Biography
Conrad Vernon is an American director, producer, writer, storyboard artist and voice actor. Born on 11 July 1968 in Lubbock, Texas, he studied at the California Institute of the Arts and began his career in 1991 as a storyboard artist on productions including Ralph Bakshi's Cool World.
He joined DreamWorks Animation in 1996, working as a storyboard artist on Antz. Vernon contributed as a writer to Shrek (2001), for which he also voiced the Gingerbread Man, and made his feature directorial debut as co-director of Shrek 2 (2004) alongside Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury. He has since co-directed Monsters vs Aliens (2009), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), Sausage Party (2016), The Addams Family (2019) and The Addams Family 2 (2021).
