Life and career

Vernon, a native of Lubbock, Texas, studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist on Cool World, 2 Stupid Dogs, Rocko's Modern Life, Nightmare Ned, and Morto the Magician.

In 1996, he joined DreamWorks, where he worked as a storyboard artist on Antz. After Antz proved a success as the first animated feature film to be produced by DreamWorks Animation, Vernon signed on as a writer for Shrek, where he was responsible for the Gingerbread Man, and eventually voiced that character. He also appeared in Shrek 4-D and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. In 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with the Academy Award-nominated Shrek 2. He voiced Mason the chimpanzee for the DreamWorks Animation films Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and its television series. He also provided the voice for Insectosaurus and directed the 3D animated film, Monsters vs. Aliens.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Cool World		Character designer Effects animator
1998	Antz		Storyboard artist
1999	Herd	Pesion
2000	The Road to El Dorado		Additional storyboard artist
2001	Shrek	Gingerbread Man	Writer: "Merry Men"
	Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party	Gingerbread Man
	Morto the Magician		Director
2003	Shrek 4-D	Gingerbread Man
	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Jed	Additional storyboard artist
2004	Shrek 2	Gingerbread Man Cedric Announcer Mongo	Director
	Far Far Away Idol	Gingerbread Man
2005	Madagascar	Mason	Creative consultant
	The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper		Creative consultant
2006	Over the Hedge		Story artist
	Flushed Away	Take Out
2007	Shrek the Third	Gingerbread Man Rumpelstiltskin Headless Horseman
	Bee Movie	Freddy
2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Advisor Hawk Advisor Dither Minister Secret Service Man #2 Mama Dietl	Director
2010	Shrek Forever After	Gingerbread Man
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Jameel
	Puss in Boots	Raoul
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Mason	Director
2014	Penguins of Madagascar	Rico
2016	Sausage Party	Twinks	Director, producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	The Ren & Stimpy Show		Storyboard artist Writer
1993	Rocko's Modern Life
1993-1994	2 Stupid Dogs		Storyboard artist
1994	Itsy Bitsy Spider		Director
1996	Dexter's Laboratory		Storyboard artist Layout artist
1997	Nightmare Ned		Storyboard artist
2007	Shrek the Halls	Gingerbread Man
2009-2012	The Penguins of Madagascar	Mason
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space	Man on Cell Woman
2010	Scared Shrekless	Gingerbread Man Muffin Man
	Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special	Boar
2012	The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange	various	Executive Producer
2012	Gravity Falls	Tate McGucket

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