‘Inside Out 2’ Director Says He Never Thought He’d Direct a Pixar Film: ‘It Was Really a Dream’

“It took me a long time to get a job there as a story artist … that’s how I thought I’d retire,” Kelsey Mann tells TheWrap

Kelsey Mann never imagined he’d be sitting in a director’s chair helming a Pixar film like “Inside Out 2” after spending years in the animation field.

“This is what I wanted to do since I was a little kid, and what an opportunity,” Mann told TheWrap during a recent press junket for the sequel. “I never thought that I’d ever get to be able do direct a movie at Pixar ever.”

Mann spoke to TheWrap alongside his producer partner Mark Nielsen, who both shared how it feels to return to a beloved film a decade after releasing “Inside Out.”

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