ABOUT DEVON MANNEY

hey there!

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

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).

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 anytime 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

• taxi driver

• the social network

• when the day breaks