Clayton Morrow

Clayton McKenzie Morrow (born July 3, 1974) is an American animator, writer, director, storyboard artist and storyboard director. He is the son of Oscar and Emmy winning screenwriter Barry Morrow.

Life and career Morrow was born in July 1974 to Emmy and Oscar award-winning screenwriter Barry Morrow (born 1948) in Hennepin County, Minnesota. He is sometimes credited as Clayton M. Morrow and Clay Morrow (not to be confused with the fictional character of the same name). He was portrayed as a youth in the movies Bill and Bill: On His Own. He has been married to Cindy Morrow, who is also an animator, since December 1, 1998. They have one child.

For Dexter's Laboratory, created by Genndy Tartakovsky, he served as one of the storyboard artists for 13 episodes, later working on The Powerpuff Girls, created by Craig McCracken, for 8 episodes. In 2001, he wrote and storyboarded the television film The Flintstones: On the Rocks, based on the cartoon series sitcom by Hanna-Barbera. His wife Cindy also wrote and storyboarded the film.

He then worked at Disney Television Animation, in which he worked on Paul Rudish's Mickey Mouse shorts from 2013 until 2016, later returning from 2018 to 2019 but was not involved in its sequel series The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse. He served as the storyboard director for Camp Lazlo for 15 episodes and worked on Chowder for 9 episodes. Morrow serves as the supervising director for The Cuphead Show!, which was released on Netflix in 2022. Morrow also worked on Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil from 2011 until 2012 and served as the dialogue director and supervising producer for Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer including The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy for two episodes.

Morrow was also a story artist for the 2011 DreamWorks Animation film, Puss in Boots, serving as an spin-off to the Shrek film series, also again serving as a story artist for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. He was also the retake director for Wander Over Yonder and served as a writer on Fish Hooks for only an episode. Currently, Morrow is a storyboard artist on The Patrick Star Show and was a freelance storyboard punch-up on Seasons 14 and 15 of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Filmography

Director 2011–2012: Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (with Chris Savino) 2013–2016, 2018–2019: Mickey Mouse 2013–2014: Wander Over Yonder (retake director) 2017: Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer (supervising producer and dialogue director) 2022: The Cuphead Show! (supervising director)

Storyboard artist 1998–2003: Dexter's Laboratory - 13 episodes 1998–2001: The Powerpuff Girls - 8 episodes 2001: The Flintstones: On the Rocks - TV movie 2002: Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? - 3 episodes 2004–2005: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - 3 episodes 2006: Yin Yang Yo! - 1 episode 2007: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - 2 episodes 2007–2010: Chowder - 9 episodes 2010–2012: Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil - 6 episodes 2010: Fish Hooks - 1 episode 2011–2012: Secret Mountain Fort Awesome - 3 episodes 2011: Puss in Boots - Feature film 2013–2016, 2018–2019: Mickey Mouse 2017: Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer 2023-present: The Patrick Star Show 2025: Haha, You Clowns

Writer 2000-2001: The Powerpuff Girls - 4 episodes 2001: The Flintstones: On the Rocks - TV movie 2002: Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? - 3 episodes 2002–2003: Dexter's Laboratory - 6 episodes 2005–2007: Camp Lazlo - 16 episodes 2010–2012: Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil - 2 episodes 2010: Fish Hooks - 1 episode 2011–2012: Secret Mountain Fort Awesome - 3 episodes 2013–2016, 2018–2019: Mickey Mouse 2017: Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer 2022: The Cuphead Show! - 12 episodes (with Deeki Deke, Adam Paloian, Cosmo Segurson & Dave Wasson)

Story 2001–2003: Dexter's Laboratory - 26 episodes 2004: The Powerpuff Girls - 1 episode 2005: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - 1 episode 2007–2010: Chowder - 9 episodes

Storyboard Director 2005–2007: Camp Lazlo - 15 episodes Storyboard Punch-Up 2023-2024: SpongeBob SquarePants