A native of Lubbock, Texas, Vernon honed his craft at CalArts before entering the animation field as a storyboard artist on projects such as Ralph Bakshi’s Cool World. After joining DreamWorks in the mid-1990s, he contributed storyboards to Antz and later wrote and voiced the Gingerbread Man in the original Shrek film, also appearing in related attractions and spin-offs. His directorial debut arri…
