Max Lang

{{Short description|German film director}} [[File:Max Lang by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Lang at the 2023 WonderCon]] '''Max Lang''' (born 1982) is a German-American film director and illustrator. He has been twice nominated Academy Awards in the category of Best Short Animated Film, for ''The Gruffalo'' in 2011, and for ''Room on the Broom'' in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees/short-film-animated/room-on-the-broom |title=Room On The Broom - Short Film (Animated) - Oscars 2014 |publisher=Oscar.go.com |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref>

He is also the director of the Nickelodeon animated television film ''Albert''.

Lang illustrates books written by his wife, Suzanne Lang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/max-and-suzanne-lang-read-and-sign-hooray-kids|title=Suzanne and Max Lang read and sign "Hooray for Kids!" {{!}} DIESEL, A Bookstore|website=www.dieselbookstore.com|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

== Works ==

* {{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Suzanne|title=Families, Families, Families!|publisher=Random House|others=Illustrated by Max Lang|year=2015|isbn=9780375974267}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bookpage.com/reviews/17935-suzanne-lang-birds-feather-etc-childrens|title=Book Review - Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang|website=BookPage.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Suzanne|title=Hooray for Kids!|publisher=Random House|others=Illustrated by Max Lang|year=2016|isbn=9780553537833}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzanne-lang/hooray-kids/|title=HOORAY FOR KIDS! {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Suzanne|title=All Kinds of Families|publisher=Random House|others=Illustrated by Max Lang|year=2019|isbn=9780553499407}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/?reviewDetail=all-kinds-of-families|title=All Kinds of Families|last=Suzanne|first=Lang|date=2020-01-24|website=School Library Journal|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

=== Grumpy Monkey ===

* {{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Suzanne|title=Grumpy Monkey|publisher=Random House|others=Illustrated by Max Lang|year=2018|isbn=9780553537864}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-553-53786-4|title=Grumpy Monkey|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzanne-lang/grumpy-monkey/|title=GRUMPY MONKEY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> * {{Cite book|last=Lang|first=Suzanne|title=Grumpy Monkey Party Time!|publisher=Random House|others=Illustrated by Max Lang|year=2019|isbn=9780593118627}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzanne-lang/grumpy-monkey-party-time/|title=GRUMPY MONKEY PARTY TIME! {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> * Grumpy Monkey Up All Night (2020) * Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas (2021) * Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross-Out (2022) * Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared (2023) * Grumpy Monkey Spring Fever (2024) * Grumpy Monkey Play All Day (2024)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|3495071}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Max}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:American animated film directors Category:German animated film directors