Kelsey Mann
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| Alma mater | Northern Michigan University |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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Kelsey Mann is an American filmmaker, who works for Pixar. He wrote and directed the short film Party Central (2013), the short film from the Monsters, Inc. franchise. He will make his theatrical directorial debut with the upcoming feature film Inside Out 2 (2024), the sequel to the 2015 film.[1]
Early life and education
Mann attended Northern Michigan University, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts illustration in 1998.[2][3]
Career
Mann started his career at Cartoon Network, where he worked as a storyboard artist on Duck Dodgers, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, before joining Pixar in 2013, where he started as a story supervisor for Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur (also co-wrote the story for the film), and Onward.[4][5] He made his directorial debut with the short film Party Central, which he also wrote, taking place shortly after Monsters University.[6]
In September 2022, during the D23 Expo announcement, Mann was announced to direct the upcoming feature film Inside Out 2, which serves as the sequel to the 2015 film Inside Out, taking over for Pete Docter, who is instead the executive producer of the film, set to release on June 14, 2024.[2][1][7][8]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Director | Story | Story Supervisor |
Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional story material |
| Soul | No | No | No | Yes | Special thanks | |
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Lightyear | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | Yes | TBA | No | Yes | |
| 2025 | Elio | No | No | No | Yes |
Shorts and series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | Kid Notorious | No | No | Yes | No | Storyboard artist Storyboard supervisior |
| 2003–2005 | Duck Dodgers | No | No | Yes | No | Background artist Key background designer |
| 2004–2005 | Megas XLR | Yes | No | Yes | No | Storyboard artist |
| 2006 | The Amazing Screw-On Head | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2006–2007 | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2006–2009 | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | Shorty McShorts' Shorts | No | No | Yes | No | Storyboard artist Episode: The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare |
| 2008 | Underfist: Halloween Bash | No | No | Yes | No | Additional storyboard artist Television special |
| 2009–2010 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | No | No | Yes | No | Storyboard artist |
| 2010 | Sym-Bionic Titan | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | Ultimate Spider-Man | No | No | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | Party Central | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Additional voices |
| 2019 | Purl | No | No | No | Yes | Office Bro (voice) |
| 2020 | Lamp Life | No | No | Yes | No | Special thanks |
| 2021 | Monsters at Work | No | No | Yes | No | Creative consultant |
| 2022 | Cars on the Road | No | No | Yes | No | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
References
- ^ a b Chapman, Wilson (September 9, 2022). "'Inside Out 2' Coming in Summer 2024, With Amy Poehler Returning". Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "Mann Directing Pixar's 'Inside Out 2'". January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ "Four Alumni Involved in 'Onward' Film". May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Pritchard, Tiffany (22 October 2015). "Rome: Pixar story editor Kelsey Mann talks 'The Good Dinosaur'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ^ Choksi, Angela (March 3, 2020). "Onward and Upward: A Conversation With Pixar's Kelsey Mann". The Emory Wheel. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ^ "The Story Behind the Story of Pixar's Party Central Short". Oh My Disney. January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Fuge, Jonathan (February 22, 2023). "Inside Out 2 Details Revealed by Pixar CCO Peter Docter". Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ "Watch: Meet Anxiety, the New Emotion Introduced in Pixar's 2024 Sequel, Inside Out 2". Animation Magazine. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
External links
- Kelsey Mann at IMDb