Karen Beth Disher (born August 7, 1972) is an American film director
and storyboard artist who has played in many voice-over roles in
movies, TV, cartoons and video games. She is an artist at Blue Sky
Studios, an in-house studio at 20th Century Fox Animation.Disher
graduated from Tisch School of the Arts. After graduation she joined
MTV, where she designed the main characters and was the supervising
director on an animated television series Daria. Meanwhile, she
directed two TV feature-length instalments in the series, Is It Fall
Yet? in 2000 and the follow-up Is It College Yet? in 2002. She then
joined Blue Sky Studios, where she worked as story artist on many
animated films, including Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Horton Hears
a Who!, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: Continental Drift,
and Epic. She was also the head of story on Rio, and directed a short
animated film Surviving Sid and a television special Ice Age: A
Mammoth Christmas, both part of the Ice Age franchise. In addition to
story boarding and directing, she lent her voice to some minor
characters in the films she worked on, most notably to Scratte in Ice
Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.In 2001, Disher married Robert Todd
Partington, then a supervisor of computer graphics and animation
technologies for MTV Networks.
and storyboard artist who has played in many voice-over roles in
movies, TV, cartoons and video games. She is an artist at Blue Sky
Studios, an in-house studio at 20th Century Fox Animation.Disher
graduated from Tisch School of the Arts. After graduation she joined
MTV, where she designed the main characters and was the supervising
director on an animated television series Daria. Meanwhile, she
directed two TV feature-length instalments in the series, Is It Fall
Yet? in 2000 and the follow-up Is It College Yet? in 2002. She then
joined Blue Sky Studios, where she worked as story artist on many
animated films, including Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Horton Hears
a Who!, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: Continental Drift,
and Epic. She was also the head of story on Rio, and directed a short
animated film Surviving Sid and a television special Ice Age: A
Mammoth Christmas, both part of the Ice Age franchise. In addition to
story boarding and directing, she lent her voice to some minor
characters in the films she worked on, most notably to Scratte in Ice
Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.In 2001, Disher married Robert Todd
Partington, then a supervisor of computer graphics and animation
technologies for MTV Networks.
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