Daniel Gerson, scribe of ‘Monsters, Inc.,’ ‘Big Hero 6’ dies at 49

Daniel Gerson, who co-wrote several Walt Disney animated films including Monsters, Inc. and Big Hero 6, has died. He was 49.

Gerson’s family said in a statement that he died at his Los Angeles home on Saturday after battling brain cancer. Gerson was a frequent contributor for Pixar Animation, co-writing both 2001’s Monsters, Inc. and its 2013 sequel, Monsters University.

Along with Robert L. Baird and Jordan Roberts, Gerson co-wrote Disney’s Oscar-winning Big Hero 6, an animated superhero tale. The New York-born Gerson got his start as a writer for the NBC comedy Something So Right.

Gerson is survived by his wife, Beau Stacom, and two children.