You may not recognize Matthew Luhn’s name, but you definitely know his work: The Simpsons, Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, UP, and Ratatouille. After a 20+ year career at Disney/Pixar, he turned his focus to helping the corporate world leverage the art and science of storytelling for business success, authoring The Best Story Wins and consulting companies such as Charles Schwab and Adidas.
He has delighted a range of Fortune 1000 audiences including Apple, Capital One, Clorox, Facebook, Gartner, Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Target, and Vrbo. His keynotes and workshops have been featured at BNY Mellon, BMW, Walt Disney Imagineering, Walt Disney Family Museum, Lego, Prudential Insurance, Salesforce, Volkswagen, Wells Fargo, and many more.
Matthew Luhn’s inspiring personal story, from a third-generation toy store owner’s son to Pixar storyteller, models one of his best storytelling tips: capture your audience in eight seconds or less. His early life drawing with his dad, getting accepted to CalArts, and being recruited by Steve Jobs to join Pixar is part of the magic he shares in every keynote.
He is also an award-winning filmmaker, most recently writing and directing the animated short Sprite Fright.
Matthew Luhn’s highly entertaining talks have earned glowing reviews, lauding his talent as a teacher and passion for providing any audience with the tools to immediately activate storytelling skills for business success. As the president of one host company wrote, “Mat-thew Luhn has an incredible ability to captivate an audience through the art of storytelling. Unveiling some of the most insightful techniques used in Pixar films, he can effortlessly simplify complex ideas into concise messages—a valued skill in business. Matthew high-lighted actionable tactics that sharpened my own team’s storytelling skills right away.”
Why Matthew Luhn?
Matthew Luhn has heard thousands of great ideas while working at Pixar, The Simpsons, and ILM, but how is it that some of these ideas make great movies and TV shows, while others don’t make the cut? The answer: the best innovators and directors have developed a process that focuses their team’s creativity into not only creating great ideas but also flesh-ing them out – something Matthew has experienced firsthand.
