Kevin Hanna

Kevin Konrad Hanna, (كيفن حنا) is an American film director, writer and artist noted for his work in feature film animation, comic books, video games, and television, best known for directing the feature film The Clockwork Girl based on the graphic novel of the same name.

Forgoing a formal education in the arts, he started work in the video game industry when he was a teenager, where he worked on games for publishers such as Electronic Arts and Mattel.

He then left games for a stint in Hollywood where he worked on Roughnecks Starship Troopers, Max Steel and The Red Hot Chili Peppers music video for the single "Californication".

He then spent the following years at Microsoft becoming a founding member of the Xbox team, where he worked on Crimson Skies, Combat Flight Sim and Shadowrun for the Xbox 360.

In 2006, he co-founded X-Ray Kid Studios with Jeff Matsuda, Mike Christian and Brian Wyser.

He and his family then moved to California from Washington to work as an Art Director for Disney Interactive where he art directed and shipped over 50 titles.

In 2008, Hanna started the comic book publishing and multimedia company Frogchildren Studios, best known for publishing the comic book Sixteen Miles to Merricks and Creature Academy: The Legacy.

He currently lives in Washington working for Frogchildren Studios, an animation studio where he worked as a creative and artistic director on Google Lively, Kinect for Xbox 360, Disney XD and more.

On September 16, 2008, he was a keynote speaker at Game Developers Conference where he was the first to speak publicly on Google Lively, and announced Google's gaming intentions.

Most recently, he directed the animated feature film, The Clockwork Girl., the Huey Lewis and the News music video "While We're Young", as well as introductions for TV series The Magicians.

In 2022, along with Emerald City Comic Con founder Jim Demonakos, he directed Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters a documentary about comic book creator Mike Mignola.