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Thurop Van Orman
Born
Mark Ashton Van Orman

(1976-04-26)April 26, 1976(age 48)
Norfolk, Virginia,U.S.
Occupation(s)Animator, voice actor, television writer, producer, director
Years active2000–present
Known forThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh
The Angry Birds Movie 2
North Woods
Spouse
Sherri Van Orman
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(m.1999)​
Children2

Mark"Thurop"Ashton Van Orman(born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator and executive producer of theCartoon NetworkseriesThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack(2008–2010), in which he voices the title character, as well as directing his directorial debutThe Angry Birds Movie 2(2019).

Life and career

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Van Orman was born and raised inNorfolk, Virginia.

Van Orman worked for the video game company Xantera before going on to study character animation at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts.[1]He was the storyboard artist and co-writer forCamp Lazlo,The Powerpuff Girls,andThe Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.He was also the supervising producer forAdventure Timeand served as one forSanjay and Craigonly in its first season. Thurop is also somewhat known for responding to much of his fans'fan artthrough the websiteDeviantArt.

Van Orman has a brother named Jonny, from whom he took inspiration to start his animation career atCartoon NetworkforFlapjack.He has been married to Sherri Van Orman since 1999 and has two daughters: Blossom[2]and Hazel.

Since 2013 Orman has been working on a animated series under the titleNorth Woods,the project was initially pitched toNickelodeonthe same year, after it was passed the project was developed as potential stop-motion animated film namedBlack Forest,3 years later the project was pitched toDisney Television AnimationforDisney XDon 2016, development on the project was paused by Disney on 2018 and was later revived on 2021 forDisney Channel.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Upcoming films

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Orman provided concept art for the film adaptation ofThe Little Prince.He has also announced via Twitter that he will be writing a film about vikings. In June 2024, it was announced that Orman will serve as executive producer and screenwriter forThe Angry Birds Movie 3.[10]

Inspirations

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His work took inspiration fromJoe Murray,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.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2015 The Little Prince Concept artist
2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Director
TBA The Angry Birds Movie 3 Screenwriter[10]
TBA Untitled Vikings film Screenwriter

Television

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As Crew

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Year Title Role
2004 The Powerpuff Girls Story, storyboard artist, and writer
2004–05 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Story, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist
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
2010–11 Adventure Time Supervising producer, story (season 2)
2013–14 Sanjay and Craig Supervising producer, creative consultant
2016–18 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Co-developer, story, writer, executive producer
2019, 2022 Amphibia Voice actor, Special thanks
TBA North Woods Creator

As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
2008–10 The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Flapjack / Background Singer / Additional voices 46 episodes
2011–18 Adventure Time Tree Witch / Kent / Wishy 3 episodes
2011 Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL Flapjack Video game
2012–16 Gravity Falls Gideon Gleeful 9 episodes
2013, 2014 Sanjay and Craig Additional voices 8 episodes
2016 The Magnificent Menagerie of Melvin McMelanie Short film
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh 1 episode
Amphibia Sprig Plantar Pilot only
2018–20 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Todd Capybara 7 episodes
2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Duck / Seal Film
2023 Kiff Louis 1 episode

References

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  1. ^Strike, Joe (October 23, 2008)."A Boy and His Whale: The Marvelous Making of 'Flapjack'".Animation World Network.
  2. ^https://twitter.com/littlethurop/status/1649860376597762048
  3. ^"My cute wifey needle-felted this for my new show... NORTH WOODS".Twitter.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  4. ^"@peytonwaldera @cartoonnetwork Nickelodeon... Which is abut to be really good again!".Twitter.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  5. ^"Yes! It's called North Woods now and is happening at DISNEY✨".X (formerly Twitter).RetrievedOctober 28,2023.
  6. ^"I'm working at Disney now. But apparently I'm not allowed to say what I'm working on... #itsasecret".Twitter.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  7. ^"Nikolas Ilic - NorthWoods".March 3, 2021. Archived fromthe originalon March 3, 2021.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  8. ^"North Woods (TBA)".FRANCESCA NATALE.RetrievedJune 12,2023.
  9. ^"Demo for Disney Animated Show".SoundCloud.RetrievedJuly 5,2023.
  10. ^ab"Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios Announce The Angry Birds Movie 3 Is In Production At DNEG Animation".Rovio.June 6, 2024.RetrievedJune 6,2024.
  11. ^"Frederator Studios Blogs | Channel Frederator Blog | Flippin' Flapjacks: The Thurop Van Orman Interview!".Archived fromthe originalon February 3, 2016.RetrievedSeptember 3,2020.
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