I loved to watch cartoons and even made little stop-motion films in the backyard. At the time, I never really thought that it was something you could do for a living; it never actually hit me that people do that sort of thing or I would be capable of it.

He is best known for co-directing Antz with Tim Johnson as well as co-directing Madagascar Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted with Tom McGrath. Eric Darnell (born 1960) is an American director writer songwriter animator and occasional voice actor.