Clay Kaytis

Clay Kaytis is an American animator and film director, best known for directing the animated film The Angry Birds Movie. He has been the head of animation at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Career
Kaytis started his career as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, and became the head of animation for the studio. His main credits at Disney included Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and Frozen. After working nineteen years, he left the studio in 2013.

Kaytis made his directing debut with The Angry Birds Movie, which he co-directed with Fergal Reilly for Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film was based on the Rovio Entertainment's video game Angry Birds. Jon Vitti wrote the screenplay for the film, which was scheduled to be released in the United States on May 20, 2016. In late September 2016, it was announced that Clay Kaytis will direct The Lunch Witch for Amblin Partners. In December 2017, Kaytis made his live-action directing debut with The Christmas Chronicles for Netflix, which was released on November 22, 2018.

Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Credits ! Characters ! Company
 * 1995 || Pocahontas || Inbetween Artist: Additional Clean-Up Animation || || rowspan="19"| Walt Disney Animation Studios
 * 1996 || The Hunchback of Notre Dame || Breakdown Animator || Clopin Trouillefou
 * 1997 || Hercules || Rough Inbetweener ||
 * 1998 || Mulan || Rough Inbetweener ||
 * 1999 || Tarzan || Additional Rough Inbetweener ||
 * rowspan="2"| 2000 || Fantasia 2000 || Animating Assistant ||
 * The Emperor's New Groove || Animator || Pacha
 * 2002 || Treasure Planet || Animator || Scroop
 * 2004 || Home on the Range || Animator || Farm Animals
 * 2005 || Chicken Little || Animator || Buck "Ace" Cluck
 * 2007 || Meet the Robinsons || Animator ||
 * 2008 || Bolt || Supervising Animator ||
 * 2009 || Super Rhino (Short) || Animator ||
 * 2010 ||Tangled || Animation Supervisor ||
 * rowspan="3"| 2012 || Tangled Ever After (Short) || Animation Supervisor ||
 * Paperman (Short) || Final Line Animator ||
 * Wreck-It Ralph || Animator / End Credit Animation Design ||
 * rowspan="2"| 2013 || Get a Horse! (Short) || Special Thanks / Additional Thanks ||
 * Frozen || Animator ||
 * 2015 || Upside Mystery 3 || Special Thanks || || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation
 * 2007 || Meet the Robinsons || Animator ||
 * 2008 || Bolt || Supervising Animator ||
 * 2009 || Super Rhino (Short) || Animator ||
 * 2010 ||Tangled || Animation Supervisor ||
 * rowspan="3"| 2012 || Tangled Ever After (Short) || Animation Supervisor ||
 * Paperman (Short) || Final Line Animator ||
 * Wreck-It Ralph || Animator / End Credit Animation Design ||
 * rowspan="2"| 2013 || Get a Horse! (Short) || Special Thanks / Additional Thanks ||
 * Frozen || Animator ||
 * 2015 || Upside Mystery 3 || Special Thanks || || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation
 * Wreck-It Ralph || Animator / End Credit Animation Design ||
 * rowspan="2"| 2013 || Get a Horse! (Short) || Special Thanks / Additional Thanks ||
 * Frozen || Animator ||
 * 2015 || Upside Mystery 3 || Special Thanks || || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation
 * Frozen || Animator ||
 * 2015 || Upside Mystery 3 || Special Thanks || || Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation
 * 2016 || The Angry Birds Movie || Director / Voice || Clayton the Waiter Bird || Rovio Animation