Mark O'Hare

Mark Sean O'Hare (born July 18, 1968) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer and storyboard artist who created the comic strip Citizen Dog.

O'Hare is well known for his work on animated television shows as a writer and storyboard artist for Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants, Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, The Mighty B!, Chowder, and The Ren & Stimpy Show. Throughout the run of the series, O'Hare served as the creative director and supervising producer on Camp Lazlo. In 2016, he was employed as a storyboard artist for Illumination Entertainment.

O'Hare was awarded an Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2007 for "Outstanding Animated Program" on Camp Lazlo and again in 2008.

Early life and education O'Hare was initially enrolled in the aeronautical engineering program at Purdue University; however, after his sophomore year, he shifted focus to study graphic design upon illustrating a comic strip titled Art Gallery for the student newspaper, The Exponent. The comic ran from the autumn of 1987 to the spring of 1990. Afterward, he was accepted into the character animation program at California Institute of the Arts.

He is a close affiliate of fellow director Tim Hill.

Filmography

Television Year Title Notes 1993–1996 Rocko's Modern Life director/assistant director/storyboard artist/storyboard clean-up/assistant storyboard artist/additional writer/story1995 The Ren & Stimpy Show storyboard artist (Episode: "Ol' Blue Nose") 1996; 1998 Hey Arnold! storyboard artist/storyboard director/director1997 The Angry Beavers storyboard artist/assistant storyboard artist Life with Louie storyboard artist 1997; 2003 Dexter's Laboratory storyboard artist/writer/story 1999–2004, 2020-2025 SpongeBob SquarePants storyboard artist/writer/storyboard director/character layout artist 2002 Jeffrey Cat: Claw and Order creator/model/writer/executive producer (pilot) 2003 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? writer/storyboard artist 2003–2004 The Powerpuff Girls storyboard artist/writer/story 2005–2008 Camp Lazlo story/writer/storyboard artist/storyboard director/creative director/supervising producer/director 2007 Shorty McShorts' Shorts storyboard artist ("Mascot Prep" short) 2008–2009 The Mighty B! storyboard director 2008 Tak and the Power of Juju storyboard artist/director 2009 Chowder story/storyboard artist 2010 Adventure Time storyboard revisionist

Film Year Title Notes 1992 Cool World character designer2004 Shrek 2 storyboard artist Shark Tale additional storyboard artist 2010 Despicable Me storyboard artist 2011 Hop 2012 The Lorax 2013 Despicable Me 2 2015 Minions additional story artist 2016 The Secret Life of Pets story artist 2018 The Grinch head of story 2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run co-head of story 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru storyboard artist 2024 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie head of story 2025 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants head of story / animation director