Vernon Chatman

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Vernon Chatman
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Chatman at the Peabody Awards in May 2013
Born Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • film
  • television
  • books
Alma mater San Francisco State University
Years active1996–present
Genres Surreal humor
Black comedy
Horror comedy
Satire

Vernon Chatman is an American screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, New York City. He created the television series Wonder Showzen , Xavier: Renegade Angel , The Heart, She Holler and The Shivering Truth . He also produces, voices characters, and writes for South Park .

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Early life

Chatman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is of mixed race, half Euro-American and half African-American. Chatman attended San Francisco State University, [1] [2] from which he graduated in 1994.

Career

In 1996 Chatman began his career as a stand-up comedian and eventually a comedy writer, producer, musician, and television creator. Chatman previously wrote for television shows such as The Chris Rock Show (for which he won an Emmy), Late Night with Conan O'Brien , That's My Bush! and The Downer Channel. Before Wonder Showzen, he and long-time friend and PFFR collaborator John Lee created the Snoop Dogg comedy series Doggy Fizzle Televizzle for MTV.

Along with Lee, he is the co-creator of the MTV2 series Wonder Showzen as well as the Adult Swim shows Xavier: Renegade Angel and The Heart, She Holler . The two met as undergraduates at San Francisco State University. One of his most high-profile voice acting roles is as Towelie, the marijuana-smoking talking towel on South Park , where he also serves as a staff writer. In 2012, he became a producer on the third season of the FX series Louie . In 2017, Adult Swim ordered The Shivering Truth , a "darkly surreal anthology comedy" from Chatman. [3] On March 22, 2023, it was announced that he will write an untitled comedy film with involvement from Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. [4]

Voices on South Park

Discography

Filmography

Television

YearTitle Director Writer Producer Executive producer Actor RoleNotes
1997Comics Come Home 3Himself Stand-up
1997–1998 The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show Yes11 episodes
1998 Premium Blend Himself Stand-up
1998–1999 The Chris Rock Show Yes12 episodes
1999Armagedd'NSyncYesTV special
1999 1999 Teen Choice Awards YesSegment producer
1999 1999 MTV Video Music Awards Consultant
1999–2000 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Yes144 episodes
2001 Late Friday YesLars Wishner1 episode
2001 That's My Bush! YesStaff writer
2001The Downer ChannelYes2 episodes
2001–present South Park YesYesYes Towelie (season 5-25) / Vernon - Butt-Out Member / Tiger Woods / C.D.C Man #5 / Dominic Cobb / Ron (voices)Consultant writer (2001–2007), producer (2007–present)
2002–2003 Doggy Fizzle Televizzle YesYesAlso creator
2003 2003 MTV Video Music Awards Consultant
2005–2006 Wonder Showzen YesYesYesYesChauncey / Clarence / Various (voices)Also creator
2007–2009 Xavier: Renegade Angel YesYesYesYesXavier / Various (voices)Also creator
2009 How's Your News? Yes
2009–2013 Delocated Yes
2011 Totally for Teens Yes
2011 Neon Knome YesLater reworked into The Problem Solverz , which he wasn't involved in.
2011 China, IL YesConsulting producer; 5 episodes
2011–2014 The Heart, She Holler YesYesYesAlso creator
2012–2015 Louie YesYesJack Dahl's Receptionist #3Episode: "Late Show: Part 2"
2015 Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter Yes
2016 Horace and Pete YesYesStory co-writer of episode 10
2016Gigglefudge, U.S.A.YesYesTelevision special
2018–2020 The Shivering Truth YesYesYesYesNarratorAlso creator
2018 Trigger Warning with Killer Mike Yes
2019Di BiblYes
2021 Teenage Euthanasia YesYesSuccatash / Charlie Pants (voices)
2022DogvvalkerYesYesYesYesVarious (voices)Also creator

Film

YearTitle Director Writer Producer Executive producer Actor RoleNotes
2002 Jackass: The Movie YesConcepts
2009 Final Flesh Yes
2010The External WorldYesShort film
2011The Original Black SwanYesShort film
2017 I Love You, Daddy YesYes
2021 South Park: Post Covid Yes
2021 South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid Yes
2022 South Park: The Streaming Wars YesYesTowelie
2022 South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 Yes
2023 South Park: Joining the Panderverse Yes
2023 South Park (Not Suitable for Children) Yes
2024 South Park: The End of Obesity YesYesTowelie
2025 Untitled film YesYes [6]

Video games

YearTitle Director Writer Producer Executive producer Actor RoleNotes
2012 South Park: Tenorman's Revenge YesTowelie
2017 South Park: Phone Destroyer YesTowelieArchival Recording
2017 South Park: The Fractured but Whole YesTowelie

Books

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

Chatman has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning four.

Nominations

Writers Guild of America Awards

Chatman has won two WGA Awards. [8]

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References

  1. Alumni Vernon Chatman Archived March 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Alumni Vernon Chatman and John Lee".
  3. Barsanti, Sam (May 17, 2017). "Adult Swim announces new stop-motion series The Shivering Truth". The A.V. Club .
  4. "Exclusive: Trey Parker to Direct Untitled Paramount Comedy From Producers Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free | Above the Line". March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  5. "Blog" via southpark.cc.com.
  6. Grobar, Matt (January 13, 2022). "Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free & 'South Park' Duo Matt Stone And Trey Parker To Produce Comedy Penned By Vernon Chatman For Paramount". Deadline. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  7. Chatman, Vernon (2013). Mindsploitation: Asinine Assignments for Online Homework Cheating Industry. New York: Seven Footer Press. ISBN   978-1934734919.
  8. Writers Guild of America East (February 19, 2013). "Louis CK Accepts the Writers Guild Award for "Louie"". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 via YouTube.