Jørgen Klubien

Jørgen Klubien is a Danish animator storyboard artist screenwriter and occasional director whose fingerprints are all over modern animation history A veteran of Disney and Pixar Klubien began his career animating on The Fox and the Hound Oliver Company and The Little Mermaid before moving into story work where he helped shape classics like The Lion King Pocahontas A Bugs Life Mulan Toy Story 2 and The Nightmare Before Christmas Hes best known as the original creator and cowriter of Cars 2006 bringing his personal story concept to Pixar where it became one of the studios biggest franchises His later work includes storyboarding on Tim Burtons Frankenweenie and Disneys Dumbo 2019 and continued contributions to major animation studios across feature and shortform projects Also a musician hes the longtime frontman of Danish pop band Danseorkestret and a solo recording artist