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Walt Dohrn Biography

Walter "Walt" Dohrn (born December 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and voice artist. He is best known as the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in Shrek Forever After. He also provided the voices of a van student, Xavier, Principal Pynchley, a nanny dwarf, an evil knight, and a singing villain in Shrek the Third.

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I've always loved that film ['The Three Caballeros'], and we were looking for a way to apply it to our own work, and 'Trolls' was it - psychedelic, musical and kinetic insanity.

Insanity, Kinetic, Musical, Three, Way, Work

It was so complex [in "Trolls"] that the technical team had to build a new program. It was about rendering and manipulating that weird hair. We also wanted to break the mold of what what we thought the princess was about. . . we wanted to keep her troll 'look' - the stumpy legs, an ugly
cute look, it was all inspired from the doll.

Cute, Inspired, Legs, Princess, Team

Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.

Brain, Contact, Departments, Directors, Mitchell, Overwhelming

Since we've done that type of work [ voiceover], we know how isolating it can be, and we wanted to make the actors more comfortable.

Actors, Done, Make, Type, Work

We'd all [with Mike Mitchell] been together at Dreamworks for over ten years, so we all had the same goals.

Goal, Mike, Ten, Together, Years

The number one thing is creating this world ["Trolls" ] - what the world is going to look like, feel like and what technology will we need to use to get there.

Creating, Numbers, Technology, Trolls, World

I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation the two don't get along.

Foster, Team, Two, Working, Writing

If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain.

Brain, Chemical, Gives, Giving, Hug, Seven

We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.

Creation, Doe, Know, Sandler, Troll

Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.

Actors, Come, Record, Records, Role, Roles

The Head of Story is defined differently for each film. But I found that the role for me was to support the director's vision, and to be a conduit to the story team - and managing that team to realize the vision.

Managing, Realize, Story, Support, Team, Vision

I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through it pretty well.

Act, People, Pretty, Way, Wells

The world is in such a place of social unrest and there's so much violence.

Social, Social Unrest, Violence, World

I loved the Disney films, and Sterling Holloway was one of their chief talents. He never had to put on a voice, and that's what Mike [Mitchell] and I encourage. I love the voices that have a unique texture, but it's their real voice.

Encourage, Real, Talents, Unique, Voice