Dan Scanlon

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-06-21 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Clawson, Michigan, USA

Dan Scanlon

Biography

Dan Scanlon (born June 21, 1976) is an American animator, storyboard artist and director, working for Pixar, for whom he has directed Monsters University and Onward. Scanlon was an animator for Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, The Indescribable Nth and Joseph: King of Dreams. He served as a storyboard artist for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure. Scanlon joined Pixar in 2001, where he was a story artist for Cars and Toy Story 3. He co-directed the short film Mater and the Ghostlight. He illustrated part one of Unmentionables, a comic book written by his wife, Michele Scanlon, and ...

Acting

2013

Monsters University

as Additional Voices (voice)

2006

Cars

as Additional Voices (voice)

Production

2022

Turning Red

as Executive Producer

2006

Mater and the Ghostlight

as Original Story

2013

2013

Monsters University

as Screenplay

2014

Party Central

as Executive Producer

2009

Tracy

as Director

2024

Inside Out 2

as Executive Producer

2006

Cars

as Storyboard Artist

2006

2020

Onward

as Director

2020

Onward

as Screenplay

2020

Soul

as Executive Producer

2009

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