Nelson Shin

Biography

Shin Neung-kyun (Korean: 신능균; born 1939), also known as Nelson Shin, is a South Korean and American animation director of North Korean origin who is the founder and president of AKOM. He is known for having directed the animated films The Transformers: The Movie, Empress Chung, and The Frog Kingdom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nelson Shin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career Overview

Nelson Shin has 49 screen credits in a career dating back to 1974. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently The Land Before Time with 3 titles. Signature works include The Transformers: The Movie, Frog Kingdom, Empress Chung. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

49

Birth Date

1939-01-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

Pyongsan, North Korea

Known For

• 

  The Transformers: The Movie
• 

  Frog Kingdom
• 

  Empress Chung
• 

  Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• The Land Before Time (3 titles)
• Fritz the Cat Collection (1 titles)
• The Simpsons Movie Collection (1 titles)
• Little People Video Collection (1 titles)
• Star Wars (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Judd Nelson (1 collaborations)
• Peter Cullen (1 collaborations)
• Frank Welker (1 collaborations)
• Leonard Nimoy (1 collaborations)
• Orson Welles (1 collaborations)
• Casey Kasem (1 collaborations)
• Dan Gilvezan (1 collaborations)
• Scatman Crothers (1 collaborations)
• Susan Blu (1 collaborations)
• Eric Idle (1 collaborations)

Credits

• visual effects (35 credits)

  • May the 12th Be with You

    animation director

    visual effects
    2024
  • The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

    animation

    visual effects
    1996
  • The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

    animation

    visual effects
    1995
  • The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

    animation

    visual effects
    1994
  • The Pink Panther in 'Pink at First Sight'

    animation

    visual effects
    1981
  • Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement

    animation

    visual effects
    1980
  • Pink Panther in Olym-pinks

    animation

    visual effects
    1980
  • Pink in the Woods

    animation

    visual effects
    1979
  • Pinktails for Two

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • The Pink of Bagdad

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Pink Press

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Pet Pink Pebbles

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • A Pink Christmas

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Cat and the Pinkstalk

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Pink Daddy

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Pink Lightning

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Pink Pictures

    animation

    visual effects
    1978
  • Rocky Pink

    animation

    visual effects
    1976
  • Sherlock Pink

    animation

    visual effects
    1976
  • Bobolink Pink

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • The Scarlet Pinkernel

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • It's Pink But Is It Mink?

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • The Tiny Tree

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Keep Our Forests Pink

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Pink Elephant

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Salmon Pink

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Pink Streaker

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Pink DaVinci

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • The Hoober-Bloob Highway

    animation

    visual effects
    1975
  • Deviled Yeggs

    animation

    visual effects
    1974
  • Mother Dogfather

    animation

    visual effects
    1974
  • The Big House Ain't a Home

    animation

    visual effects
    1974
  • Heist and Seek

    animation

    visual effects
    1974
  • The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg

    animation

    visual effects
    1974
  • The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat

    animation

    visual effects
    1974

• actors (1 credits)

  • 'Til All Are One: Looking Back at Transformers - The Movie

    actor

    actors
    2016

• directing (4 credits)

  • Frog Kingdom

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Empress Chung

    director

    directing
    2005
  • The Transformers: The Movie

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother

    director

    directing
    1981

• production (5 credits)

  • The Simpsons Movie

    associate producer

    production
    2007
  • Empress Chung

    producer

    production
    2005
  • Little People Video - Three Favorite Stories

    production supervisor

    production
    1988
  • The Transformers: The Movie

    co-producer

    production
    1986
  • The Transformers

    supervising producer

    production

    - The Rebirth (3) (1987) ... supervising producer production

    - The Rebirth (2) (1987) ... supervising producer production

    - The Rebirth (1) (1987) ... supervising producer production

    - The Return of Optimus Prime (2) (1987) ... supervising producer production

    - The Return of Optimus Prime (1) (1987) ... supervising producer production
    1984

• writing (1 credits)

  • Empress Chung

    story

    writing
    2005

• editing (1 credits)

  • Empress Chung

    editor

    editing
    2005

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Pink Panther in 'Pink at First Sight'

    sequence supervisor

    crew
    1981

• sound (1 credits)

  • Star Wars

    sound effects

    sound
    1977