16 Facts About Vicky Jenson

Vicky Jenson has directed projects for DreamWorks Animation, including Shrek, the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, giving rise to one of Hollywood's largest film franchises.

Vicky Jenson attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and California State University Northridge.

Vicky Jenson later became a storyboard artist for Warner Bros.

Vicky Jenson was a design and color stylist on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the influential Ralph Bakshi reboot of Mighty Mouse, in the 1980s.

In 1992, Vicky Jenson was the art director for FernGully: The Last Rainforest, and the production designer for Computer Warriors: The Adventure Begins and Playroom.

In 2000, Vicky Jenson began working for DreamWorks as a production designer and story artist for The Road to El Dorado.

However, Asbury left a year later for work on the 2002 film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Vicky Jenson was selected by producer Jeffrey Katzenberg to be the new director of the film.

Vicky Jenson recalled her experience being brought into Shrek, and eventually tapped to direct, as follows:.

In 2003, while working on Shark Tale, Vicky Jenson received the first annual Kiera Chaplin Limelight award given at the Women's Image Network Awards.

In July 2017, it was reported that Vicky Jenson was directing an untitled animated fantasy film.

Vicky Jenson directed a live-action short, Family Tree, which "premiered at Sundance, screened at countless festivals, including Sundance, SXSW, Aspen and Malibu and went on to win multiple festival awards".

Also in 2009, Vicky Jenson directed all of the spots for the year-long "Modelquins" ad campaign for Old Navy, including the "Supermodelquins Christmas" ads.

Vicky Jenson was represented by the Anonymous Content agency for the campaign.

In 2015, Vicky Jenson directed a stage production of the play, Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies.

The Los Angeles Times wrote of Jenson's stage directorial debut: "the staging by Vicky Jenson successfully captures the script's broad contours", and Broadway World praised the production, stating that "Vicky Jenson smoothly directs her uniformly skilled four-member cast".

When she's not working in the studio, Vicky Jenson enjoys ultralight backpacking, learning to play mandolin and teaching her border collie pointless new tricks.