Nathan Greno

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Nathan Greno
Born (1975-03-22) March 22, 1975 (age 49) [1] [2]
Alma mater Columbus College of Art and Design
Occupation(s) 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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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 Media to write and direct an animated film titled Pookoo, 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 NoStoryNoNoNoNo
2005 Chicken Little NoNoNoNoAdditionalNo
2007 Meet the Robinsons NoScreenplayNoNoYesYesLefty
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
2025PookooYesYesNoNoNoNo [8]

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, [9] 2018, [10] 2020 [11] GiganticYes

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