Director

Derek Thompson

Visual Effects

Career Snapshot

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TMDB popularity

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 25

TMDB ID: 225982

IMDb ID: nm0860055

Known for: Visual Effects

Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1997 - 2025

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.73

Also known as

Derek 'Monster'

Frequent jobs

Creature Design (6)Storyboard Artist (5)Animation (3)Concept Artist (2)Story (2)Writer (2)Additional Storyboarding (1)Graphic Novel Illustrator (1)

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Biography

Derek Thompson is a story artist at Pixar, he was hired in January 2005 to work on WALL•E. He received his BFA in Illustration from Otis Parsons Art Institute. His first job was with Dark Horse Comics. Other jobs include working on video games for Rhythm & Hues and doing storyboards on Star Wars: Episode III for Skywalker Ranch.

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