theOscarSite Bio: Born in London, England, UK, Kenan is an Israeli-American film director. He was studying animation at UCLA, and he made "this weird little thesis film, this 10-minute, black-and-white film that cost me $400 to make, I made it in my kitchen. And the film won an award, it won the Spotlight Award, and it was played at the DGA (Director's Guild of America)." He received his MFA from UCLA in 2002.

Kenan was 23 when he began work on MONSTER HOUSE (2006), only the second animated feature to be done completely with the "motion capture" technique that Robert Zemeckis used on THE POLAR EXPRESS. CITY OF EMBER is scheduled for release in 2008.

· Achievement in Animated Feature Films 2006: MONSTER HOUSE - Director