Jørgen Klubien

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-05-20 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

København, Danmark

Jørgen Klubien

Biography

Jørgen Klubien is a Danish animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and occasional director whose fingerprints are all over modern animation history. A veteran of Disney and Pixar, Klubien began his career animating on The Fox and the Hound, Oliver & Company, and The Little Mermaid, before moving into story work where he helped shape classics like The Lion King, Pocahontas, A Bug’s Life, Mulan, Toy Story 2, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He’s best known as the original creator and co-writer of Cars (2006), bringing his personal story concept to Pixar, where it became one of the studio’s biggest franchises. His later work includes stor...

Acting

1999

Production

2006

Cars

as Screenplay

2012

Frankenweenie

as Storyboard

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Art Department Manager

1999

1999

1999

2006

Cars

as Original Story

2017

The Emoji Movie

as Storyboard Designer

1994

2006

Cars

as Additional Storyboarding

2006

Cars

as Original Concept

1981

1981

Rubber Tarzan

as Animation

1983

Otto Is a Rhino

as Storyboard Artist

1986

An American Tail

as Animation

1985

1990

The Rescuers Down Under

as Supervising Animator

1989

The Little Mermaid

as Animation

1988

Oliver & Company

as Animation

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Character Designer

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Storyboard Artist

1996

James and the Giant Peach

as Storyboard Artist

1998

Mulan

as Story Artist

1995

Pocahontas

as Storyboard Artist

1994

The Lion King

as Co-Writer

1994

The Lion King

as Storyboard Artist

1998

A Bug's Life

as Co-Writer

1998

A Bug's Life

as Story Artist

1999

Toy Story 2

as Storyboard Artist

2001

Monsters, Inc.

as Story Artist

2006

Curious George

as Storyboard Artist

2010

How to Train Your Dragon

as Storyboard Artist

2010

Shrek Forever After

as Storyboard Artist

2012

Frankenweenie

as Story Developer

2013

Free Birds

as Storyboard Artist

2019

Wonder Park

as Story Artist

2017

The Emoji Movie

as Storyboard Artist

2019

Dumbo

as Character Designer

2012

Ted

as Storyboard Artist

2015

Ted 2

as Storyboard Artist

2005

Robots

as Storyboard Artist

2002

Ice Age

as Storyboard Artist

2011

Hop

as Animation

2006

Cars

as Character Designer

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