Daniel Chong is a Chinese-American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's television series We Bare Bears (2015–2019), and as the director, writer, and executive producer of We Bare Bears: The Movie (2020). He has worked as a member of Pixar's senior creative team and wrote and directed Hoppers (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Chong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 19, 1978 (47)
- Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- Writer, director and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Daniel Chong's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Daniel Chong's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Chong's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Hoppers(2026)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
We Baby Bears(2022)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Lost & Crowned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
We Bare Bears: The Movie(2020)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
We Bare Bears(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Free Birds(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Air Mater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Cars 2(2011)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Mater Private Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Moon Mater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 2008 to 2026.
Film career
- 2020Screen debut· We Bare Bears: The Movie
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a BAFTA Award from 2 major nominations, 2016–2018.
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
- BAFTA Award, won · Best International
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
Is Daniel Chong's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Daniel Chong work with?
People who share at least 2 of Daniel Chong's MovieCove titles; Bobby Moynihan shares the most, 2.
- Bobby MoynihanShared titles: Hoppers (2026), We Bare Bears: The Movie (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Bobby Moynihan
- Carrie WilksenShared titles: We Bare Bears: The Movie (2020), Bob Boyle and Nick Jennings' the Powerpuff Girls (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Carrie Wilksen