Nathan Greno

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Nathan Greno
Born (1975-03-22) March 22, 1975 (age 50) [1] [2]
Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. [2]
Alma mater Columbus College of Art and Design
Occupations
  • Film director
  • story artist
  • writer
Employers
Notable work Tangled

Nathan Greno (born March 22, 1975) is an American film director, story artist, and writer best known as the co-director of Walt Disney Animation Studios' film, Tangled (2010).

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Career

Inspired by Disney films since the first grade, Greno started as a young boy writing and drawing comic books and strips. [2] In 1996, during his junior year at Columbus College of Art and Design, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation. [2] He started there as an animation clean-up artist on Mulan (1998). [2] Being creatively unfulfilled, he switched to story development. [2] He then contributed as a story artist on Brother Bear (2003), wrote a screenplay and worked as a story artist on Meet the Robinsons (2007), and supervised the story on Bolt (2008). [2] With the short film Super Rhino (2009), he made his directorial debut. [2] In 2006, he took over a long-in-development project Tangled , based on the fairy tale Rapunzel and chose Byron Howard, with whom he had collaborated on Bolt and Super Rhino, as a directing partner. [3] The film was released in 2010 to a great critical and financial reception, and was followed in 2012 by Greno and Howard-directed short film Tangled Ever After .

Greno had most recently been directing an animated film titled Gigantic. Loosely based on the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk , it was scheduled for a 2020 release. However, in October 2017, it was announced that the film had been shelved. [4] [5] In February 2018, it was announced that Greno had signed a multi-year contract with Skydance Animation to write and direct an animated film titled Powerless, as well as consult on projects in development. [6]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCredited as
Director Writer Head of
Story		Creative
Advisor		 Story
Artist 		Other Voice Notes
1998 Mulan NoNoNoNoNoYesBreakdown Animator: Mushu
2003 Brother Bear NoNoNoNoYesNo
2005 Chicken Little NoNoNoNoAdditionalNo
2007 Meet the Robinsons NoYesNoNoYesYesLefty
2008 Bolt NoNoYesNoNoYesAdditional Voices
2009 The Princess and the Frog NoNoNoNoNoNoDisney Story Trust - uncredited
[7]
2010 Tangled YesNoNoNoNoYesGuard 1/Thug 1
2011 Winnie the Pooh NoNoNoNoNoNo
2012 Wreck-It Ralph NoNoNoNoNoNo
2013 Frozen NoNoNoNoAdditionalNo
2014 Big Hero 6 NoNoNoYesNoYesCreative Leadership
2016 Zootopia NoNoNoNoNoYes
Moana NoNoNoNoNoYes
2024 Spellbound NoNoNoNoAdditionalNo
2026 Swapped YesStoryNoNoNoNo [8] [9] [10]

Shorts and TV specials

YearTitle Director Writer Story
Artist 		Other Voice
2000 John Henry NoNoYesNo
2009 Super Rhino YesYesNoNo
Prep & Landing NoNoNoYesDasher
2012 Tangled Ever After YesYesNoYesGuard/Maximus/Stabbington Brothers
2021 Blush NoNoYesNo

Cancelled feature film projects

Cancelled Year of ReleaseTitle Director
2016, [11] 2018, [12] 2020 [13] GiganticYes

References

  1. ↑ Happenings, April 7, 2011
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grossberg, Michael (September 16, 2012). "Hollywood studios brimming with talent honed in Columbus". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ Desowitz, Bill (November 19, 2010). "Nathan Greno & Byron Howard Talk 'Tangled'". Animation World Network. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Khatchatourian, Maane (August 14, 2015). "Disney Announces Jack and the Beanstalk Animated Movie 'Gigantic'". Variety. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Kit, Borys (October 10, 2017). "Disney Shelves 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Film 'Gigantic' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ Busch, Anita (February 22, 2018). "Skydance Media Taps 'Tangled's Nathan Greno In Multiyear Deal, Will Direct 'Powerless'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ Goldman, Eric (February 18, 2016). "How Disney's Story Trust Helped Change Big Hero 6, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph and More". IGN . Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  8. ↑ Szalai, Georg (October 2, 2025). "Netflix's 'Pookoo' Changes Title to 'Swapped' and Other Updates From Skydance Animation Madrid". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  9. ↑ Goldsmith, Jill (April 6, 2020). "Skydance Media Acquires Animation Unit Of Madrid-Based Ilion Studios". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Netflix Gets Animated at Annecy!". Netflix. June 12, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ Hunter, Honor (September 10, 2013). "Giant Steps..." Blue Sky Disney. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ Holmes, Adam (October 3, 2016). "Disney's Jack And The Beanstalk Movie Just Hired Someone Over From Pixar". Cinemablend. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  13. ↑ Sciretta, Peter (October 10, 2017). "'Gigantic' Canceled By Disney Animation". /Film . Retrieved April 5, 2021.
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