Thurop Van Orman

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 the Cartoon Network series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008–2010), in which he voices the title character, as well as directing his directorial debut The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).

Thurop Van Orman
Born
Mark Ashton Van Orman

(1976-04-26) April 26, 1976
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

Life and career

Van Orman was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia.

Van Orman worked for the video game company Xantera before going on to study character animation at the California Institute of the Arts.[1] He was the storyboard artist and co-writer for Camp Lazlo, The Powerpuff Girls, and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. He was also the supervising producer for Adventure Time and served as one for Sanjay and Craig only in its first season. Thurop is also somewhat known for responding to much of his fans' fan art through the website DeviantArt.

Van Orman has a brother named Jonny, from whom he took inspiration to start his animation career at Cartoon Network for Flapjack. 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 title North Woods, the project was initially pitched to Nickelodeon the same year, after it was passed the project was developed as potential stop-motion animated film named Black Forest, 3 years later the project was pitched to Disney Television Animation for Disney XD on 2016, development on the project was paused by Disney on 2018 and was later revived on 2021 for Disney Channel.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Upcoming films

Orman provided 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. In June 2024, it was announced that Orman will serve as executive producer and screenwriter for The Angry Birds Movie 3.[10]

Inspirations

His work took inspiration from Joe 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

Film
YearTitleRole
2015The Little PrinceConcept artist
2019The Angry Birds Movie 2Director
TBA The Angry Birds Movie 3Screenwriter[10]
TBA Untitled Vikings filmScreenwriter

As Crew
YearTitleRole
2004The Powerpuff GirlsStory, storyboard artist, and writer
2004–05The Grim Adventures of Billy & MandyStory, storyboard artist, storyboard revisionist
2005–07Camp LazloWriter, storyboard artist, and storyboard director
2008–10The Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackCreator, executive producer, story, writer, storyboard artist, director
2010–11Adventure TimeSupervising producer, story (season 2)
2013–14Sanjay and CraigSupervising producer, creative consultant
2016–18Home: Adventures with Tip & OhCo-developer, story, writer, executive producer
2019, 2022AmphibiaVoice actor, Special thanks
TBA North Woods Creator

As actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–10The Marvelous Misadventures of FlapjackFlapjack / Background Singer / Additional voices46 episodes
2011–18Adventure TimeTree Witch / Kent / Wishy3 episodes
2011Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XLFlapjack Video game
2012–16Gravity FallsGideon Gleeful9 episodes
2013, 2014Sanjay and CraigAdditional voices8 episodes
2016The Magnificent Menagerie of Melvin McMelanieShort film
Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh1 episode
Amphibia Sprig Plantar Pilot only
2018–20Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTodd Capybara7 episodes
2019The Angry Birds Movie 2Duck / SealFilm
2023 Kiff Louis 1 episode

References
  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. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  4. "@peytonwaldera @cartoonnetwork Nickelodeon... Which is abut to be really good again!". Twitter. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  5. "Yes! It's called North Woods now and is happening at DISNEY✨". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  6. "I'm working at Disney now. But apparently I'm not allowed to say what I'm working on... #itsasecret". Twitter. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  7. "Nikolas Ilic - NorthWoods". March 3, 2021. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  8. "North Woods (TBA)". FRANCESCA NATALE. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  9. "Demo for Disney Animated Show". SoundCloud. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  10. "Rovio, SEGA, and Prime Focus Studios Announce The Angry Birds Movie 3 Is In Production At DNEG Animation". Rovio. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. "Frederator Studios Blogs | Channel Frederator Blog | Flippin' Flapjacks: The Thurop Van Orman Interview!". Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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