Thurop Van Orman

Mark "Thurop" Van Orman (born April 26, 1976) is an American cartoonist, animator, voice artist, television writer, producer and director best known for being the creator of Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, in which he voices the title character.

Thurop Van Orman
Born	Mark Van Orman April 26, 1976 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Voice artist, animator, television writer, producer, 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 The Angry Birds Movie 2

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 served as one for Sanjay and Craig in its first season only. Thurop is also somewhat known for responding to much of his fans' fan art 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, and was the director of The Angry Birds Movie 2. He has also announced via Twitter that he will be writing a film about Vikings.

His work took inspiration from 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.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2015	The Little Prince	Concept artist
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Directorial debut (with John Rice)
TBA	Black Forest[2]	Director
	Untitled Vikings film	Screenwriter

Television

Year	Title	Role
2004	The Powerpuff Girls	Story, storyboard artist, and writer
2005	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Writer, storyboard artist
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, and voice actor
2010–11	Adventure Time	Supervising producer, story (season 2), writer, and voice actor
2013–14	Sanjay and Craig	Supervising producer, creative consultant, and voice actor
2016–17	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh	Co-developer, story, writer and executive producer

Voice roles

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 / Bounce House Princess	3 episodes
2011	Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL	Flapjack	Video game
2012–16	Gravity Falls	Li'l Gideon Gleeful	9 episodes
2013, 2014	Sanjay and Craig	Additional voices	8 episodes
2016	The Magnificent Menagerie of Melvin McMelanie		Short film
2016	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh		1 episode
2018–present	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Todd Capybara	5 episodes
2019	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Duck / Seal	Film

References

1. Archived June 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. Rondal (February 6, 2012). "The Marvelous Misadventures of Thurop Van Orman – Exclusive Interview". Strange Kids Club. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
3. "Frederator Studios Blogs | Channel Frederator Blog | Flippin' Flapjacks: The Thurop Van Orman Interview!". Retrieved September 3, 2020.

External links

• Thurop Van Orman at IMDb
• Thurop Van Orman on DeviantArt