Biography

Animator Kevin MacLean got his start working for Claymation pioneer Will Vinton at the age of 18. At Will Vinton Studios, Kevin worked on Eddie Murphy's "The PJ's" (1999) and "Gary & Mike" (2001), and national ads for NFL on Fox, M&M's, Three Musketeers, and Arby's. By the age of 20, he worked on his first feature, Monkeybone (2001), with director Henry Selick. In 2003, Kevin accepted a position with DreamWorks Animation where he remained for the next 10 years. Since 2013 he's been with Walt Disney Animation Studios, working on such films as Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, Strange World, Wish, Moana 2, and Zootopia 2.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sadie

Working at DreamWorks studio in Glendale, California.

Burbank, CA: Working at Walt Disney Animation Studios

Nicknames include K-Mac and ClaymationKid.

Kevin animated the character of Mama Odie telling riders "it's time to get tiny!" in the theme park attraction Tiana's Bayou Adventure for Walt Disney World and Disneyland.

In 2023 Kevin worked with Walt Disney Imagineering to animate a Duke Weaselton audio-animatronic that would be used at the opening of Shanghai Disneyland's new Zootopia themed land. The figure carried on a conversation with Chairman of Disney Parks, Josh D'Amaro.