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Mark Louis Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.



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Mark Louis Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.


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* CreatorKiller: [[invoked]] After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do until an announcement of a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' movie.

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* CreatorKiller: [[invoked]] After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had Dindal didn't have much to do until an announcement of announcing a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' movie.
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* CreatorKiller: [[invoked]] After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do.

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* CreatorKiller: [[invoked]] After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do.do until an announcement of a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' movie.
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Mark Leonard Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.



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Mark Leonard Louis Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.


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Mark L. Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.



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Mark L. Leonard Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.


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* AcclaimedFlop: [[invoked]] The first two films he directed didn't do well at the box office but got great reviews.


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* CreatorKiller: [[invoked]] After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do.
* DescendedCreator: [[invoked]] Mark voices at least one character in every film he directs.
* PermanentPlaceholder: [[invoked]] He voiced Max in ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' because the budget couldn't afford another actor and his scratch track for [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] was used in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.


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* ProductionPosse: [[invoked]] While Creator/DonKnotts and Creator/PatrickWarburton voiced in two separate projects, they collaborated together in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''.


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* TroubledProduction: [[invoked]] He helped retool ''Kingdom of the Sun'' into ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' to help end a troubled production.
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* AuthorAppeal: Zany, wacky, Looney Tunes-like humor appeals to him if you've seen his work.
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* CreatorKiller: After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do.



* TroubledProduction: While ''Script/KingdomOfTheSun'' was through one, he retooled it into ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
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* CreatorKiller: After directing ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', he hasn't had much to do.
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Mark L. Dindal (born May 31st, 1960) is an American animator, voice actor and film director known for directing ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance''. He also directed ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. He collaborated with Creator/DonKnotts (Cats) and Creator/PatrickWarburton (Groove), in which all three of them teamed up in ''Chicken Little''. He also provided the voice of Max in ''Cats Don't Dance'' and [[spoiler:Kitty Yzma]] in ''The Emperor's New Groove''. His directing style has a Looney Tunes sense of flair, given that the first film he directed was made for Warner Bros.



!!Filmography:
* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' (1997)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' (2000)
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' (2005)
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!!Tropes that relate to Dindal:

* PigeonholedDirector: All the animated films he directed have a form of comedy in them.
* TroubledProduction: While ''Script/KingdomOfTheSun'' was through one, he retooled it into ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His first two films were idealist and ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'' is somewhat cynical.
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