Quick Facts
Biography
Fergal Reilly is an Irish 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 was 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)