Mark O'Hare

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Mark O'Hare
Born
Mark Sean O'Hare

(1968-07-18) July 18, 1968 (age 55)
Alma mater California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupation(s)Cartoonist, writer, storyboard artist, animator, director
Years active1992–present
Known for

Mark Sean O'Hare (born July 18, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer and storyboard artist who created the comic strip Citizen Dog . [1]

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O'Hare is well known for his work on animated television shows as a writer and storyboard artist for Rocko's Modern Life , SpongeBob SquarePants , Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , Hey Arnold! , The Angry Beavers , The Mighty B! , Chowder , and The Ren and Stimpy Show . Throughout the run of the series, O'Hare served as the creative director and supervising producer on Camp Lazlo . In 2016, he was employed as a storyboard artist for Illumination Entertainment. [2]

O'Hare has been nominated four times for an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and won his first Emmy in 2007 for "Outstanding Animated Program" on Camp Lazlo and his second in 2008.

Early life and education

O'Hare was initially enrolled in the aeronautical engineering program at Purdue University; however, after his sophomore year, he shifted focus to study graphic design upon illustrating a comic strip titled Art Gallery for the student newspaper, The Exponent . The comic ran from the autumn of 1987 to the spring of 1990. Afterward, he was accepted into the character animation program at California Institute of the Arts. [3]

He is a close affiliate of fellow director Tim Hill.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleNotes
1993–1996 Rocko's Modern Life director/assistant director/storyboard artist/storyboard clean-up/assistant storyboard artist/additional writer/story
1995 The Ren & Stimpy Show storyboard artist (Episode: "Ol' Blue Nose")
1996; 1998 Hey Arnold! storyboard artist/storyboard director/director
1997 The Angry Beavers storyboard artist/assistant storyboard artist
Life with Louie storyboard artist
1997; 2003 Dexter's Laboratory storyboard artist/writer/story
1999–2004 SpongeBob SquarePants storyboard artist/writer/storyboard director/character layout artist
2002 Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order creator/model/writer/executive producer (pilot)
2003 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? writer/storyboard artist
2003–2004 The Powerpuff Girls storyboard artist/writer/story
2005–2008 Camp Lazlo story/writer/storyboard artist/storyboard director/creative director/supervising producer/director
2007 Shorty McShorts' Shorts storyboard artist ("Mascot Prep" short)
2008–2009 The Mighty B! storyboard director
2008 Tak and the Power of Juju storyboard artist/director
2009 Chowder story/storyboard artist
2010 Adventure Time storyboard revisionist

Film

YearTitleNotes
1992 Cool World character designer
2004 Shrek 2 storyboard artist
Shark Tale additional storyboard artist
2010 Despicable Me storyboard artist
2011 Hop
2012 The Lorax
2013 Despicable Me 2
2015 Minions additional story artist
2016 The Secret Life of Pets story artist
2018 The Grinch head of story
2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run co-head of story
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru storyboard artist

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References

  1. "Mark O'Hare". Lambiek . Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  2. "Mark O'Hare". 3 May 2016.
  3. "Cartoonist says farewell to 'Citizen Dog' comic". 25 May 2001.

http://thejournalix.com/citizen-dog/