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Director
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Defining Films
Profile
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
In Their Own Words
The visual aesthetic and emotional content of those films, especially in the martial arts sequences, really resonated with me. I wanted to bring that level of beauty and artistry to the animated action in Kung Fu Panda 2.
On Kung Fu Panda 2 · IndieWire interview with Jennifer Yuh Nelson