Director

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 1All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 142312

IMDb ID: nm0950775

Known for: Directing

Born: May 7, 1972

Age: 53

Place of birth: South Korea

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1997 - 2022

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 6.87

Wikidata: Q705711

Also known as

Jennifer Yuh

Frequent jobs

Director (6)Third Assistant Director (1)Head of Story (2)Additional Storyboarding (1)Character Designer (1)Story Artist (1)Thanks (1)

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Biography

Jennifer Yuh Nelson (née Yuh; born May 7, 1972) is an American story artist, character designer, television director, illustrator, and film director. She is best known for directing the films Kung Fu Panda 2, Kung Fu Panda 3, and The Darkest Minds. Yuh is the first woman to solely direct and the first Asian American to direct a major American animated film, and has been recognized as a commercially successful Asian American director. She won an Annie Award for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production for directing the opening for Kung Fu Panda and was the second woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, for her work on Kung Fu Panda 2. The film proved to be one of the most financially successful films directed by a woman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Yuh Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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