Nathan Greno (born March 22, 1975) is an American film director, story artist, and writer best known as the co-director of the 2010 animated film '' Tangled.'' 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 Columbus College of Art and Design, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation. He started there as an animation cleaner on ''

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'' (1998). Being creatively unfulfilled, he switched to story development. 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 ''

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'' (2008). With the short film ''

Super Rhino ''Super Rhino'' is a 2009 American computer animated comedy direct-to-video short film, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and starring the characters from feature film '' Bolt''. Directed by Nathan Greno, the short film picks up sometime ...

'' (2009), he made his directorial debut. In 2006, he took over a long-in-development project '' Tangled'', based on the fairy tale '' Rapunzel'' and chose

Byron Howard Byron P. Howard (born December 26, 1968) is an American animator, character designer, story artist, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of the Walt Disney Animation Studios films '' Bolt'' (2008), ' ...

, 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 ''Tangled Ever After'' is a 2012 six-minute American computer animated 3D short film written and directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard. It is a sequel to the 2010 Walt Disney Animation Studios film ''Tangled''. It premiered in theaters on Janu ...

''. 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. In February 2018, it was announced that Greno had signed a multiyear contract with Skydance Media to write and direct an animated film provisionally titled ''Powerless'', as well as consult on projects in development.

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Cancelled feature film projects

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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 {{US-animator-stub