ABOUT me

hey there!

i’m devon manney, and i’m a filmmaker + artist + writer based in LA.

after growing up in northern minnesota, i studied animation at the usc school of cinematic arts in los angeles, where my thesis film CRADLE was shortlisted for the oscar® for best animated short film (in addition to winning a student academy award and an annie award nomination).

since then, i’ve been working as a story artist and animator for studios like paramount, dreamworks, and for a variety of commercial studios and freelance projects (as well as continuing to develop and write my own projects), and also taught animation at the school of visual arts in new york city.

i also enjoy working in freelance and volunteer capacities within the design and communications realm for leftist organizations and causes.

if you are in need of a storyboard artist/designer/animator/excitable-scamp for a project, want to explore more collaborative work, or if you just want to learn more about me), contact me any time at devon(at)devonm.com!

you can find me @devonmanney on:

awards / honors

• Student Academy Award® (AMPAS / 2017)

• Nominee for Best Student Animated Short (Annie Awards / 2018)

• Rusty Casselton Award (Fargo Film Festival / 2018)

• Animation Educator's Forum Scholarship (ASIFA-Hollywood / 2016)

• John Locher Memorial Award (American Association of Editorial Cartoonists / 2016)

• Provost Undergraduate Research Fellowship (USC / 2015-2016)

• Top-14 in Cinematic Arts (National YoungArts Foundation / 2013)

• Minnesota Scholar of Theatre Arts (2013)

• Best Son Award (Mom / 2003, 2005, 2012)

favorite films

• apocalypse now

• daisies

• desperately seeking susan

• dr. strangelove: or, how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

• it’s such a beautiful day

• la chinoise

• the master

• moulin rouge!

• stop making sense

• the social network

• when the day breaks