Kelsey Mann

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Kelsey Mann
Alma mater Northern Michigan University (BFA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • storyboard artist
Years active2003–present
Employers

Kelsey Mann is an American film director and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated film Inside Out 2 (2024). [1]

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Early life and education

Mann graduated from Burnsville High School in 1993. He went on to attend 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 , Megas XLR , My Gym Partner's a Monkey , Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , and Star Wars: The Clone Wars , before joining Pixar in 2009, [4] where he started as a story supervisor for Monsters University , The Good Dinosaur (also co-wrote the story for the film), and Onward . [5] [6] He made his directorial debut with the short film Party Central , which he also wrote, taking place shortly after Monsters University. [7]

In September 2022, during the D23 Expo announcement, Mann was announced to direct the 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, which was released on June 14, 2024. [2] [1] [8] [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitle Director Story Story
Supervisor
OtherNotes
2013 Monsters University NoNoYesNo
2015 The Good Dinosaur NoYesYesNo
2020 Onward NoNoYesYesAdditional Story Material
Soul NoNoNoYesSpecial Thanks
2021 Luca NoNoNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team
2022 Turning Red NoNoNoYes
Lightyear NoNoNoYes
2023 Elemental NoNoNoYes
2024 Inside Out 2 YesYesNoYes
2025 Elio NoNoNoYes

Short films

YearTitle Director Writer OtherNotes
2013 Party Central YesYesYesAdditional Voices
2019 Purl NoNoYesVoice of Office Bros
2020Lamp LifeNoNoYesSpecial Thanks
2022 Cars on the Road: Gettin' HitchedNoNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team

Television series

YearTitle Director Storyboard
Supervisor
Storyboard
Artist
Background
Artist
Background
Designer
Creative
Consultant
Notes
2003 Kid Notorious NoYesYesNoNoNo
2003–2005 Duck Dodgers NoNoNoYesKeyNo
2004–2005 Megas XLR YesNoYesNoNoNo
2006The Amazing Screw-On HeadNoNoYesNoNoNo
2006–2007 My Gym Partner's a Monkey NoNoYesNoNoNo
2006–2009 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends NoNoYesNoNoNo
2007 Shorty McShorts' Shorts NoNoYesNoNoNoEpisode: The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare
2008 Underfist: Halloween Bash NoNoAdditionalNoNoNoTelevision special
2009–2010 Star Wars: The Clone Wars NoNoYesNoNoNo
2010 Sym-Bionic Titan NoNoYesNoNoNo
2012 Ultimate Spider-Man NoNoYesNoNoNo
2021 Monsters at Work NoNoNoNoNoYes

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