History Creator / PixarRegulars

John's eye for quality is no doubt the reason why, when Creator/{{Disney}} merged with Creator/{{Pixar}} back in 2006, he was not only made Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar ''and'' Disney Feature Animation, but also Principal Creative Advisor for Disney's Imagineering department, meaning he even had creative say in theme park rides. [[ExecutiveMeddling While his decisions at Disney]] did cause a bit of behind-the-scenes drama (his insistence on changes for ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' led director Creator/ChrisSanders (of ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'') to leave the company), general consensus is that he helped the studio considerably during his tenure. After becoming Chief Creative Officer, he cancelled all of the Disney sequels in production and greenlighted ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. Lasseter has since opted for [=DisneyToon=] Studios to produce more original properties and spinoffs, such as the ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Tinker Bell]]'' films and the spinoff from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''. Somewhat ironically, the hope for Disney to continue creating traditionally animated feature films depended with him for a long time; despite playing a large part in computer animation becoming more dominant, he expressed interest in bringing 2D animation back.

* OldShame: John Lasseter's attempt to keep 2D animation alive alongside CGI at Disney. Since the idea flopped, he's refused to speak of it. However, there have been some other brief revivals, such as Maui’s tattoos in ''Disney/{{Moana}}'' and a sequence (which, while not directly done by Disney, was handled by many ex-Disney talents) in ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' afterwards.

Joe Ranft worked on scripts and storyboards for many animated films, both Creator/{{Pixar}} and non-Pixar. After doing story work on ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', Ranft worked on several Creator/{{Disney}} films, from ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' to ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to ''Disney/TheLionKing''. He joined Creator/{{Pixar}} in 1992, and did story work on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (the most famous scene he storyboarded being the "Army Men" scene in that film). Ranft went on to write and storyboard other animated films, including most of Pixar's, and also voiced a few characters in several films, including Heimlich the caterpillar in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', Wheezy the penguin in ''Toy Story 2'', and Jacques the shrimp in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. He was later made co-director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''.

* ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' (story, 1988)
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' (story, 1989)
* ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'' (screenwriter, 1990)
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (story, 1991)

* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' (story, 1994)

* ''Disney/{{Fantasia 2000}}'' (story, 2000)

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (story, 1991)
* ''Disney/TheLionKing'' (story supervisor, 1994)

* ''Disney/{{Fantasia}} 2000'' (story, 1999)

* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009)

* Voice of Eeyore in ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' (2011).

In June 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would no longer hold an office at either Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, ceasing his involvement with the studio at the end of the year. Pete Docter and Jennifer Lee replaced his position at Pixar and Disney Animation, respectively. A year later, he was hired by up and coming studio Skydance Animation.

Randy Newman was, of course, already a well-established singer, songwriter, and composer by the time he was hired to work on the score for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (despite the skepticism of Creator/{{Disney}} executives). Since then, he's done the score for eight Creator/{{Pixar}} {{film}}s, and he can thank the studio - or, more specifically, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'' - for finally getting him an Oscar in 2002 (for Best Song) after being nominated ''fifteen times''. He's also responsible for the [[TearJerker saddest]] song in the Pixar {{canon}}: "When She Loved Me ([[AffirmativeActionGirl Jessie's]] Song)" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.

John Lasseter calls him "the true unsung hero of animation", so Bud Luckey may not be as new a name as many would think. You seen that "10 Tiny Turtles" hand-drawn sequence featured in the earlier episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''? That's his animation. Now, his low, elderly, but comforting voice allows him to be a returning voice actor and employee of Pixar. It was he who decided that the "old toy" character in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' would be a cowboy doll and designed Woody's final look. He later [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator wrote, designed, storyboarded, composed, sang, and voiced]] ''Boundin''', a short inspired by his Montana upbringing and the myths that came with it. He also illustrated over 100 children's books. He passed away of natural causes on February 24, 2018.

John Lasseter has been with Pixar since the early days at Lucasfilm. Originally a Creator/{{Disney}} animator, Lasseter was inspired by ''Film/{{Tron}}'' to try to make a computer-animated feature film, but was fired while trying to adapt Thomas M. Disch's novella ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' (which was distributed by Disney but made by independent company Hyperion). At Lucasfilm, he created its first four [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts short films]], including his most famous short, ''WesternAnimation/LuxoJr'' He also directed Pixar's first feature film, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', for which he got a Special Achievement Award at the Oscars. After ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', he stuck to executive producing Pixar's films for a while, though he still provided creative input into the companies' films. He returned to directing with the film ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', which, despite performing weaker and not being as well received as the other Pixar films, still got more good reviews than most other animated films that year and made a [[IncrediblyLamePun truckload]] of money, particularly through merchandising. His latest directorial effort, ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', proved an artistic debacle that shattered the near spotless artistic reputation of the company such as leading to Pixar being shut out of contention for that year's Best Animated Feature Oscar for the first time in the award's history. Not wanting to cause the studio further embarrassment, John snapped into action by postponing the TroubledProduction ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' by a year to ensure that the next film in their roster, ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', would be on par with their other classics.

John's eye for quality is no doubt the reason why, when Creator/{{Disney}} merged with Creator/{{Pixar}} back in 2006, he was not only made Chief Creative Officer of both Pixar ''and'' Disney Feature Animation, but also Principal Creative Advisor for Disney's Imagineering department, meaning he even has creative say in theme park rides. [[ExecutiveMeddling While his decisions at Disney]] did cause a bit of behind-the-scenes drama (his insistence on changes for ''Disney/{{Bolt}}'' led director Creator/ChrisSanders (of ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'') to leave the company), general consensus is that he's doing the studio a ''huge'' favor. After becoming Chief Creative Officer, he cancelled all of the Disney sequels in production and greenlighted ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. Lasseter has since opted for [=DisneyToon=] Studios to produce more original properties and spinoffs, such as the ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Tinker Bell]]'' films and the spinoff from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''. Somewhat ironically, the hope for Disney to continue creating traditionally animated feature films largely lies with him; despite playing a large part in computer animation becoming more dominant, he's expressed interest in bringing 2D animation back.

In June 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would no longer hold an office at either Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, ceasing his involvement with the studio at the end of the year. A year later, he was hired by up and coming studio Skydance Animation.

Lee Unkrich has co-directed and edited films since he joined the team in 1994. Originally an editor on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', he's co-directed three other Creator/{{Pixar}} films. His first directing project was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. He is also quite fond of Website/{{Twitter}} and spent the first few days after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'''s release reading through fans' tweets and reviews that were sent to him, in many cases replying to them individually thanking them for the support. You can follow him [[http://www.twitter.com/leeunkrich here.]]

He was to make his directoral debut in ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' but [[DevelopmentHell problems with the story]] pushed back its release date by two years, as John Lasseter didn't want to have any more critical flops after [[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} their]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} last]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity three]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' (2013)

Randy Newman was, of course, already a well-established singer, songwriter, and composer by the time he was hired to work on the score for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (despite the skepticism of Creator/{{Disney}} executives). Since then, he's done the score for seven Creator/{{Pixar}} {{film}}s, and he can thank the studio - or, more specifically, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'' - for finally getting him an Oscar in 2002 (for Best Song) after being nominated ''fifteen times''. He's also responsible for the [[TearJerker saddest]] song in the Pixar {{canon}}: "When She Loved Me ([[AffirmativeActionGirl Jessie's]] Song)" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.

!!AndrewStanton

!!!Shorts and features he's directed/written:

John Lasseter has been with Pixar since the early days at Lucasfilm. Originally a Creator/{{Disney}} animator, Lasseter was inspired by ''Film/{{Tron}}'' to try to make a computer-animated feature film, but was fired while trying to adapt Thomas M. Disch's novella ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' (which was distributed by Disney but made by independent company Hyperion). At Lucasfilm, he created its first four [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts short films]], including his most famous short, ''WesternAnimation/LuxoJr'' He also directed Pixar's first feature film, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', for which he got a Special Achievement Award at the Oscars. After ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', he stuck to executive producing Pixar's films for a while, though he still provided creative input into the companies' films. He returned to directing with the film ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', which, despite performing weaker and not being as well received as the other Pixar films, still got more good reviews than most other animated films that year and made a [[IncrediblyLamePun truckload]] of money, particularly through merchandising. His latest directorial effort, ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', proved an artistic debacle that shattered the near spotless artistic reputation of the company such as leading to Pixar being shut out of contention for that year's Best Animated Feature Oscar for the first time in the award's history. Not wanting to cause the studio further embarrassment, John snapped into action by postponing the TroubledProduction ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' by a year to ensure that the next film in their roster, ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', would be on par with their other classics.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (1995)

The Regulars' lone east coaster (a native of Boston, MA), Andrew Stanton became the second animator hired by Pixar in 1990, after briefly working on the 1980s ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cartoon and screening a few shorts at ''Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival.'' He worked as a writer for the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'', and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' (which he also co-directed) before directing ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. For the next few years, he worked on his next film as a director, ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Like ''Finding Nemo'', ''WALL•E'' was a critical and financial success. Also like ''Nemo'', it ranks as one of Pixar's most... er... ''[[TearJerker emotional]]'' films, so tissues are highly recommended.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (screenwriter, 1995)

As of this writing, Pete Docter has directed three feature-length films, his most recent being the 2015 release ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' which he also created the story for (the main human character is partially based on his own daughter). Docter has worked on the scripts for the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', but he is most famous for directing ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' He was also picked by John Lasseter to take care of the English dub of ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' while Lasseter was busy working on ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Somewhat notorious amongst the staff for creating some of the studio's broadest and, as a result, most difficult concepts to realize. But if the responses are anything to go by, this has not been a detriment.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (screenwriter, 1995)

Lee Unkrich has co-directed and edited films since he joined the team in 1994. Originally an editor on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', he's co-directed three other Creator/{{Pixar}} films. His first directing project was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. He is also quite fond of Website/{{Twitter}} and spent the first few days after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'''s release reading through fans' tweets and reviews that were sent to him, in many cases replying to them individually thanking them for the support. You can follow him [[http://www.twitter.com/leeunkrich here.]]

Gary Rydstrom is probably most famous for his sound design work on films like ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. His first work for Creator/{{Pixar}}, in fact, was the sound design for the first five WesternAnimation/PixarShorts directed by John Lasseter. He then became the go-to guy for sound design and mixing from the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' movie to ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and returned in 2012 with ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. He made his directorial debut with the theatrical short ''Lifted''. He was slated to direct Newt, but following its cancellation, he instead directed ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Hawaiian Vacation]]'' before moving back to Creator/SkywalkerSound the year of its release. Outside of Pixar, he has directed the English dubs of four Creator/StudioGhibli films: ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'', ''[[Anime/{{Arrietty}} The Borrower Arrietty]]'' (North American Dub), ''Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill'', and ''Anime/TheWindRises''. Most recently, he directed ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' at Lucasfilm.

* ''[[Franchise/ToyStory Hawaiian]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Vacation]]'' (2011)

Joe Ranft worked on scripts and storyboards for many animated films, both Creator/{{Pixar}} and non-Pixar. After doing story work on ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'', Ranft worked on several Creator/{{Disney}} films, from ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' to ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to ''Disney/TheLionKing''. He joined Creator/{{Pixar}} in 1992, and did story work on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (the most famous scene he storyboarded being the "Army Men" scene in that film). Ranft went on to write and storyboard other animated films, including most of Pixar's, and also voiced a few characters in several films, including Heimlich the caterpillar in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', Wheezy the penguin in ''Toy Story 2'', and Jacques the shrimp in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. He was later made co-director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (story, 1995)

Bob Peterson has mainly worked on storyboards and scripts for Pixar. Originally an animator on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', he moved on to do story work on ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' and ''Toy Story 2''. He then became a co-writer on the script for ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', and worked on the story for ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''. He was the co-director of the film ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', and provided the voices of Roz in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'', Mr. Ray in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and Dug in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''.

Randy Newman was, of course, already a well-established singer, songwriter, and composer by the time he was hired to work on the score for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (despite the skepticism of Creator/{{Disney}} executives). Since then, he's done the score for seven Creator/{{Pixar}} {{film}}s, and he can thank the studio - or, more specifically, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'' - for finally getting him an Oscar in 2002 (for Best Song) after being nominated ''fifteen times''. He's also responsible for the [[TearJerker saddest]] song in the Pixar {{canon}}: "When She Loved Me ([[AffirmativeActionGirl Jessie's]] Song)" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' (1995)

Of course, this page would not be complete without Pixar's "lucky charm", John Ratzenberger, who has done a voice for ''every single feature film'' Pixar has made. Known by older audiences as Cliff the mailman from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', it was this role that lead to him being cast for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory''. Since then, he's always had a role, however minor, in every feature produced at the studio, to the point where Andrew Stanton just decided to [[TheDanza name Ratzenberger's role after him]] in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', and the practice was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in a credits sequence in ''Cars''.

* Hamm, the piggy bank (the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films)

WordOfGod is that Steve Jobs was fairly hands-on during the production of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', holding daily reviews and making suggestions to John Lasseter, which resulted in Jobs being credited as "Producer". After ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', Jobs tended to be more of a hands-off leader who trusted the Pixar staff to guide things -- though he did intercede from time to time, such as the renegotiation of distribution agreements with Disney, and the design of Pixar's expanded Emeryville studio.

Producer of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', and several WesternAnimation/PixarShorts, Darla has also received special thanks for her involvement with almost every other Pixar project, starting from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' onward. Currently holds the Guinness World Record for having the highest average gross per movie for a producer ($221 million per movie) though given the company she works for that's hardly surprising. The character of [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Darla]] was named after her by Stanton as revenge for all the practical jokes she's played on him.

John Lasseter calls him "the true unsung hero of animation", so Bud Luckey may not be as new a name as many would think. You seen that "10 Tiny Turtles" hand-drawn sequence featured in the earlier episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''? That's his animation. Now, his low, elderly, but comforting voice allows him to be a returning voice actor and employee of Pixar. It was he who decided that the "old toy" character in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' would be a cowboy doll and designed Woody's final look. He later [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator wrote, designed, storyboarded, composed, sang, and voiced]] ''Boundin''', a short inspired by his Montana upbringing and the myths that came with it. He also illustrated over 100 children's books. He passed away of natural causes on February 24, 2018.

Docter is currently set to succeed John Lasseter as Chief Creative Officer of Pixar Animation Studios.

* OldShame: John Lasseter's attempt to keep 2D animation alive alongside CGI at Disney. Since the idea flopped, he's refused to speak of it. However, there have been some other brief revivals, such as Maui’s tattoos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' and a sequence (which, while not directly done by Disney, was handled by many ex-Disney talents) in ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' afterwards.

* OldShame: John Lasseter's attempt to keep 2D animation alive alongside CGI at Disney. Since the idea flopped, he's refused to speak of it.

!!Creator/JohnLasseter

Gary Rydstrom is probably most famous for his sound design work on films like ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. His first work for Creator/{{Pixar}}, in fact, was the sound design for the first five WesternAnimation/PixarShorts directed by John Lasseter. He then became the go-to guy for sound design and mixing from the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' movie to ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and returned in 2012 with ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. He made his directorial debut with the theatrical short ''Lifted''. He was slated to direct Newt, but following its cancellation, he instead directed ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Hawaiian Vacation]]'' before moving back to Creator/SkywalkerSound the year of its release. Outside of Pixar, he has directed the English dubs of three Creator/StudioGhibli films: ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'' and ''[[Anime/{{Arrietty}} The Borrower Arrietty]]'' (North American Dub), and ''Anime/TheWindRises''. Most recently, he directed ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' at Lucasfilm.

* AssociatedComposer: Music/Randy Newman scored all of his films except ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''.

A few days from the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Lasseter publicly announced that he would take a six month sabbatical from the company after a number of female employees came forward with claims of sexual misconduct (this being a few months after [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]] and several other Hollywood people were accused of the same, it's safe to assume he didn't want the studio's work to be OvershadowedByControversy), along with writer Rashida Jones announcing her departure from ''Toy Story 4'' amidst accusations that he mistreated female and minority artists. In June 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would no longer hold an office at either Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, but will still be employed as a consultant through the end of the year.

* AwesomeDearBoy: John Lasseter's reason for becoming an animator: "I get paid to make cartoons!"

!!Creator/AndrewStanton

Lee Unkrich has co-directed and edited films since he joined the team in 1994. Originally an editor on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', he's co-directed three other Creator/{{Pixar}} films. His first directing project was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. He is also quite fond of Website/{{Twitter}} and spent the first few days after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'''s release reading through fans' tweets and reviews that were sent to him, in many cases [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming replying to them individually thanking them for the support]]. You can follow him [[http://www.twitter.com/leeunkrich here.]]

Recently appeared in a [[TearJerker tear-jerkingly]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomely]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a4MR8oI_B8 video for the It Gets Better project]], where she and other gay members of the Pixar family offered words of encouragement to gay teens and by extension just about anyone who feels like they've been DrivenToSuicide.

If you look in the credits of several Creator/{{Pixar}} {{film}}s, you might start to notice a pattern: namely, how some of the same crew or cast members keep appearing. Listed here are some of the recurring directors, writers, and other notable people behind some of the best [[strike:[=CGI=]]] {{film}}s ever made.

!!Directors, Co-Directors, and Writers

'''John Lasseter'''

Shorts and features he's directed:

!! Tropes Associated With Films He Has Directed

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'''Andrew Stanton'''

The Regulars' lone east coaster (a native of Boston, MA), Andrew Stanton became the second animator hired by Pixar in 1990, after briefly working on the 1980s ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' cartoon and screening a few shorts at ''Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival.'' He worked as a writer for the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'', and ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' (which he also co-directed) before directing ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. For the next few years, he worked on his next film as a director, ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. Like ''Finding Nemo'', ''WALL•E'' was a critical and financial success. Also like ''Nemo'', it ranks as one of Pixar's most... er... ''[[TearJerker emotional]]'' films, so tissues are highly recommended.

Shorts and features he's directed/written:

!! Tropes Associated With Andrew Stanton's Directed Films

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'''Pete Docter'''

As of this writing, Pete Docter has directed three feature-length films, his most recent being the 2015 release ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' which he also created the story for (the main human character is partially based on his own daughter). Docter has worked on the scripts for the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films and ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', but he is most famous for directing ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' He was also picked by John Lasseter to take care of the English dub of ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' while Lasseter was busy working on ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Somewhat notorious amongst the staff for creating some of the studio's broadest and, as a result, most difficult concepts to realize. But if the responses are anything to go by, this has not been a detriment.

Shorts and features he's directed/written:

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'''Creator/BradBird'''

Shorts and features he's directed:

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'''Lee Unkrich'''

Films he's directed:

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'''Gary Rydstrom'''

Gary Rydstrom is probably most famous for his sound design work on films like ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'', and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. His first work for Creator/{{Pixar}}, in fact, was the sound design for the first five WesternAnimation/PixarShorts directed by John Lasseter. He then became the go-to guy for sound design and mixing from the first ''Franchise/ToyStory'' movie to ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and returned in 2012 with ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''. He made his directorial debut with the theatrical short ''Lifted''. He was slated to direct Newt, but following its cancellation, he instead directed ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Hawaiian Vacation]]'' before moving back to Creator/SkywalkerSound the year of its release. Outside of Pixar, he has directed the English dubs of three Creator/StudioGhibli films: ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'' and ''[[Anime/{{Arrietty}} The Borrower Arrietty]]'' (North American Dub), and ''Anime/TheWindRises''. Most recently, he directed ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' at Lucasfilm.

Shorts and features he's directed:

* ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Hawaiian]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Vacation]]'' (2011)

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'''Joe Ranft''' (1960-2005)

Films he wrote/directed:

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'''Bob Peterson'''

Films he's written/directed:

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'''Mark Andrews'''

Films he's directed:

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'''Brenda Chapman'''

Films she wrote/directed:

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'''Dan Scanlon'''

Films he's directed:

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'''Peter Sohn'''

Films he's directed:

'''Music/RandyNewman'''

Creator/{{Pixar}} features and shorts he's written and performed music for:

Randy Newman also composed the music for the Lasseter-produced ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', the 49th film in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.


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'''Thomas Newman'''

Pixar features he's written music for:

For tropes associated with Thomas Newman's work, go [[Music/ThomasNewman here]].

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'''Michael Giacchino'''

Pixar features and shorts he's written music for:

For tropes associated with Michael Giacchino's work, go [[Creator/MichaelGiacchino here]].

'''John Ratzenberger'''

The characters he's voiced include:

* Hamm, the piggy bank (the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films)

He was also cast as Ani-yaku (Assistant Manger) in Disney's English dub of ''Anime/SpiritedAway''.

'''Ed Catmull'''

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'''Creator/SteveJobs''' (1955-2011)

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'''Darla K. Anderson'''

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'''Bud Luckey''' (1934-2018)

John Lasseter calls him "the true unsung hero of animation", so Bud Luckey may not be as new a name as many would think. You seen that "10 Tiny Turtles" hand-drawn sequence featured in the earlier episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''? That's his animation. Now, his low, elderly, but comforting voice allows him to be a returning voice actor and employee of Pixar. It was he who decided that the "old toy" character in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' would be a cowboy doll and designed Woody's final look. He later [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator wrote, designed, storyboarded, composed, sang, and voiced]] ''Boundin''', a short inspired by his Montana upbringing and the myths that came with it. He also illustrated over 100 children's books. Passed away of natural causes on February 24, 2018.

Pixar titles he was involved with:
* character designer on all Pixar films
* produced and directed the short "WesternAnimation/Boundin"
* Voice of Rick Dicker in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and the short "Jack Jack Attack"
* Voice of Chuckles the clown doll in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''

He voices Eeyore in the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney canon]] film ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' in 2011.

He was working on a live-action film titled ''1906'', jointly produced by Creator/{{Disney}}, Creator/{{Pixar}}, and (you read that right) Disney's old rival Creator/WarnerBros, which centered around the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. After the project was put in DevelopmentHell due to budgetary concerns, Bird would instead make his mark in live-action with ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' and ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}''. He would later return to Pixar with ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' the long awaited sequel to ''The Incredibles'', in 2018.

As well as directing, Creator/BradBird sometimes does a little voice work for his films. You may remember him as the voice of the [[LargeHam scene-stealing Edna Mode]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.

He was working on a live-action film titled ''1906'', jointly produced by Creator/{{Disney}}, Creator/{{Pixar}}, and (you read that right) Disney's old rival Creator/WarnerBros, which centers around the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. This project may be on hold, however, as Bird has directed ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' and ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}''. He is now working on writing a sequel to ''The Incredibles''.

He has also famously threatened, from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' DVDCommentary, [[BerserkButton to punch out the next person who calls animation a "genre"]], as he believes it is a medium that can tell any kind of story, instead of just one thing.

* ''1906'' (unknown)

A few days from the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Lasseter publicly announced that he would take a six month sabbatical from the company after a number of female employees came forward with claims of sexual misconduct (this being a few months after [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]] and several other Hollywood people were accused of the same, it's safe to assume he didn't want the studios' work to be OvershadowedByControversy), along with writer Rashida Jones announcing her departure from ''Toy Story 4'' amidst accusations that he mistreated female and minority artists. In June 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would no longer hold an office at either Pixar or Walt Disney Animation Studios, but will still be employed as a consultant through the end of the year.

A few days from the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Lasseter publicly announced that he would take a six month sabbatical from the company after a number of female employees came forward with claims of sexual misconduct (this being a few months after [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]] and several other Hollywood people were accused of the same, it's safe to assume he didn't want the studios' work to be OvershadowedByControversy), along with writer Rashida Jones announcing her departure from ''Toy Story 4'' amidst accusations that he mistreated female and minority artists. In June 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would no longer hold an office at either Pixar of Walt Disney Animation Studios, but will still be employed as a consultant through the end of the year.

A few days from the release of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'', Lasseter publicly announced that he would take a six month sabbatical from the company after a number of female employees came forward with claims of sexual misconduct (this being a few months after [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]] and several other Hollywood people were accused of the same, it's safe to assume he didn't want the studios' work to be OvershadowedByControversy), along with writer Rashida Jones announcing her departure from ''Toy Story 4'' amidst accusations that he mistreated female and minority artists.

* produced and directed the short "Boundin'"

'''Bud Luckey'''

John Lasseter calls him "the true unsung hero of animation", so Bud Luckey may not be as new a name as many would think. You seen that "10 Tiny Turtles" hand-drawn sequence featured in the earlier episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''? That's his animation. Now, his low, elderly, but comforting voice allows him to be a returning voice actor and employee of Pixar. It was he who decided that the "old toy" character in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' would be a cowboy doll and designed Woody's final look. He later [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator wrote, designed, storyboarded, composed, sang, and voiced]] ''Boundin''', a short inspired by his Montana upbringing and the myths that came with it. He also illustrated over 100 children's books.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' (In-development)

* OldShame:
** Andrew Stanton acted in the Series/AfterschoolSpecial ''Dear Diary: A Film About Female Puberty''. He tried to prevent Lee and Bob bringing it up during the DVD commentary of ''Nemo'', but they managed, much to his embarrassment.
** John Lasseter's attempt to keep 2D animation alive alongside CGI at Disney. Since the idea flopped, he's refused to speak of it.

John Lasseter calls him "the true unsung hero of animation", so Bud Luckey may not be as new a name as many would think. You seen that "10 Tiny Turtles" hand-drawn sequence featured in the earlier episodes of ''Series/SesameStreet''? That's his animation. Now, his low, elderly, but comforting voice allows him to be a returning voice actor and employee of Pixar. It was he who decided that the "old toy" character in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' would be a cowboy doll and designed Woody's final look. He later [[CopiouslyCreditedDirector wrote, designed, storyboarded, composed, sang, and voiced]] ''Boundin''', a short inspired by his Montana upbringing and the myths that came with it. He also illustrated over 100 children's books.

He also served as executive producer for both ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' and the recent ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' movie.

On November 21, 2017 -- a few months after [[Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany Harvey Weinstein]] and several other individuals were accused of sexual misconduct in Hollywood -- it came to light that Lasseter was responsible for sexual harassment with some of his employees, apparently kissing them and touching their legs. Lasseter has since apologized for his actions and took a leave of absence from the company.