Conrad Vernon

Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series Shrek as well as other films such as Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Penguins of Madagascar. He also co-directed the adult animated film Sausage Party (a parody of his notable works in DreamWorks), and the children's animated film The Addams Family.
==Life and career==
Vernon, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist for animated productions (including Ralph Bakshi's Cool World); he also directed Morto the Magician (a four-minute animated film written by Steve Martin).
In 1996, he joined DreamWorks, where he worked as a storyboard artist 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.
In June 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with the Academy Award nominated Shrek 2. He voiced Mason the chimpanzee for the DreamWorks Animation films Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (for which he is also credited as director) and its spin off Penguins of Madagascar (where he voiced Rico, one of the penguins) and reprised the voice of Mason in the television series.
==Later years==
In 2009, Vernon and Rob Letterman co-directed the 3D animated film Monsters vs. Aliens, which he co wrote as well as supplying several voices.
Vernon and Greg Tiernan co-directed the adult animated comedy Sausage Party (2016), from a story by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Jonah Hill, as well as providing some of the voices. Vernon next co-produced and co-directed, again with Tiernan, an animated version of The Addams Family, which was released in October 2019. He supplied voice roles for both Sausage Party and The Addams Family, including Lurch in the latter. He is scheduled to return as director alongside Tiernan for an Addams Family sequel, scheduled to be released in October 2021.
In 2017, Vernon was hired to direct a Live-action version of The Jetsons, from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman, which it is to being made by Warner Bros., under its Warner Animation Group banner.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Director	Producer	Notes
2001	Morto the Magician 	 	 	
2004	Shrek 2 	 	 	Co-director with Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens 	 	 	Co-director with Rob Letterman
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	 	 	Co-director with Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
2016	Sausage Party 	 	 	Co-director with Greg Tiernan
2019	The Addams Family 	 	 	Co-director with Greg Tiernan
2021	The Addams Family 2 	 	 	Co-director with Greg Tiernan
TBA 	Untitled Animated The Jetsons Film	 	 	
====Acting roles====
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1999	Herd 	Pesion 	Live-action role
2001	Shrek 	Gingerbread Man 	
2001	Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party	Gingerbread Man 	Short film
2003	Shrek 4-D 	Gingerbread Man 	
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 	Jed 	
2004	Shrek 2 	Gingerbread Man, Cedric, Announcer, Mongo, Muffin Man 	
2004	Far Far Away Idol 	Gingerbread Man 	Short film
2005	Madagascar 	Mason 	
2006	Flushed Away 	Take Out 	
2007	Shrek the Third 	Gingerbread Man, Rumpelstiltskin, Headless Horseman 	
2007	Bee Movie 	Freddy 	
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 	Mason 	
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens 	Advisor Hawk, Advisor Dither, Minister, Secret Service Man #2, Mama Dietl	
2010	Shrek Forever After 	Gingerbread Man 	
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2 	Jameel 	
2011	Puss in Boots 	Raoul 	
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 	Mason 	
2014	Penguins of Madagascar 	Rico 	
2016	Sausage Party 	Toilet paper, Sauerkraut, Grape, Catcall sausage, Beer can, Pop bottle 	
2017	The Boss Baby 	Eugene Francis 	
2017	The Emoji Movie 	Trojan Horse 	
2019	Trouble 	Otis 	
2019	The Addams Family 	Lurch, Priest, Spirit of the House, Dr. Flambe 	
====Other credits====
Year	Title 	Role
1992	Cool World 	Character designerEffects animator
1998	Antz 	Storyboard artist
2000	The Road to El Dorado 	Additional storyboard artist
2001	Shrek 	Writer: "Merry Men"
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 	Additional storyboard artist
2004	Shark Tale 	Additional storyboard artist
2005	Madagascar 	Creative consultant
2005	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper	Creative consultant;Short film
2006	Over the Hedge 	Story artist
2016	Trolls 	Additional story artist
2017	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 	Special thanks
2017	The Emoji Movie 	Additional sequence director
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Notes
1991 	The Ren & Stimpy Show 	Storyboard artist, writer
1993 	Rocko's Modern Life 	Storyboard artist, writer
1993–94	2 Stupid Dogs 	Storyboard artist
1993-96	Itsy Bitsy Spider 	Director
1996 	Dexter's Laboratory 	Storyboard artist, layout artist
1997 	Nightmare Ned 	Storyboard artist
2012 	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	Executive Producer
====Acting roles====
Year 	Title 	Role
2007 	Shrek the Halls 	Gingerbread Man
2009–12	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
2010 	Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special 	Boar
2012 	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange 	Various
2012 	Gravity Falls 	Tate McGucket
Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:American animated film directors
Category:Animators from Texas
Category:American male voice actors
Category:People from Lubbock, Texas
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:DreamWorks Animation people
Category:American storyboard artists
Category:American television directors
Category:Male television writers
Category:American television writers
Category:Film directors from Texas
Category:Screenwriters from Texas