Dan Scanlon

Dan Scanlon

  • Birthday: 1976-06-21
  • Place of birth: Clawson, Michigan, USA

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 wrote and directed the live-action feature film Tracy. 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 and his wife Michele live in San Francisco and work together on projects under the production company name Caveat Productions.

Filmography

Monsters University

2013

As Additional Voices (voice)

Cars

2006

As Additional Voices (voice)

Production

Cars

2006

As Storyboard Artist

Monsters University

2013

As Director

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

As Co-Director

Onward

2020

As Director

Tracy

0000

As Director

Party Central

2014

As Executive Producer

Soul

2020

As Executive Producer

Turning Red

2022

As Executive Producer

Inside Out 2

2024

As Executive Producer

Mater and the Ghostlight

2006

As Original Story

Monsters University

2013

As Screenplay

Onward

2020

As Screenplay

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