyboard artist
2007	Shrek the Halls	Gingerbread Man
2009-present	The Penguins of Madagascar	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space	Man on Cell Woman
2010	Scared Shrekless	Gingerbread Man Muffin Man
	Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special	Boar
TBA	The Annoying Orange		Co-developer Exective Producer

References

1. ^ "Cannes Film festival: Conrad Vernon". Archived from the original on 2006-02-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20060202115219/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/perso/index.php?langue=6002&personne=3114684. Retrieved 2006-06-01. 
2. ^ "Conrad Vernon (I)". IMDb. http://imdb.com/name/nm0970447/. Retrieved 2006-06-01. 
3. ^ Itzkoff, Dave (2011-01-31). "Hold On to Your Hats: ‘Lidsville’ to Become Animated Movie for DreamWorks". The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/hold-on-to-your-hats-lidsville-to-become-animated-movie-for-dreamworks/. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 

External links

• Conrad's blog
• Conrad Vernon at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Vernon, Conrad
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1968-07-11
Place of birth	Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Date of death
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