FILM DIRECTOR

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

1972 - Today

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Jennifer Yuh Nelson (née Yuh; born May 7, 1972) is an American story artist, character designer, illustrator, and film and television 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Jennifer Yuh Nelson is the 2,095th most popular film director, the 1,151st most popular biography from South Korea and the 17th most popular South Korean Film Director.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson is most famous for directing the animated films "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Kung Fu Panda 3," which received critical acclaim and commercial success. She is notable for being the first woman to solely direct an animated feature from a major Hollywood studio.

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Among people born in 1972, Jennifer Yuh Nelson ranks 1,216. Before her are Shane Meadows, David O. Sacks, Sean Price, Pieta van Dishoeck, Jakob Sveistrup, and Bjørn Tore Kvarme. After her are André Willms, Hiroshi Moriyasu, Garth Jennings, Toncho Tonchev, Édson Ribeiro, and Valdeci Basílio da Silva.

Others Born in 1972

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Shane Meadows
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,210
David O. Sacks
BUSINESSPERSON
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,211
Sean Price
SINGER
1972 - 2015
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 1,212
Pieta van Dishoeck
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 1,213
Jakob Sveistrup
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.89
Rank: 1,214
Bjørn Tore Kvarme
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 1,215
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,216
André Willms
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 1,217
Hiroshi Moriyasu
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 1,218
Garth Jennings
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 1,219
Toncho Tonchev
BOXER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,220
Édson Ribeiro
ATHLETE
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,221
Valdeci Basílio da Silva
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 1,222