Max Lang
Max Lang (born 1982) is a German-American film director and illustrator. He has been twice nominated Academy Awards in the category of Best Short Animated Film, for The Gruffalo in 2011, and for Room on the Broom in 2014. He is also the director of the Nickelodeon animated television film Albert.
Max Lang
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- Born
- 1982
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- director · animator · dub actor · illustrator · screenwriter
- Fields
- film screenwriting · animation · film industry · illustration
- Honours
- BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Director
- Languages
- German
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Max Lang (born 1982) is a German-American film director and illustrator. He has been twice nominated Academy Awards in the category of Best Short Animated Film, for The Gruffalo in 2011, and for Room on the Broom in 2014. He is also the director of the Nickelodeon animated television film Albert.
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Lang illustrates books written by his wife, Suzanne Lang.
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Grumpy Monkey
Grumpy Monkey
* * • Grumpy Monkey Up All Night (2020) • Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas (2021) • Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out (2022) • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared (2023) • Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever (2024) • Grumpy Monkey Play All Day (2024)
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1982
Max Lang was born on 1 January 1982.
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- 1.Oscar.go.com. Room On The Broom - Short Film (Animated) - Oscars 2014.
- 2.Suzanne and Max Lang read and sign "Hooray for Kids!" DIESEL, A Bookstore. www.dieselbookstore.com.
- 3.Book Review - Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang. BookPage.com.
- 4.HOORAY FOR KIDS! Kirkus Reviews.
- 5.Suzanne, Lang. All Kinds of Families. School Library Journal. 2020-01-24.
- 6.Grumpy Monkey. Publishers Weekly.
- 7.GRUMPY MONKEY Kirkus Reviews.
- 8.GRUMPY MONKEY PARTY TIME! Kirkus Reviews.
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