Kaan Kalyon

Kaan Kalyon is a Turkish American^[1] screenwriter and story development artist. He was the co-writer of Disney's Pocahontas (1995)^[2] and Hercules (1997),^[3] and the story artist in Treasure Planet (2002).^[4] In addition, Kalyon has worked with Sony and Columbia pictures as the story artist for Surf's Up (2007) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and was the head of story for Hotel Transylvania (2012).^[5]^[6] He has also worked on several animated television series' including Widget (1990), Tiny Toon Adventures (1991–92) and Bébé's Kids (1992).

Early life and career[]

Of Turkish origin, Kalyon studied at California Institute of the Arts (1986–88) whilst working in a restaurant in Malibu, Los Angeles where he met Johnny Carson in the 1980s.^[1] Carson advised Kalyon to approach the Walt Disney Studios with the figures he drew on the back of the restaurant tickets. Kalyon later signed a contract with Walt Disney Film Studios and began his first project with The Lion King (1994).^[1] He later worked on Pocahontas (1995), Hercules (1997) and Treasure Planet (2002) before working for Sony and Columbia pictures where he was a story artist for Surf's Up (2007), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vampirlere hayat veren Türk Kaan Kalyon, Hürriyet, 2012, retrieved 20 November 2020
^ Rebello, Stephen (1995), The Art of Pocahontas, Disney Editions, ISBN 0786861584
^ Rebello, Stephen (1997), The Art of Hercules: The Chaos of Creation, Disney Editions, ISBN 0786862637
^ Türker, İbrahim Halil (2011), "CANLANDIRMA"NIN TARİHÇESİ VE TÜRK CANLANDIRMA SANATI", İnönü Üniversitesi Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi, 1 (2)
^ Vampirlere hayat veren Türk, Istanbul Times, 2012, retrieved 18 December 2020
^ Hollywood’un perde arkasındaki Türkler, Zaman Amerika, 2013, retrieved 18 December 2020

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