Dan Scanlon

Dan Scanlon is a director and storyboard artist at Pixar.

Scanlon attended the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated with a BFA in 1998. Before coming to the studio, he was an animator for 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 began his career at Pixar on September 10, 2001. He was a story artist on Cars and Toy Story 3, and co-directed the short film Mater and the Ghostlight. In addition, he illustrated part one of The Unmentionables, a comic book written by his wife Michelle, and also wrote and directed the live action feature film Tracy. He directed his first and Pixar's 14th feature-length film, Monsters University, where he also performed the voice of the Improv Club Monster. He is currently the director of the 2020 film, Onward.

Filmography

 * Cars (2006): storyboard artist, additional screenplay material, and additional voices
 * Mater and the Ghostlight (2006): co-director and original story
 * Cars Toons (2008-2010): special thanks (3 episodes)
 * Brave (2012): senior creative team
 * Monsters University (2013): director, screenplay, story, senior creative team, and additional voices
 * Party Central (2014): executive producer
 * Inside Out (2015): senior creative team
 * Coco (2017): senior creative team
 * Incredibles 2 (2018): senior leadership team
 * Purl (2019): special thanks
 * Toy Story 4 (2019): senior creative team
 * Onward (2020): director, original story, screenplay, and additional voices
 * Soul (2020): executive producer