Kevin Hanna

Kevin Konrad Hanna, (Arabic: كيفن حنا),is an American film director, writer and artist noted for his work in feature film animation, comic books, video games, and television, best known for directing the feature film The Clockwork Girl based on the graphic novel of the same name.

Kevin Konrad Hanna
Kevin Hanna speaking at Comic Con 2011
Born
Kevin Konrad Hanna

1980 (age 42–43)
Mountain View, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter, artist & animator

History

Forgoing a formal education in the arts, he started work in the video game industry when he was a teenager, where he worked on games for publishers such as Electronic Arts and Mattel.

He then left games for a stint in Hollywood where he worked on Roughnecks Starship Troopers, Max Steel and The Red Hot Chili Peppers music video for the single "Californication".

He then spent the following years at Microsoft becoming a founding member of the Xbox team, where he worked on Crimson Skies, Combat Flight Sim and Shadowrun for the Xbox 360.

In 2006 he co-founded X-Ray Kid Studios with Jeff Matsuda, Mike Christian and Brian Wyser.

He and his family then moved to California from Washington to work as an Art Director for Disney Interactive where he art directed and shipped over 50 titles.

In 2008, Hanna started the comic book publishing and multimedia company Frogchildren Studios,[1] best known for publishing the comic book Sixteen Miles to Merricks and Creature Academy: The Legacy.

He currently lives in Washington working for Frogchildren Studios, an animation studio where he worked as a creative and artistic director on Google Lively, Kinect for Xbox 360, Disney XD and more. On September 16, 2008, he was a keynote speaker at Game Developers Conference where he was the first to speak publicly on Google Lively,[2] and announced Google's gaming intentions.[3][4]

Most recently, he directed the animated feature film, The Clockwork Girl.,[5] the Huey Lewis and the News music video "While We're Young",[6] as well as introductions for TV series The Magicians.[7]

In 2022, along with Emerald City Comic Con founder Jim Demonakos, he directed Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters a documentary about comic book creator Mike Mignola.

Film credits

TV credits
  • Max Steel (2001)
  • "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication". (2000)[9]
  • Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999)
  • Decrypting Krypton (2018) -director/creator[10]
  • Huey Lewis and the News: While We're Young (2020) -director [6]

Comic book credits

Video game credits

Recognition
  • In 2008, Kevin Hanna received a Moonbeam Award for Best Graphic Novel for The Clockwork Girl,.[15]
  • In 2008, The Clockwork Girl won Graphic Novel of the Year at Book Expo America by ForeWord magazine.[16]
  • In 2010, The Clockwork Girl was A Mom's Choice Awards Gold Recipient: Comic Books & Graphic Novels.[17]
  • 2022: FilmQuest Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters" with collaborator Kevin Konrad Hanna
  • 2022: Gen Con Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
  • 2022: Chagrin Documentary Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
  • 2022: Fantasmagoria: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"
  • 2022: Prague Independent Film Festival: Best Documentary for "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters"

References
  1. Frogchildren.com
  2. Kevin Hanna Breaks Silence on Google Lively
  3. Gamesindustry: Getting Lively
  4. Lively by Google could be expanded to include games
  5. "The Clockwork Girl". IMDb.
  6. "Huey Lewis and the News: While We're Young". IMDb.
  7. "The Magicians". IMDb.
  8. "Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters". IMDb.
  9. "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication". IMDb.
  10. "Decrypting Krypton". IMDb.
  11. Frogchildren profile, samples and interview
  12. Clockwork Girl profile, samples and interview Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Comic Book Resources, May 30, 2007
  13. "Home". seriously.com.
  14. "Lend Us Your Brains -- Plants vs. Zombies 3™ is Under Construction". 16 July 2019.
  15. "Winners 2008". Moonbeam. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
  16. McLean, Tom (22 June 2011). "'Clockwork Girl' Returns with New Book, 3D Feature". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  17. "Honor Roll - The 2010 Mom's Choice Awards Honorees" (PDF). Entro. The Mom's Choice Awards. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
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