{"id":109,"date":"2011-01-05T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T22:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lafemme.org\/?p=109"},"modified":"2024-08-08T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T11:53:25","slug":"la-femme-maverick-award-2011-jennifer-yuh-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafemme.org\/la-femme-maverick-award-2011-jennifer-yuh-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Femme Maverick Award 2011 &#8211; Jennifer Yuh Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/lafemme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jennifer-yuh-nelson-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Yuh Nelson\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director: <strong>Kung Fu Panda 2) <\/strong>has lent her talents to four of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s motion pictures:\u00a0 2008\u2019s <em>Kung Fu Panda<\/em> (as head of story), 2005\u2019s <em>Madagascar<\/em> (as story artist), 2003\u2019s <em>Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas<\/em> (as head of story) and 2002\u2019s <em>Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron<\/em> (also as story artist).\u00a0 She recently sat in the director\u2019s chair, helming <em>Kung Fu Panda 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining DreamWorks Animation, Nelson worked at HBO Animation, developing various projects and short series.\u00a0 She has worn many hats, serving as director, story artist and character designer for HBO\u2019s animated series <em>Spawn<\/em>, which won an Emmy Award in 1999 for Outstanding Animated Program.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s career in animation has spanned several countries, including Korea and Japan, where she oversaw animation for HBO.\u00a0 Nelson has also worked in Sydney, Australia, serving as a story artist and illustrator for the live-action feature <em>Dark City<\/em> for Mystery Clock Productions.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson attended California State University, Long Beach where she received a BFA in illustration.\u00a0 Nelson has also published several independent comic books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director: Kung Fu Panda 2) has lent her talents to four of DreamWorks Animation\u2019s motion pictures:\u00a0 2008\u2019s Kung Fu Panda (as head of story), 2005\u2019s Madagascar (as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-celebrity-honorees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jennifer Yuh Nelson | LA Femme Maverick Award 2011<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate Jennifer Yuh Nelson, winner of the 2011 La Femme Maverick Award. 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