{{short description|American film director}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | image =<!-- Only freely-licensed images may be used to depict living people. See WP:NONFREE. --> | name = Desmond Mullen | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|08|01}} | birth_place = Tampa, Florida, United States | alma_mater = University of South Florida | website = {{URL|http://www.busylittlestudios.com}} }}
'''Desmond Mullen''' (born August 1, 1966) is an American producer, director, actor, and writer. He is best known as the narrator and the voice of the puppet Pig in ''The Busy Little Engine''<ref name="ble-dvdverdict">[http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/busylittleengine.php Busy Little Engine review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212082649/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/busylittleengine.php |date=December 12, 2006 }} at DVD Verdict.com. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="ble-about">[http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/thebusylittleengine/fr/busyengine.htm Busy Little Engine review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717005735/http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/thebusylittleengine/fr/busyengine.htm |date=July 17, 2006 }} in Kids Movies/TV at About.com. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="ble-parenting">[http://www.parenting.com/parenting/shopping/product/list/0,20818,660509-660443,00.html?cid=hotspot-12-DVDs/Videos Busy Little Engine review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104094151/http://www.parenting.com/parenting/shopping/product/list/0,20818,660509-660443,00.html?cid=hotspot-12-DVDs%2FVideos |date=January 4, 2008 }} at Parenting.com (July 2006 Parenting Pick). Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="ble-schoollibjournal">[http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6340836.html Busy Little Engine review] in School Library Journal. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="ble-sdicff">[http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/films.psp Busy Little Engine at 2006 San Diego International Children's Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403032317/http://www.sdchildrensfilm.org/films.psp |date=April 3, 2007 }}. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref> series of DVDs.
Mullen started off as a sound designer in Off-Broadway theater but later moved on to television, working as a production assistant for Comedy Central (then known as The Comedy Channel) and eventually, as technical director under effects director Scott Squires<ref name="scottsquires-ilm">[http://www.ilm.com/awards_academy.html Industrial Light and Magic's list of Academy Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315200348/http://www.ilm.com/awards_academy.html |date=March 15, 2007 }}. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="scottsquires-starwars">[https://www.starwars.com/bio/scottsquires.html Scott Squires' biography] at StarWars.com. Retrieved 23 March 2007</ref> at Industrial Light & Magic<ref name="ilm">[http://www.ilm.com/ Industrial Light and Magic]. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref> for Paul McCartney's 1991 music video, "Off the Ground".<ref name="offtheground-rollingstone">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090416214350/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/paulmccartney/albums/album/210717/review/5941223/off_the_ground Paul McCartney's Off the Ground album review] at Rolling Stone.com. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="offtheground-cinefex">[http://www.cinefex.com/index/57-08.html Paul McCartney's Off the Ground music video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207225054/http://www.cinefex.com/index/57-08.html |date=December 7, 2006 }} in Cinefex magazine issue 57. Retrieved 23 March 2007</ref><ref name="offtheground-videos">[http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/faqs/fabs.solo.promos.html Solo Promos and Videos by John, Paul, George, and Ringo]. Retrieved 23 March 2007</ref> Starting in 2000, Mullen was a Show Producer at Morehead Planetarium<ref name="mpsc">[http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/ Morehead Planetarium and Science Center]. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref> and Science Center where he helped create science education shows including "Magic Tree House: Space Adventure"<ref name="mth_gazette">[http://gazette.unc.edu/archives/04may05/morestories.html Magic Tree House breaks attendance records]. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref><ref name="mth_at_mpsc">[http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=mth.html Magic Tree House: Space Adventure show information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415183510/http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=mth.html |date=April 15, 2007 }} at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Retrieved 23 March 2007</ref> by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne.<ref name="randomhouse">[http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/author.html Mary Pope Osborne author bio] at Random House. Retrieved 26 March 2007</ref> Currently, Mullen is the creative director at Busy Little Studios.<ref name="busylittlestudios">[http://www.busylittlestudios.com/index.html Busy Little Studios' home page]. Retrieved 23 March 2007</ref>
==Personal background== Desmond Mullen was born in Tampa, Florida. His father, John O'Keefe Mullen, Sr., was a businessman and engineer who developed the first plastic-lined paper cup in 1956. His mother, Ann, an artist and musician, had her hands full raising five kids.<ref name="longboatobserver">{{cite web|url=http://www.longboatobserver.com/showarticle.asp?ai=3611|title=Obituary of John O'Keefe Mullen, Sr.|work=Longboat Observer|accessdate=March 23, 2007}}</ref>
Mullen attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and studied technical theater and electronic music.<ref name="MPSCbio">{{cite web|url=http://moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=mth_production_team.html|url-status=dead|title=Desmond Mullen's Biography|publisher=Morehead Planetarium and Science Center|accessdate=March 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711214631/http://moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=mth_production_team.html|archive-date=July 11, 2007}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2275676|name=Desmond Mullen}}
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