Bernard Derriman is an animation director born and raised in Australia. 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 Tropfest Short Film Festival. 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 Beavis and Butthead.