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Clay Kaytis (born March 22, 1973) is an American animator and film director, best known for directing the animated film The Angry Birds Movie (2016), the Christmas comedy film The Christmas Chronicles (2018), and the A Christmas Story sequel A Christmas Story Christmas (2022).
- American
- 1995–present
- Monica Lago-Kaytis
- March 22, 1973 (age 50), Orange County, California, U.S.
Years active. 1995-present. Source. Clay Kaytis is an American animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been working at the studio since 1995. Alongside storyboard artist Fergal Reilly, he also directed the 2016 animated film The Angry Birds Movie and voiced Clayton the Waiter Bird.
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5 Photos. Clay Kaytis made his directing debut for Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures with The Angry Birds Movie (2016). Based on the number-one app of all time, the film grossed $352M worldwide and was Sony's #1 film of 2016. He followed this with The Christmas Chronicles (2018), which was Kaytis' first live-action film.
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- Orange County, California, USA
Running time. 103 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. The Christmas Chronicles is a 2018 American Christmas comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis from a screenplay by Matt Lieberman. The film stars Kurt Russell, Judah Lewis, Darby Camp, Lamorne Morris, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Oliver Hudson.
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Fantasy. Horror. Sci-fi. Clay Kaytis is an American animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been working at the studio since 1995. Alongside storyboard artist Fergal Reilly, he also directed the 2016 animated film The Angry Birds Movie and voiced Clayton the Waiter Bird.
May 31, 2011 · In CG, Event, Films, People | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight. Disney's Clay Kaytis talks with journalist Johannes Wolters and Stuttgart Media University (HdM) student production crew. Clay Kaytis, a 16 year veteran of Walt Disney Animation, was one of 3 animation supervisors on Tangled .
Clay Kaytis is known as an Director, Animation, Actor, Creative Consultant, Animation Supervisor, Screenstory, Supervising Animator, Executive Producer, Writer, Screenplay, and Opening/Ending Animation. Some of his work includes Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, and Tangled.
