Biography
Kelly Younger is a screenwriter, television writer and playwright. He co-wrote the teleplay and story for the Disney+ special Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021), on which he also served as co-executive producer.
His other screen credits include the feature Candy Cane Lane (2023) and writing for the 2026 The Muppet Show special. He has contributed to the Disney Animation Story Trust and the Pixar Animation Brain Trust, and has story-consulted on projects for several animation studios.
Younger is a professor of English and theatre arts at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he teaches writing and fairy-tale seminars. He holds an MA in Classics from Loyola University Chicago and a PhD in Drama Studies from University College Dublin.
