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Dan Scanlon

Dan Scanlon

Directing

June 21, 1976Clawson, Michigan, USA

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

Directing4

Production4

Inside Out 2movie

Inside Out 2

2024

Executive Producer

Turning Redmovie

Turning Red

2022

Executive Producer

Soulmovie

Soul

2020

Executive Producer

Party Centralmovie

Party Central

2014

Executive Producer

Writing3

Acting2

Monsters Universitymovie

Monsters University

2013

Additional Voices (voice)

Carsmovie

Cars

2006

Additional Voices (voice)

Art1

Carsmovie

Cars

2006

Storyboard Artist

Crew1