Jennifer Yuh Nelson

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.

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

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Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Angelina Jolie  •  Seth Rogen  •  Gary Oldman

Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Angelina Jolie  •  Seth Rogen  •  Gary Oldman

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Alessandro Carloni
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Angelina Jolie  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  David Cross

While Po and his father are visiting a secret panda village, an evil spirit threatens all of China, forcing Po to form a ragtag army to fight back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Alessandro Carloni
CAST:  Jack Black  •  Angelina Jolie  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  David Cross

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle (1999)

Spawn is still on his quest to return to his love, Wanda, but is still in trouble. He is guided though by Cogliostro, who is the only one who can give him his humanity back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Chuck Patton  •  Thomas A. Nelson  •  Brad Rader  •  Mike Vosburg
CAST:  Keith David  •  Michael Nicolosi  •  Dominique Jennings  •  Richard Dysart

Spawn is still on his quest to return to his love, Wanda, but is still in trouble. He is guided though by Cogliostro, who is the only one who can give him his humanity back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Chuck Patton  •  Thomas A. Nelson  •  Brad Rader  •  Mike Vosburg
CAST:  Keith David  •  Michael Nicolosi  •  Dominique Jennings  •  Richard Dysart

The Darkest Minds (2018)

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After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson
CAST:  Amandla Stenberg  •  Harris Dickinson  •  Patrick Gibson  •  Skylan Brooks

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson
CAST:  Amandla Stenberg  •  Harris Dickinson  •  Patrick Gibson  •  Skylan Brooks

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 (1998)

Upon his return to "life", Spawn seeks out Wanda, who had apparently got over the grief of having lost Al and married another man, Al's best friend Terry Fitzgerald with whom she seemingly had a daughter, Cyan. Terry, a respectable man, works for a man named Jason ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Thomas A. Nelson  •  Mike Vosburg
CAST:  Keith David  •  Michael Nicolosi  •  Richard Dysart  •  Dominique Jennings

Upon his return to "life", Spawn seeks out Wanda, who had apparently got over the grief of having lost Al and married another man, Al's best friend Terry Fitzgerald with whom she seemingly had a daughter, Cyan. Terry, a respectable man, works for a man named Jason ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Yuh Nelson  •  Thomas A. Nelson  •  Mike Vosburg
CAST:  Keith David  •  Michael Nicolosi  •  Richard Dysart  •  Dominique Jennings