Thurop Van Orman

Thurop Van Orman
Born	Mark Van Orman April 26, 1976 Norfolk, Virginia, US
Occupation	TV writer, producer, animator, voice actor, singer, storyboard artist, storyboard 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

Mark "Thurop" Van Orman (born April 26, 1976 in Norfolk, Virginia, US) is an American TV writer, director, cartoonist, producer, animator, storyboard artist, storyboard director, singer and voice actor. He is known for being the creator of the animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, in which he voices the titular 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 currently serves as one for Sanjay and Craig. Thurop is also somewhat known for responding to much of his fans' fanart 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. He has also announced via Twitter that he will be writing a film about Vikings.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2015	The Little Prince	Concept artist
TBA	Black Forest by Dreamworks[2]	Director
TBA	Untitled film about Vikings	Screenwriter

Television

Year	Title	Role
2004	The Powerpuff Girls	Storyboard artist
2005	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Writer, storyboard artist
2005–2007	Camp Lazlo	Writer, storyboard artist, storyboard director
2008–2010	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Creator, executive producer, writer, storyboard artist, director
2010–2011	Adventure Time	Supervising producer, writer
2013–2014	Sanjay and Craig	Supervising producer, creative consultant
2016-present	Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh	Co-developer, Executive producer

Voice roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2010	The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack	Flapjack / Background Singer / Additional voices	46 episodes
2011–present	Adventure Time	Tree Witch / Kent / Bounce House Princess	3 episodes
2012–2016	Gravity Falls	Li'l Gideon	9 episodes
2013–2014	Sanjay and Craig	Additional voices	8 episodes
2016–present	Mystery Science Theater 3000	Gypsy	Many episodes

References

1. A Boy and His Whale: The Marvelous Making of Flapjack
2. Rondal (February 6, 2012). "The Marvelous Misadventures of Thurop Van Orman – Exclusive Interview". Strange Kids Club. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

External links

• Thurop Van Orman at the Internet Movie Database
• Thurop Van Orman on DeviantArt