---
name: "David Soren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-soren"
fi1m_id: "david-soren"
imdb_id: "nm1659741"
tmdb_id: 94075
wikidata_id: "Q5239955"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 April 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T14:27:06.520063+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Soren

## Identity

David Soren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-soren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-soren
- **IMDb ID:** nm1659741
- **TMDB ID:** 94075
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5239955
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Soren_(animator), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239955, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659741/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94075

Writer. Born 19 April 1973 in Toronto, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 April 1973, Toronto, Canada
- **Active:** 2004–2017
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 58 (3), 2010s 58 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Soren_(animator), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5239955, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659741/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94075

## Biography

David Soren is a Canadian director, writer and voice actor. He graduated from Sheridan College and worked as a storyboard artist and head of story at DreamWorks Animation.

Soren directed the feature films *Turbo* (2013), *Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie* (2017) and *Under the Boardwalk* (2023). He also wrote and directed the Madagascar television specials *Merry Madagascar* (2009) and *Madly Madagascar* (2013).

His voice credits include Jimbo in *The Boss Baby* (2017) and *The Boss Baby: Family Business* (2021), a lemur in *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), and multiple roles in *Shark Tale* (2004).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3)

- *The Boss Baby* (2017), Fi1m 56, as Jimbo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boss-baby.md)
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Fi1m 62, as Lemur (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Shark Tale* (2004), Fi1m 40, as Shrimp / Worm / Starfish #1 / Killer Whale #2 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Fi1m 73, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Fi1m 60, Post Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Smurfs* (2025), Story Artist
- *Under the Boardwalk* (2023), as Yoga Crab / Battle Dad (voice) · Screenplay, Director
- *Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale* (2021), as Jimbo/Carnival Barker (voice)
- *The Boss Baby: Family Business* (2021), as Jimbo (voice)
- *Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie* (2017), as Tommy (voice), Additional Writing · Director
- *The Boss Baby* (2017), as Jimbo (voice) · Thanks — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boss-baby.md)
- *Almost Home* (2014), as Ernie (voice)
- *Turbo FAST* (2013), series, Characters
- *Turbo* (2013), as Worker Snail #1 / Can't Tuck Snail / Gagne's Crew Chief / Indy Network Executive / Newspaper Boy / Autotune Kid (voice) · Screenplay, Director
- *Madly Madagascar* (2013), as Co-Pilot / Elephant #2 / Hippo / Ostrich (voice) · Director, Writer
- *Dreamworks: Holiday Classics* (2012), Director
- *Neighbors from Hell* (2010), series, as Josh Hellman
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Post Production Supervisor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Merry Madagascar* (2009), as Lookout Lemur, Additional Lemurs (voice) · Director, Writer
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), as Lemur (voice) — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Story Artist — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *Club Oscar* (2005), as Shrimp (voice)
- *Shark Tale* (2004), as Shrimp / Worm / Starfish #1 / Killer Whale #2 (voice) · Head of Story — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)
- *Untitled Geronimo Stilton Film*, Director
- *Untitled Spin Master Original Movie*, Director

## Gallery

- ![David Soren](https://film.one/media/person/5645733/gallery-860ebe8b90c7.jpg) David Soren — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/David_Soren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Soren](https://film.one/media/person/5645733/gallery-32a651b142b8.jpg) David Soren — Image via TMDB

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