Monsters University’s director Dan Scanlon at VIEWfest

Monsters University’s director Dan Scanlon will be at VIEWfest (11-13 October, Turin). On 11th October he will present the latest Pixar’s movie and it’s making of.

Dan Scanlon is a director and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He joined Pixar in 2001 as a storyboard artist for Cars. He went on to write and co-direct the Cars short Mater and the Ghost Light. He was also on the senior creative team for Disney/Pixar’s Brave. Dan wrote, directed, and produced his own live action film Tracy in 2009, which won Best Michigan Feature at the First Detroit Independent Film Festival. Scanlon won Best Director.
He just finished directing his first feature-length film, Monsters University, the 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $714 million against its estimated budget of $200 million.

At VIEWFest, the Turin’s digital movie festival, directors Kris Pearn and Cody Cameron will present Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 and Despicable Me 2 CG supervisor Bruno Chauffard of MacGuff will talk about digital minions.