# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-scanlon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:58:16.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-scanlon"
name: "Dan Scanlon"
slug: "dan-scanlon"
description: "Daniel Scanlon is an American filmmaker, storyboard artist, and animator. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated films Monsters University (2013) and Onward (2020), with the latter nominating him for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature."
tagline: "American animator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Scanlon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1976-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.171489989163069
  historical:           13.61091333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MrDanScanlon"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768959/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan Scanlon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Скэнлон, Дэн"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump