: L iving ▁people ▁Category : L uther ▁College ▁( I owa ) ▁al umn i ▁Category : Date ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁conduct ors ▁( music ) ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁male ▁mus icians ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Bernard ▁Der rim an ▁is ▁an ▁animation ▁director ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Australia . ▁ ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁animation ▁at ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁Studios ▁in ▁Sydney . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁anim ator ▁there ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁working ▁on ▁both ▁television ▁series ▁and ▁films . ▁ ▁Der rim an ▁has ▁since ▁created ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁animated ▁short ▁films . ▁His ▁first ▁success ▁was ▁when ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁Best ▁Com edy ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁Trop fest ▁Short ▁Film ▁Festival , ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁an ▁audience ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁with ▁his ▁animated ▁short ▁" Cho pper ". ▁The ▁short ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁feature ▁film ▁Cho pper , ▁about ▁real - life ▁criminal ▁Mark ▁Br andon ▁Read . ▁ ▁Der rim an ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁co - create ▁the ▁animated ▁series ▁" Ar j ▁and ▁Po opy ", ▁with ▁US ▁com ed ian ▁Ar j ▁B ark er . ▁Their ▁" Ar j ▁and ▁Po opy " ▁short s ▁have ▁received ▁world wide ▁recognition , ▁most ▁not ably ▁winning ▁the ▁internet ▁category