Fergal Reilly

Fergal Reilly
Born	Ardee, Ireland
Nationality	Irish-American
Occupation	Animator, storyboard artist, film director
Years active	1996 - present

Fergal Reilly is an Irish-American animator, storyboard artist, and film director, best known for directing the animated film The Angry Birds Movie.

Early life and career

Reilly was born in Ardee, Ireland, and moved to the United States at the age of nineteen. He started working at the Walt Disney Studios in Los Angeles, as an animator and story board artist. He has also worked at Sony Pictures Animation as the head of story for animation and live-action films, including Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Spider-Man 2.

Reilly made his feature film directing debut with the The Angry Birds Movie, which he co-directed with Clay Kaytis for the 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 is scheduled to be released in the United States on May 20, 2016.

Filmography

As animator / storyboard artist

• Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Storyboard artist
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) - Storyboard artist
• The Smurfs (2011) - Storyboard supervisor
• Hotel Transylvania (2012) - Storyboard artist

As director

• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

External links

• Fergal Reilly at the Internet Movie Database