Kelly Younger

Kelly Younger is a screenwriter, television writer, Emmy nominated and PGA winning producer, off-Broadway playwright, and story consultant. His latest project, Candy Cane Lane, stars Eddie Murphy, will be directed by Reginald Hudlin, and produced by Imagine's Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder. Muppets Haunted Mansion, which he co-wrote and co-executive produced, was nominated for 4 Emmys and won 1. He spent two years developing and writing an unannounced Disney Animation Feature film (dir. Steve Anderson), and during that time was a member of the Disney Animation Story Trust where he contributed to Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen 2, Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, and others in development. He also participated in the Pixar Animation Brain Trust on Cars 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, and other forthcoming films. He has story consulted on multiple films for Illumination, Skydance Animation, and DreamWorks Animation, and has developed both feature and television projects with Disney+, Apple+, Amazon, Skydance, and Paramount Animation. He has a live-action feature in development with Jason Reed Productions/Disney and an animated series with Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Younger earned an MA in Classics at Loyola University Chicago and PhD in Drama Studies from University College Dublin in Ireland. He teaches writing workshops at Loyola Marymount University, as well as seminars in fairy tales.