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American. Occupation (s) Animator, film director. Years active. 1995–present. Spouse. Monica Lago-Kaytis. 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 ...
- American
- 1995–present
- Monica Lago-Kaytis
- March 22, 1973 (age 50), Orange County, California, U.S.
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. The Kurt Russell starrer was ...
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- Orange County, California, USA
Fantasy. Disney. 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.
YearFilmPositionAnimatorAdditional ThanksAnimator / End Credit Animation DesignerFinal Line Animator- 2 min
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. It is the first installment in The Christmas Chronicles film series.
- November 22, 2018
English. A Christmas Story Christmas is a 2022 American Christmas comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis with a script he co-wrote with Nick Schenk, from an original story co-written by Schenk and Peter Billingsley. It is a legacy sequel to A Christmas Story (1983) and is the eighth installment in the Parker Family Saga franchise, while ignoring ...
- Nick Schenk, Peter Billingsley
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 . His FMX 2011 presentation centered around how after ...
I'm Clay Kaytis and I've been animating and making films my entire adult life. I animated on about 20 Disney animated films from Pocahontas to Frozen and then I directed The Angry Birds Movie, The ...
