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Dan Scanlon

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn June 21, 1976 (49 years)
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.

Known For

  • Monsters University
  • Onward
  • Inside Out 2
  • Turning Red
  • Mater and the Ghostlight
  • Party Central
  • Cars on the Road
  • Dream Productions

Dan Scanlon Filmography

2013
Monsters University · as Additional Voices (voice)
2006
Cars · as Additional Voices (voice)

2024
Dream Productions (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
Inside Out 2 · as Executive Producer
2022
Cars on the Road (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
Turning Red · as Executive Producer
2020
Soul · as Executive Producer
2013
Party Central · as Executive Producer

2020
Onward · as Screenplay
2013
Monsters University · as Screenplay

2020
Inside Pixar (TV Series) · as Self
2020
Citizens of New Mushroomton · as Self - Writer & Director
2020
Quest for Story · as Self - Writer & Director
2020
Disney Insider (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee

2006
2006
2006
Mater and the Ghostlight · as Co-Director
2006
Mater and the Ghostlight · as Original Story

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