Dan Scanlon
Nationality
American
Occupation
Director, producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, animator
Spouse
Michele Harrell Scanlon (?-present)
Source
Daniel Michael "Dan" Scanlon is an American director, producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and animator at Pixar Animation Studios .
Before joining Pixar, Scanlon was an animator for and served as a storyboard artist for direct to video features such as The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure .
Scanlon joined Pixar in September 2001 and worked as a storyboard artist on Cars and Toy Story 3 . He also served as a member of the senior creative team on Brave and Inside Out .
In 2013 , Scanlon made his directorial debut with the prequel Monsters University .
Scanlon directed the 2020 Pixar film Onward .
Trivia
Coincidentally, Monsters University was released on Scanlon's 37th birthday (and one day after John Goodman 's 61st).
Gallery
Dan Scanlon supervising
Joel Murray 's recording session for
Monsters University .
Dan Scanlon at premiere of Monsters University in June 2013.
Dan Scanlon speaks at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards in October 2013.
Dan Scanlon attending the 2019 D23 Expo.
Dan Scanlon at premiere of Onward in February 2020.