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Biography
Gil Kenan (Hebrew: גיל קינן; born October 16, 1976) is a British–American filmmaker. He is best known for directing Monster House (2006), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. He has also collaborated with director Jason Reitman in co-writing the Ghostbusters films Afterlife (2021) and Frozen Empire (2024), the latter he also directed, as well as Saturday Night (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gil Kenan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2007 · nominated
Filmography7 titles

A Boy Called Christmas
2021Director, Writer
2021Director, Writer

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021Executive Producer, Writer
2021Executive Producer, Writer

Saturday Night
2024Producer, Writer
2024Producer, Writer

Monster House
2006Director
2006Director

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024Director, Executive Producer, Writer
2024Director, Executive Producer, Writer

City of Ember
2008Director
2008Director

Poltergeist
2015Director
2015Director