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 ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pixar has made movies about toys, fish, robots in space and cars. Now the hit animation studio is venturing into the world of fathers and sons with "Onward." Although the film ...

“Monsters University” — the new prequel to the 2001 hit “Monsters, Inc.” — tells the story of how Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) and Sully (voiced by John Goodman) met at college. Pixar executives ...

What's a guy gotta do to get a shot at directing his first Pixar film? In Dan Scanlon's case, he may have had to kill somebody. Granted, that somebody was fictional - and a '70s children's TV host, to ...

For Dan Scanlon, the story behind the new Pixar film is a deeply personal one. Onward is the story of two elf brothers who lost their father at a young age. When they find his magical staff, they ...