Karen Disher
American story board artist and film director
Karen Beth Disher (born August 7, 1972) is an American storyboard artist and movie director. She has also done many voice over roles in cartoons, television, movies and video games.
Karen Disher | |
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 Disher in 2015 | |
| Born | Karen "Beth" Disher[1] |
| Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, storyboard artist |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Employer(s) | Blue Sky Studios (2002–2021) 20th Century Animation (2021–present) |
| Notable work | Daria (1997–2002) Ice Age franchise (2006–present) |
| Spouse | Robert Partington (m. 2001–present) |
She has worked for MTV, where she designed the main characters for the cartoon series Daria.[1] She then joined Blue Sky Studios, where she worked as storyboard artist on many animated movies, such as Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,[3] Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Epic.
Personal life
changeIn 2001, Disher married Robert Todd Partington, then a supervisor of computer graphics and animation technologies for MTV Networks.[1]
Filmography
changeFilm
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Robots | storyboard artist | |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | ||
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Who Kid | |
| Surviving Sid (short film) | S'more | director | |
| 2009 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Scratte | storyboard artist |
| 2011 | Rio | Mother Bird | head of story |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Scratte | storyboard artist |
| 2013 | Epic | ||
| 2014 | Rio 2 | ||
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | ||
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | ||
| 2017 | Ferdinand | ||
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | additional story artist, Blue Sky senior creative team | |
| 2024 | Trouble | creative director |
Television
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–1997 | Beavis and Butt-head | layout artist | |
| 1997–2002 | Daria | Sally (season 3) | supervising director/original character designer |
| 2003 | Codename: Kids Next Door | storyboard artist Episode: "Operation: T.O.M.M.Y." | |
| 2011 | Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas | Molehog | director |
Video games
change| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Daria's Inferno | creative consultant |
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "WEDDINGS; Karen Disher, Robert Partington". The New York Times. May 13, 2001. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ↑ Tisch Special Programs (January 21, 2011). "Master Class with Karen Disher". YouTube. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Karen Disher in Tisch Asia: Metamorphosis of a Film". Tisch Asia Blog. November 26, 2010. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
Other websites
change- Karen Disher on IMDb
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