Biography
Jennifer Yuh Nelson is an American film and television director, story artist and illustrator. She was born in South Korea on 7 May 1972 and immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of four. She studied illustration at California State University, Long Beach, graduating with a BFA in 1994.
Nelson joined DreamWorks Animation in 1998 as a storyboard artist. She served as head of story on Kung Fu Panda (2008) and made her feature directorial debut with Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011). She co-directed Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016). She directed the live-action film The Darkest Minds (2018) and has worked as supervising director on the Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots (2019–).
Her awards include Annie Awards for Best Storyboarding on Kung Fu Panda and Best Directing on Kung Fu Panda 2, and two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on Love, Death & Robots. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature for Kung Fu Panda 2.
