Nathan Greno (born March 22, 1975) is an American film director, story artist, and writer best known as the co-director of

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' film, ''

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'' (2010). Inspired by Disney films since the first grade, Greno started as a young boy writing and drawing comic books and strips. In 1996, during his junior year at

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, he was hired by

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. He started there as an animation clean-up artist on ''

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'' (1998). Being creatively unfulfilled, he switched to story development. He then contributed as a story artist on ''

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'' (2003), wrote a screenplay and worked as a story artist on ''

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'' (2007), and supervised the story on '' Bolt'' (2008). With the short film '' Super Rhino'' (2009), he made his directorial debut. In 2006, he took over a long-in-development project ''

'', based on the fairy tale ''

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'' and chose

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, with whom he had collaborated on ''Bolt'' and ''Super Rhino'', as a directing partner. 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 ''

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'', it was scheduled for a 2020 release. However, in October 2017, it was announced that the film had been shelved. 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 ''Pookoo'', as well as consult on projects in development.

Filmography

Films

Shorts and TV specials

Cancelled feature film projects

References

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* American animated film directors Animation screenwriters Animators from Wisconsin Living people Walt Disney Animation Studios people People from Kenosha, Wisconsin Film directors from Wisconsin 1975 births Skydance Media people {{US-animator-stub