Daniel Chong was born on November 19,1978 and is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer.
11 Facts About Daniel Chong
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Daniel Chong is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's television series We Bare Bears.
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Daniel Chong directed, wrote and executive produced We Bare Bears: The Movie.
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Daniel Chong is writing and directing the upcoming Pixar film Hoppers.
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Daniel Chong grew up in Fountain Valley, California, and attended California Institute of the Arts.
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Daniel Chong began his career as an intern for Cartoon Network Studios, and went on to become as a storyboard artist for numerous animation giants, such as Blue Sky Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Illumination Entertainment, and Pixar Animation Studios.
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Daniel Chong worked as a storyboard artist on the animated films Bolt, Cars 2, Dr Seuss' The Lorax, Free Birds, and Inside Out.
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Daniel Chong went on to create the animated series We Bare Bears, which premiered on Cartoon Network in 2015.
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Daniel Chong has cited Seinfeld, Broad City, Peanuts, Aardman Animations and Wes Anderson as inspirations for the style and tone of the show.
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Daniel Chong directed, wrote, and executive produced a film adaptation of the series, We Bare Bears: The Movie, which was released in June 2020, thus ending the series.
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In December 2020, Daniel Chong revealed on Twitter that he had returned to Pixar and was working on a project there.