Mark McCorkle (born August 1961) is an American screenwriter, television writer and film and television producer. Among others, he is co-creator of the popular

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animated series, ''

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''. He frequently collaborates with fellow writer Bob Schooley. Prior to ''Kim Possible'', McCorkle, Schooley, and the main director of ''Kim Possible'', Steve Loter, also held their respective jobs (writer/producer and director respectively) on ''

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''. He worked on DreamWorks' ''

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'' as a producer along with Schooley, again with regular voices Sullivan and

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. From 2017 to 2021, McCorkle and Schooley created and executive produced a

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based on the 2014 Disney animated feature, '' Big Hero 6'' for

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and

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. He has also written screenplays for '' Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'', ''

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'', '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'', '' Sky High'' and '' Hotel for Dogs'' as well as co-writer again with Bob Schooley of the novel ''Liar of Kudzu''.

Filmography

*'' Maxie's World'' - sound department (1987) *''

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'' - producer, sound department (1988-1990) *''

ALF Tales ''ALF Tales'' is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989. The show is a spin-off of '' ALF: The Animated Series'' that featured characters from that series playing various ch ...

'' - sound department (1988) *''

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'' - sound department (1988-1989) *'' C.O.P.S.'' - producer, sound department (1988-1989) *''

The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil ''The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil'' is an American animated series. Produced by DIC Entertainment, DIC Animation City, It is a revival of Bob Clampett's ''Beany and Cecil''. Five half-hour episodes aired out of the thirteen in production du ...

'' - sound department (1988) *''G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire'' (1989) *'' Ring Raiders'' - casting director (1989) *'' Captain N: The Game Master'' - sound department (1989) *''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

'' - producer (1989) *'' The Karate Kid (TV series)'' - sound department (1989) *'' Camp Candy'' - sound department (1989) *''

New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts. The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood. New Kids on the Block had ...

'' - producer, (1989) *'' The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' - sound department (1989) *'' Little Golden Book Land'' - sound department (1989) *'' Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' - producer, sound department (1990-1991) *''

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'' (1991) *''

Goof Troop ''Goof Troop'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on the relationship between single father Goofy and his son, Max Goof, Max, as well as their neighbor Pet ...

'' - producer (1992) *'' Bonkers'' (1993) *''

The Return of Jafar ''The Return of Jafar'' (retroactively titled ''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'' on later releases) is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated musical film, musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures Disney Television Animation, and Tele ...

'' - screenwriter (1994) *'' Aladdin: The Series'' - story editor (1994) *''

'' - screenwriter (1996) *''Great Minds Think 4 Themselves'' - writer (1997) *'' The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride'' - screenwriter (1998) *'' Disney's Hercules'' - writer, producer (1998-1999) *'' Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins'' - screenwriter, producer (2000) *''

'' - writer, producer (2000-2001) *''

'' - co-creator, executive producer, writer, lyrics (1 episode) (2002-2007) *'' Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time'' - executive producer (2003) *'' Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama'' - screenwriter, executive producer, story editor (2005) * ''Sky High'' - screenwriter (2005) *''Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess'' (2005) *'' Enchanted -'' uncredited rewrite (2007) *'' Hotel for Dogs'' - screenwriter (2009) *''

'' - writer, executive producer (2009-2015) *''

Monsters vs. Aliens ''Monsters vs. Aliens'' is a 2009 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman from a screenplay written by Let ...

'' - writer, executive producer (2013-2014) *'' Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast'' - screenwriter (2014) *'' All Hail King Julien'' - executive consultant: season 1 (2014) *'' Big Hero 6: The Series'' - co-developer, executive producer (2017–2021) *''

'' - screenwriter, executive producer, based on TV series (2019)

External links

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