# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-darnell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:08:18.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-darnell"
name: "Eric Darnell"
slug: "eric-darnell"
description: "Eric Darnell is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, screenwriter, songwriter and occasional voice actor best known for co-directing Antz with Tim Johnson, as well as co-directing and co-writing Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted with Tom McGrath, as well as the spin off Penguins of Madagascar (2014) with Simon J. Smith. Darnell now serves as co-founder and chief creative officer of Baobab Studios."
tagline: "American animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter, and occasional voice actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Darnell.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1961-08-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.970532
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump