Bernard Derriman is an Australian animator, director, and producer. He is known for working on the

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'' and co-directing its animated feature film. He began his career in animation at Walt Disney Studios in Sydney. He was an animator there until 2006, working on both television series and films. Derriman directed an animated short based on the movie '' Chopper'', which won Best Comedy Award at the 2001

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Short Film Festival. Derriman went on to co-create the animated series ''Arj and Poopy'', with US comedian

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. Their ''Arj and Poopy'' shorts have received worldwide recognition, most notably winning the internet category at the

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in 2005 and 2006. The last episode produced, "Congo Windfall" was chosen in the Top Ten Best Animated Flash films by the website Cold Hard Flash. It also featured the new character to the series, Bouncy the Dog, voiced by Johnny Brennan of the

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fame. He directed and animated a music video for the song " Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me" by the band

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which became a viral hit. Derriman won a competition for the 50th anniversary of the

with his short film
Pop
. He was Animation Director on the PBS children's series ''Big Green Rabbit'' and won seven Regional Emmys for his work on that show. He directed " Drones", episode 6 in season 8 of ''

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''. Derriman was a Supervising Director on the show ''

'' until the tenth production cycle, when he was promoted to Producer, and co-directed ''

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'' with creator

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. He has won two EmmysEmmys bio: https://www.emmys.com/bios/bernard-derriman
/ref> for his work on ''Bob's Burgers''. Derriman also directed the Bob's Burgers-themed couch gag from ''

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'' episode "

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" and he is a consulting producer on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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