VICKY JENSON (Director) made her directorial debut on the computer-animated blockbuster “Shrek,” which won the first Academy Award® ever presented in the category of Best Animated Feature. The film’s many other honors included the Critics Choice, Los Angeles Film Critics and National Board of Review Awards for Best Animated Feature, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. “Shrek” also won eight Annie Awards, including Best Director, shared by Jenson and Andrew Adamson, and Best Picture.
Jenson started her career in 1977, working as a background artist at Hanna-Barbera Productions. From there, she segued into storyboarding for animation as well as live action. While storyboarding for directors like Wayne Wang and John Hughes, she helped develop visual styles for Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi on such animated series as “Mighty Mouse, The New Adventures” and “The Ren & Stimpy Show.”
She also served as a production designer on live-action independent films, as well as on such traditionally animated features as “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest” and DreamWorks’ “The Road to El Dorado,” the latter of which eventually led to her becoming a director on “Shrek.”
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