Karen Disher facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Karen Disher
Disher in 2015
Born	Karen Beth Disher
Alma mater	Tisch School of the Arts
Occupation	Film director, storyboard artist
Years active	1993–present
Employer	MTV Animation (1994-2002) Blue Sky Studios (2002–2021) Spire Animation Studios (2021–present)
Spouse(s)	Robert Partington ​ (m. 2001)​

Karen Beth Disher is an American film director and storyboard artist. She helps bring animated stories to life!

Karen Disher is famous for her work at MTV Animation. There, she designed the main characters and was a lead director for the popular animated TV show Daria. Before that, she worked on Beavis and Butt-Head.

She also worked as a story artist at Blue Sky Studios. This studio made many animated movies, including several from the Ice Age series.

Karen Disher's Creative Journey

Karen Disher learned about traditional 2D animation at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. After finishing her studies, she joined MTV Animation.

Early Work at MTV Animation

Her first job at MTV was as a layout artist for Beavis and Butt-head. This means she helped plan how the scenes would look.

Later, she became the main character designer and supervising director for the hit show Daria. She even directed two TV movies for the series: Is It Fall Yet? in 2000 and Is It College Yet? in 2002.

Adventures at Blue Sky Studios

After MTV, Karen Disher joined Blue Sky Studios. Here, she became a story artist. A story artist helps create the visual story for a film, drawing out scenes like a comic book.

She worked on many animated movies, including:

• Robots
• Ice Age: The Meltdown
• Horton Hears a Who!
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• The Peanuts Movie
• Ferdinand

Karen Disher was also the head of story for the movie Rio. This means she led the team that developed the film's story through drawings.

She directed a short film called Surviving Sid and a TV special, Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas. Both of these were part of the Ice Age world.

Besides drawing and directing, Karen Disher sometimes lent her voice to small characters in the movies she worked on. A famous one was Scratte in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

New Beginnings

In 2021, Karen Disher joined Spire Animation Studios. She is now a Creative Director there. She is also a founding member of the studio's "Creative Cadre," which is a group of creative leaders.

Film and TV Work

Karen Disher has worked on many exciting projects. Here's a look at some of them:

Movies

Television Shows

Video Games