Mark O'Hare

Mark O'Hare
Born	Mark Sean O'Hare July 18, 1968 San Pedro, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Storyboard artist, writer, and director
Years active	1992–present
Known for	Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo

Mark O'Hare (born July 18, 1968) is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Citizen Dog.^[1]

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! and Chowder. He performed storyboard work on The Ren and Stimpy Show. Throughout the run of the series, O'Hare served as the creative director and supervising producer on Camp Lazlo. He's currently a storyboard artist at Illumination Entertainment.

Although accepted into the aeronautical engineering program at Purdue University, O'Hare shifted focus after his sophomore year to study graphic design, later getting acceptance into the character animation program at California Institute of the Arts.

While a student at Purdue University, he drew a strip called Art Gallery for the student newspaper, The Exponent. The comic ran from the autumn of 1987 to the spring of 1990.

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.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1993–1996	Rocko's Modern Life	director/storyboard artist/writer
1995	The Ren & Stimpy Show	storyboard artist
1996; 1998	Hey Arnold!	storyboard artist and director
1997	The Angry Beavers	storyboard artist
	Life with Louie	storyboard artist
1997; 2003	Dexter's Laboratory	storyboard artist/writer
1999–2004	SpongeBob SquarePants	writer/storyboard artist/storyboard director/character layout artist
2002	Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order	creator/character designer/writer/executive producer (pilot)
2003–2004	The Powerpuff Girls	storyboard artist/writer/story
2005–2008	Camp Lazlo	writer/storyboard artist/storyboard director/creative director/supervising producer/director
2007	Shorty McShorts	storyboard artist ("Mascot Prep" short)
2008–2009	The Mighty B!	storyboard director
2009	Chowder	writer/storyboard artist
2010	Adventure Time	storyboard revisionist

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1992	Cool World	character designer
2004	Shrek 2	story artist
	Shark Tale	additional storyboard artist
2010	Despicable Me	storyboard artist
2011	Hop	storyboard artist
2012	The Lorax	storyboard artist
2013	Despicable Me 2	story artist
2015	Minions	additional story artist

References

1. "Mark O'Hare". Lambiek. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

External links

• Mark O'Hare at the Internet Movie Database