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Born | Mark Van Orman April 26, 1976 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Voice artist, animator, television writer, producer, director |
Years active | 2000–present |
Known for | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack The Powerpuff Girls Camp Lazlo The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy Adventure Time Sanjay and Craig Gravity Falls Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh The Angry Birds Movie 2 |
Mark "Thurop" Van Orman (born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, voice artist, television writer, producer and director best known for being the creator of Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack , in which he voices the title character.
He studied character animation at the California Institute of the Arts. [1] He was the storyboard artist for Camp Lazlo , The Powerpuff Girls and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy . He was also the co-writer for these shows. He was also the supervising producer for Adventure Time and served as one for Sanjay and Craig in its first season only. Thurop is also somewhat known for responding to much of his fans' fan art through the website DeviantArt. He is currently working on his stop motion film project titled Black Forest, [2] as well as providing concept art for the film adaptation of The Little Prince, and was the director of The Angry Birds Movie 2 . He has also announced via Twitter that he will be writing a film about Vikings.
His work took inspiration from Gary Larson, Jim Henson, Stephen Hillenburg, Craig McCracken, E. H. Shepard, Richard Scarry, Maurice Sendak, Mercer Mayer, Ronald Searle, Robert Crumb, Sergio Aragonés, Fleischer Studios, and his brother Jonny. [3]
Year | Title | Role |
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2015 | The Little Prince | Concept artist |
2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Directorial debut (with John Rice) |
TBA | Black Forest [2] | Director |
Untitled Vikings film[ citation needed ] | Screenwriter |
Year | Title | Role |
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2004 | The Powerpuff Girls | Story, storyboard artist, and writer |
2005 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Writer, storyboard artist |
2005–07 | Camp Lazlo | Writer, storyboard artist, and storyboard director |
2008–10 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Creator, executive producer, story, writer, storyboard artist, director, and voice actor |
2010–11 | Adventure Time | Supervising producer, story (season 2), writer, and voice actor |
2013–14 | Sanjay and Craig | Supervising producer, creative consultant, and voice actor |
2016–17 | Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh | Co-developer, story, writer and executive producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008–10 | The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Flapjack / Background Singer / Additional voices | 46 episodes |
2011–18 | Adventure Time | Tree Witch / Kent / Bounce House Princess | 3 episodes |
2012–16 | Gravity Falls | Li'l Gideon Gleeful | 9 episodes |
2013, 2014 | Sanjay and Craig | Additional voices | 8 episodes |
2016 | The Magnificent Menagerie of Melvin McMelanie | Short film | |
2016 | Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh | 1 episode | |
2018–present | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Todd Capybara | 5 episodes |
2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Duck / Seal | Film |
Steve Little is an American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his roles on the shows Camp Lazlo, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Eastbound & Down, Adventure Time, The Grinder, and Haters Back Off. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter.
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