Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Director
May 7, 1972 (53 years)
Jennifer Yuh Nelson (née Yuh; born May 7, 1972) is an American story artist, character designer, television director, illustrator, and film director. She is best known for directing the films Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, and The Darkest Minds. Yuh is the first woman to solely direct and the first Asian American to direct a major American animated film, and has been recognized as a commercially successful Asian American director.
She won an Annie Award for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for directing the opening for Kung Fu Panda and was the second woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, for her work on Kung Fu Panda 2. The film proved to be one of the most financially successful films directed by a woman.
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She won an Annie Award for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for directing the opening for Kung Fu Panda and was the second woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, for her work on Kung Fu Panda 2. The film proved to be one of the most financially successful films directed by a woman.
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Known For
Featured Videos
Filmography
| 2021 | VOIR · as Self |
| 2015 | Cake Wars · as Self - Guest JudgeOn Plex |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1958 | Etter Dagsrevyen · as Self - Interviewee (segment "the Darkest Minds") |
| 1958 | Blue Peter · as Self |
| 2022 | The Sea Beast · as Story Artist |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda · as Head Of Story |
| 2008 | Storm Cell · as Third Assistant Director |
| 2003 | Sinbad and the Cyclops Island · as Story |
| 2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas · as Head Of Story |
| 1997 | Spicy City · as Production Assistant |
| 1997 | Spicy City · as Visual Effects |