Chong began his career as an intern for
Cartoon Network Studios, and went on to work as a
storyboard artist for numerous animation studios, including
Walt Disney Animation Studios,
Illumination Entertainment, and
Pixar Animation Studios. He worked as a storyboard artist on the animated films
Bolt (2008),
Cars 2 (2011), ''
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012), Free Birds (2013), and Inside Out'' (2015). While working at
Pixar, Chong worked on the television specials
Toy Story of Terror! (2013) and
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014), the former of which won him an
Annie Award. Chong went on to create the animated series
We Bare Bears, which premiered on
Cartoon Network in 2015. The initial idea for
We Bare Bears came from a
webcomic that he had created in 2010 called
The Three Bare Bears. The webcomic ended almost a year later, but he carried the idea with him. Chong directed, wrote, and executive produced a film adaptation of the series,
We Bare Bears: The Movie, which was released in June 2020, thus ending the series. A spinoff series titled
We Baby Bears premiered in 2022; Chong serves as executive producer. In December 2020, Chong revealed on
Twitter that he had returned to Pixar and was working on a project there. The film was officially revealed as
Hoppers in August 2024; it was released on March 6, 2026. ==Filmography==