Eric Darnell

American animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and occasional voice actor

Person human Q2630467

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[21]
Date of birth: August 21, 1961, 1960^[8]
Place of birth: Prairie Village
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: film director, animator, screenwriter, voice actor, film producer, actor, television producer, film screenwriter, director^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Field of work: animated film^[15]
Educated at: California Institute of the Arts, University of Colorado Boulder, Shawnee Mission East High School^[16]^[17]^[18]
Notable work: Antz, Madagascar^[19]^[20]
Work location: United States^[25]
Student of: Jules Engel^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[27]
Birth name: Eric Robert Darnell^[28]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[30]
Family name: Darnell^[23]
Given name: Eric^[24]
Native language: English^[10]
P14750: E9E5-5EAA-BF4D-3AC3-896E
Residence: Campbell, California^[22]
Writing language: English^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 50

ISNI: 0000000116539375
VIAF cluster ID: 60524054
Library of Congress authority ID: n2006008665
GND ID: 130862517
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Eric Darnell.png ↗
ACMI ID: creators/78540
AdoroCinema person ID: 28688
AllMovie person ID: p263535
Allcinema person ID: 92701
AlloCiné person ID: 28688
BBC Things ID: c3965539-0d18-437f-b6ce-a90f8ad99e11
Behind The Voice Actors person ID: Eric-Darnell

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14090910c
Box Office Mojo person ID (archived): ericdarnell
CONOR.SI ID: 20552547
Ciné-Ressources person ID: 18192
Danish National Filmography person ID: 136339
Decine21 person ID: 54093
Elonet person ID: 870431
Film.ru person ID: erik-darnell
Freebase ID: /m/027x1y4
IMDb ID: nm0201509
IdRef ID: 072742127
Ivi person ID: erik-darnell
JRC Names ID: 1029716
Kinobaza person ID: eric-darnell
Kinobox person ID: 185202
Kinopoisk person ID: 64780
LdiF person ID: 149125
Movie Walker Press person ID: 143726
MovieMeter person ID: 18863
NL CR AUT ID: xx0122796
NUKAT ID: n2009114510
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007344905905171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201301369
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810534818905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX901538
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074439537
Open Media Database person ID: 18863
PORT person ID: 1806
Related category: Category:Films directed by Eric Darnell
SNAC ARK ID: w6v131bz
Scope.dk person ID: 573
Sinemalar person ID: 809156
Swedish Film Database person ID: 264526
TCM Movie Database person ID: 354854
TMDB person ID: 18863
TV.com ID: people/eric-darnell
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmxWpBf6RJKkk7CVqPvpP
ČSFD person ID: 15370

🔗 Connections

Occupation 7

actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, animator, television producer, voice actor

Films directed 5

Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Antz, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Penguins of Madagascar

Films written 4

Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Merry Madagascar

Educated at 2

University of Colorado Boulder, California Institute of the Arts

Notable work 2

Antz, Madagascar

← Creator 2

The Penguins of Madagascar, Alex

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Darnell

Field of work 1

animated film

Given name 1

Eric

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Native language 1

English

Place of birth 1

Prairie Village

Related category 1

Category:Films directed by Eric Darnell

Sex or gender 1

male

Student of 1

Jules Engel

Teachers 1

Jules Engel

Work location 1

United States

Writing language 1

English

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Films directed by Eric Darnell

← Executive producer 1

Penguins of Madagascar

← Voice actor 1

Madagascar

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Summary

Eric Darnell was born on August 21, 1961^[1], in Prairie Village^[2]. He has worked as a film director^[3], animator^[4], screenwriter^[5], voice actor^[6], and film producer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Eric Darnell born?

Eric Darnell was born in Prairie Village^[2].

What did Eric Darnell do for work?

Eric Darnell worked as a film director^[3], animator^[4], screenwriter^[5], voice actor^[6], and film producer^[7].

Where did Eric Darnell go to school?

Eric Darnell was educated at California Institute of the Arts^[16], University of Colorado Boulder^[17], and Shawnee Mission East High School^[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Eric Darnell — place of birth (P19): Prairie Village. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Eric Darnell — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Eric Darnell — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Eric Darnell — educated at (P69): California Institute of the Arts. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Eric Darnell — educated at (P69): University of Colorado Boulder. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Eric Darnell — educated at (P69): Shawnee Mission East High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Eric Darnell — field of work (P101): animated film. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Eric Darnell — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): film director. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): animator. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): screenwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-06-24. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): voice actor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): film producer. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): actor. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): television producer. Retrieved 2020-12-11. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): film screenwriter. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Eric Darnell — occupation (P106): director. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Eric Darnell — residence (P551): Campbell, California. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Eric Darnell — date of birth (P569): August 21, 1961. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Eric Darnell — date of birth (P569): 1960. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-10-02. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Eric Darnell — family name (P734): Darnell. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Eric Darnell — given name (P735): Eric. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Eric Darnell — notable work (P800): Antz. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Eric Darnell — notable work (P800): Madagascar. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Eric Darnell — work location (P937): United States. www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Eric Darnell — student of (P1066): Jules Engel. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Eric Darnell — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Eric Darnell — birth name (P1477): Eric Robert Darnell. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Eric Darnell — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Eric Darnell — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-12-10. wikidata.org.

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Place of birth → Prairie Village

Educated at → California Institute of the Arts, University of Colorado Boulder, Shawnee Mission East High School

Aliases → —

Notable work → Antz, Madagascar

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Eric Darnell

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