Karen Disher
Biography
Karen Disher is an American director and storyboard artist who trained in traditional 2D animation at the Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating she took a job at MTV Animation working on layouts for Beavis and Butt-head, then designed the main characters of Daria and served as supervising director on that series, as well as directing its feature-length specials Is It Fall Yet? in 2000 and Is It College Yet? in 2002. At Blue Sky Studios her work as a story artist included Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Horton Hears a Who!, and on Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), The Peanuts Movie and Ferdinand. She was head of story on Rio (2011), directed the short Surviving Sid (2008) and the TV special Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, and voiced Scratte, a minor character, in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. She later joined Spire Animation Studios as Creative Director, Development.
54years old
Turns 55 on August 7in 293 days
- Born
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 8 years2008 to 2016
Every film, newest first
- 2016Scrat: Spaced OutIMDb rating 6.5
- 2012Ice Age: Continental DriftIMDb rating 6.5
- 2011RioIMDb rating 6.9
- 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursIMDb rating 6.9
- 2008Surviving SidIMDb rating 6.5
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Early training
Disher studied traditional 2D animation at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After she graduated, she became a layout artist at MTV Animation, working on Beavis and Butt-head.
Behind the camera
Disher designed the main characters and served as supervising director on Daria, and also directed two feature-length TV installments of the series, Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?.
Behind the camera
Karen Disher worked at Blue Sky Studios as a story artist on animated movies, among them Robots and Ferdinand. On Rio she served as head of story, and she directed both the short Surviving Sid and the television special Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas.
Beyond film
Besides storyboarding and directing, Disher gave voice to small parts in the movies she worked on, most notably Scratte in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Behind the camera
In 2021, Disher came aboard Spire Animation Studios as Creative Director, Development, and she is one of the founding members of the studio's brain trust, the "Creative Cadre".
Karen Disher movies on Netflix
Most often with
Carlos Saldanha directed two of these films, Mike Thurmeier two and Galen T. Chu two. John Leguizamo appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Leguizamo's page
Ray Romano's page
Jason Fricchione's page
Simon Pegg's page
Jane Lynch's page
Queen Latifah's page
All films by Carlos Saldanha
Mike ThurmeierDirector, 2 films, 2009 to 2012
All films by Mike Thurmeier
Galen T. ChuDirector, 2 films, 2008 to 2016
All films by Galen T. Chu
Also two films together6 more actors
- Denis LearyIce Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Seann William ScottIce Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Josh PeckIce Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Wanda SykesIce Age: Continental Drift (2012) and Rio (2011)
- Chris WedgeScrat: Spaced Out (2016) and Surviving Sid (2008)
- Kelly KeatonRio (2011) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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Official profiles and reference pages.