Dan Scanlon (born June 21, 1976) is an American animator, storyboard artist and director, working for Pixar. He directed Monsters University and Pettopia. and is currently directing Onward at Pixar.[4]
Early life[]
Scanlon was born in Clawson, Michigan. When he was 1 year old and his brother 3 years old, his father died.[5] When they were teenagers, a relative gave them a brief audio recording of their father.[5] He graduated with a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1998.
Career[]
Scanlon was an animator for 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.[3]
Scanlon joined Pixar in 2001,[3] where he was a story artist for Cars and Toy Story 3. He co-directed the short film Mater and the Ghostlight.[3] He illustrated part one of Unmentionables, a comic book written by his wife, Michele Scanlon, and wrote and directed the live-action feature film Tracy.[6] Tracy was Scanlon's first feature film as a writer/director. He also served as a member of the senior creative team on Brave and Inside Out.
Scanlon directed the prequel film Monsters University, released in 2013, to positive reviews and commercial success. He was announced to be directing an untitled Suburban World of Fantasy film at Pixar, which is inspired by his father's death.[5] In December 2018, the films title was revealed as Onward and is set to the star the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer.[7]
Scanlon and his wife Michele live in San Francisco and work together on projects under the production company name Caveat Productions.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Storyboard artist |
Animation department |
Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World | Yes | Direct-to-video | ||||
| 2000 | The Indescribable Nth | Yes | Short film | ||||
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Yes | Direct-to-video | |||||
| Joseph: King of Dreams | Yes | ||||||
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Yes | ||||||
| 2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Yes | |||||
| 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | Yes | ||||||
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Yes | |||||
| 2006 | Cars | Yes | Dan Sclarkenberg | ||||
| Mater and the Ghostlight | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2009 | Tracy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film Also editor and cinematographer | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2016 | Pettopia | Yes | |||||
| 2017 | It's a Beautiful Day of Neighbors | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2019 | Warioware Glithy Movie: Lots of Superstar | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2020 | Onward | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2020 | Mona | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2020 | Lucked | Additional | Yes | Additional Director / Additional Executive Producer / Senior Creative Team |
References[]
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scanlon, Dan (February 25, 2012). "I've had one childhood dream since my birth in 1976, & it's to be followed by anyone & everyone responsible for "The Office."". Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Scanlon, Dan (June 21, 2012). "Thanks automated emailing system at Jackson Square Dentistry for being the first to wish me a Happy Birthday. I love you". Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kirkland, Bruce (November 5, 2006). "Life as an animator at Pixar". Canoe. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Variety Staff (July 14, 2017). "D23: Disney-Pixar Announces Untitled 'Suburban Fantasy' Movie". Variety. Retrieved July 14, 2017. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Pixar's New 'Suburban Fantasy' Sounds Like A Real Tearjerker. MTV (June 7, 2017). Retrieved on October 16, 2018.
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Connelly, Brendon (March 31, 2011). "Dan Scanlon Is Directing Monsters University – But What Else Has He Done?". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick (December 12, 2018). Pixar’s ‘Onward’ To Star Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Octavia Spencer. Retrieved on December 12, 2018.
External links[]
- Dan Scanlon at IMDb
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