| 1 | If you look in the credits of several {{Creator/Disney}}-{{Creator/Pixar}} films, 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 [[AllCGICartoon CGI films]] ever made. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !!Directors and Writers |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:John Lasseter]] |
| 8 | See Creator/JohnLasseter. |
| 9 | [[/folder]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Andrew Stanton]] |
| 12 | See Creator/AndrewStanton. |
| 13 | [[/folder]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[folder:Pete Docter]] |
| 16 | !!Creator/PeteDocter |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Pete Docter is perhaps the most reliable and well-established name in all of Pixar. Having stuck around since the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', he has directed four feature-length films, all of which were critical and commercial triumphs. When John Lasseter left Pixar, Docter was selected as his successor for the position of Chief Creative Officer. Docter also worked on the story team for the first two ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films and ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. He was also picked by Lasseter to take care of the English dub of ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' while Lasseter was busy working on ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''. Somewhat notorious amongst the staff for creating some of the studio's broadest and, as a result, most difficult concepts to realize. His movies are also some of the most personal, with growing up with his daughter providing the direct inspiration for his first three films. |
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| 20 | |
| 21 | !!!Shorts and features he's directed/written: |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (screenwriter, 1995) |
| 23 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' (screenwriter, 1999) |
| 24 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (director, 2001) |
| 25 | * ''WesternAnimation/MikesNewCar'' (director, 2002) |
| 26 | * ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (screenwriter, 2008) |
| 27 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' (director, 2009) |
| 28 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' (director, 2015) |
| 29 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' (director, 2020) |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Brad Bird]] |
| 33 | !!Creator/BradBird |
| 34 | |
| 35 | One of Lasseter's old friends at Cal Arts, where they were in the same character animation class in Room A113. A latecomer to Pixar, Bird already had some directing experience before coming on board. His most notable pre-Creator/{{Pixar}} works are the "Family Dog" episode of ''Series/AmazingStories'' and the 1999 Warner Bros film ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant''. He also worked on ''Literature/ThePlagueDogs'' (1982), a dark and gritty British animated film based on the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown''; co-wrote Creator/StevenSpielberg's ''Film/BatteriesNotIncluded''; and directed two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (both centered around Krusty the Clown), as well as the music video for ''Do the Bartman''. |
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| 37 | After the financial failure of ''Giant'', Bird moved on to Creator/{{Pixar}}, where he pitched a little idea he had for a feature film about superheroes. ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' became a huge hit, and [[Creator/BradBird Brad]] was later asked to take over the then-in-production film ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' after the original director, Jan Pinkava, was unable to bring it to a satisfying conclusion. While ''Ratatouille'' wasn't as big a financial success, it still did very well at the box office and with the critics. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | 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 ''The Incredibles''. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | 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. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | He has also famously threatened in the DVDCommentary for ''The Incredibles'' [[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. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !!!Shorts and features he's directed: |
| 46 | * ''Series/AmazingStories'': "Family Dog" episode (1987) |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' (1999) |
| 48 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' (2004) |
| 49 | * ''WesternAnimation/JackJackAttack'' (2005) |
| 50 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' (2007) |
| 51 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' (2011) |
| 52 | * ''Film/{{Tomorrowland}}'' (2015) |
| 53 | * ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' (2018) |
| 54 | [[/folder]] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | [[folder:Lee Unkrich]] |
| 57 | !!Creator/LeeUnkrich |
| 58 | |
| 59 | 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. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Oh, and he really likes monkeys. And ''Film/TheShining'', imagine that. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | On February 2019, he stepped down from Pixar, stating he wanted to focus more of his time on his family. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | !!!Films he's directed: |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' (co-director, 1999) |
| 67 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (co-director, 2001) |
| 68 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (co-director, 2003) |
| 69 | * ''Toy Story 3'' (2010) |
| 70 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' (director, 2017) |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Gary Rydstrom]] |
| 74 | !!Creator/GaryRydstrom |
| 75 | |
| 76 | 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/ToyStory1'' 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/ToyStoryToons 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. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | !!!Shorts and features he's directed: |
| 79 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lifted}}'' (2006) |
| 80 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryToons: Hawaiian Vacation'' (2011) |
| 81 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' (2015) |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Joe Ranft]] |
| 85 | !!Creator/JoeRanft |
| 86 | |
| 87 | 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 ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''. 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'', Claws Ward in ''Monsters Inc'', and Jacques the shrimp in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. He was later made co-director of ''WesternAnimation/Cars1''. |
| 88 | |
| 89 | Sadly, Joe Ranft died in a car crash in August of 2005 and those who knew him were struck hard. Both ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' and ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' (which he helped produce) are dedicated to his memory. Henry Selick put his caricature into the design of one of the Ranft brother characters, moving furniture, in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''. He was later paid tribute to in ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' where he is listed as one of the great minds of history who attempted to mentor 22. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | !!!Films he wrote/directed: |
| 92 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' (screenwriter, 1987) |
| 93 | * ''WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany'' (story, 1988) |
| 94 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' (story, 1989) |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' (screenwriter, 1990) |
| 96 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (story, 1991) |
| 97 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' (story, 1993) |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' (story, 1994) |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (story, 1995) |
| 100 | * ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' (story, 1996) |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' (story, 1998) |
| 102 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' (story, 1999) |
| 103 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia 2000}}'' (story, 2000) |
| 104 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (story, 2001) |
| 105 | * ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' (writer/co-director, 2006) |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Bob Peterson]] |
| 109 | !!Creator/BobPeterson |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Bob Peterson has mainly worked on storyboards and scripts for Pixar. Originally an animator on ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', 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/MonstersInc1'', Mr. Ray in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and Dug in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | He was to make his directorial 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/Cars2 their]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} last]] [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity three]]. He would later make a proper directorial debut by directing all ten shorts in the ''WesternAnimation/ForkyAsksAQuestion'' series. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | !!!Films he's written/directed: |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' (story, 1998) |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' (story, 1999) |
| 118 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (co-writer, 2003) |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' (story, 2007) |
| 120 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' (co-director, 2009) |
| 121 | * ''WesternAnimation/ForkyAsksAQuestion'' (director, 2019-2020) |
| 122 | * ''WesternAnimation/DugDays'' (director, 2021) |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Mark Andrews]] |
| 126 | !!Creator/MarkAndrews |
| 127 | |
| 128 | !!!Films he's directed: |
| 129 | * ''WesternAnimation/OneManBand'' (2006) |
| 130 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' (2012) |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
| 132 | |
| 133 | [[folder:Brenda Chapman]] |
| 134 | !!Creator/BrendaChapman |
| 135 | |
| 136 | Originally at Disney, she joined [=DreamWorks=] when former studio chief Jeff Katzenberg started the firm up and directed ''The Prince Of Egypt''. She became disenchanted with DWA and jumped to Pixar as a creative team member and director of ''Brave''. Sadly, a bout of ExecutiveMeddling regarding that movie led to her transferring to [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] and then back to Katzenberg and [=DreamWorks=] when Disney purchased ILM as part of their Lucasfilm package. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | !!!Films she wrote/directed: |
| 139 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' (story, 1991) |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' (story supervisor, 1994) |
| 141 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' (director, 1998) [[note]] This is actually a 2D Creator/DreamWorksAnimation film [[/note]] |
| 142 | * ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'' (story, 1999) |
| 143 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' (director, 2012) |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[folder:Dan Scanlon]] |
| 147 | !!Creator/DanScanlon |
| 148 | |
| 149 | !!!Films he's directed: |
| 150 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts Mater and the Ghostlight]]'' (co-director, 2006) |
| 151 | * ''{{Tracy}}'' (2009) (Amateur mockumentary, available through his [[http://www.funnyordie.com/dscanlon Funny Or Die]] account) |
| 152 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' (director, 2013) |
| 153 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' (director, 2020) |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Peter Sohn]] |
| 157 | !!Creator/PeterSohn |
| 158 | |
| 159 | !!!Films he's directed: |
| 160 | * ''WesternAnimation/PartlyCloudy'' (2009) |
| 161 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' (2015) |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Elemental|2023}}'' (2023) |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | [[folder:Josh Cooley]] |
| 166 | !!Josh Cooley |
| 167 | |
| 168 | Joshua Cooley started as a storyboard artist on ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and several other Pixar films, both feature-length and short. He made his feature directorial debut with ''Toy Story 4''. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | !!!Films he's directed: |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/RileysFirstDate'' (2015) |
| 172 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' (2019) |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Domee Shi]] |
| 176 | !!Domee Shi |
| 177 | |
| 178 | Starting as a storyboard artist on ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', Domee Shi is often seen as the face of the next generation of Pixar talent. This is in large part because she is the first woman to direct a Pixar short film and the first woman to direct a Pixar feature[[note]]The mid-production firing of Brenda Chapman from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' makes that a less clear-cut case.[[/note]]. She made her feature directorial debut with ''Turning Red''. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | !!!Films she's directed: |
| 181 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bao}}'' (2018) |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' (2022) |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | !!Composers |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Randy Newman]] |
| 188 | !!Music/RandyNewman |
| 189 | |
| 190 | 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 nine Creator/{{Pixar}} {{film}}s, and he can thank the studio - or, more specifically, ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' - 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''. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | !!!Pixar shorts and features he's written and performed music for: |
| 193 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' (1995) |
| 194 | * ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' (1998) |
| 195 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' (1999) |
| 196 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (2001) |
| 197 | * ''WesternAnimation/MikesNewCar'' (2002) |
| 198 | * ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' (2006) |
| 199 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' (2010) |
| 200 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' (2013) |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'' (2017) |
| 202 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'' (2019) |
| 203 | [[/folder]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | [[folder:Thomas Newman]] |
| 206 | !!Music/ThomasNewman |
| 207 | |
| 208 | Like his cousin, Randy, Thomas Newman already had experience as a composer before he was hired by Creator/{{Pixar}}. He was first hired to write the score for ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', which he got an Oscar nod for. Perhaps not so coincidentally, his second work for Pixar was another Andrew Stanton film, ''WesternAnimation/WallE''. |
| 209 | |
| 210 | !!!Pixar features he's written music for: |
| 211 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) |
| 212 | * ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' (2008) |
| 213 | * ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' (2016) |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Michael Giacchino]] |
| 217 | !!Creator/MichaelGiacchino |
| 218 | |
| 219 | Michael Giacchino was a fairly unknown composer for video games and TV shows when Brad Bird asked him to do the score for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. The jazzy, James Bond-esque score won him two Grammy nominations, and his later score for ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' got him his first Oscar nomination. ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' won Best Original Score. Even as he gets more work in feature film scores, he's still writing music for Pixar films and shorts. |
| 220 | |
| 221 | !!!Pixar features and shorts he's written music for: |
| 222 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' (2004) |
| 223 | * ''WesternAnimation/OneManBand'' (2005) |
| 224 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lifted}}'' (2006) |
| 225 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'' (2007) |
| 226 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' (2009) |
| 227 | * ''WesternAnimation/PartlyCloudy'' (2009) |
| 228 | * ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' (2011) |
| 229 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' (2015) |
| 230 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' (2017) |
| 231 | * ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' (2018) |
| 232 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' (2022) |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | !!Voice Actors |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:JohnRatzenberger]] |
| 238 | !!Creator/JohnRatzenberger |
| 239 | |
| 240 | ->"Wait a minute here, they're just using the same actor over and over! What kind of cut-rate production is this?" |
| 241 | -->--'''Mack''', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' |
| 242 | |
| 243 | 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 up to ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}''[[note]] where there's a nonspeaking background character with his likeness[[/note]]. Known by older audiences as Cliff the mailman from ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', it was this role that lead to him being cast for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''. 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''. |
| 244 | |
| 245 | !!!The characters he's voiced include: |
| 246 | * Hamm, the piggy bank (the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films) |
| 247 | * P.T. Flea (''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'') |
| 248 | * The Abominable Snowman (''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'') |
| 249 | * The school of Moonfish (''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'') |
| 250 | * The Underminer (''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'') |
| 251 | * Mack (the ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' films) |
| 252 | * Mustafa, the waiter at Gusteau's (''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'') |
| 253 | * [[TheDanza John]] (''WesternAnimation/WallE'') |
| 254 | * Tom, the Foreman of the construction work around Carl's house (''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'') |
| 255 | * Gordon, the Guard (''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'') |
| 256 | * Fritz, the Brain Worker (''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'') |
| 257 | * Earl, the Velociraptor (''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'') |
| 258 | * Bill, the Crab (''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'') |
| 259 | * Juan Ortodoncia (''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'') |
| 260 | * Construction Worker Fenwick (''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'') |
| 261 | * [[AsHimself Non-speaking cameo]] (''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'') |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | !!Behind the Scenes |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Edwin Catmull]] |
| 267 | !!Creator/EdwinCatmull |
| 268 | |
| 269 | Ed Catmull was recruited by Creator/GeorgeLucas in 1979 to head up a group to bring computer graphics and digital editing to film. There, he developed digital image compositing technology for blending multiple images and computer-graphics algorithms such as the Catmull-Rom spline and the Catmull–Clark subdivision surface. When Steve Jobs bought Lucasarts' digital division and founded Pixar, Catmull was appointed Chief Technical Officer, where he was a key developer of Pixar's [=RenderMan=] film rendering system. |
| 270 | |
| 271 | Ed currently serves as president of both Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Steve Jobs]] |
| 275 | !!Creator/SteveJobs |
| 276 | |
| 277 | After he was fired from Creator/{{Apple}} and founded [=NeXT=], Steve Jobs bought Pixar off of [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucasfilm]] in 1986 for $10 million, largely on the strength of John Lasseter's belief in the future of computer animation. Jobs continued to pour money into Pixar even as it failed to profit as a medical imaging software company, and allowed it to find its footing producing computer-animated commercials. Jobs' tenacity was ultimately vindicated by the subsequent success of Pixar, and he was the largest shareholder in both Disney and Pixar, with 7% of the shares. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | WordOfGod is that Steve Jobs was fairly hands-on during the production of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', holding daily reviews and making suggestions to John Lasseter, which resulted in Jobs being credited as "Producer". After ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', 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. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | Sadly, Steve Jobs passed away in 2011 of pancreatic cancer. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Darla K. Anderson]] |
| 285 | !!Creator/DarlaKAnderson |
| 286 | |
| 287 | Producer of ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', and several WesternAnimation/PixarShorts, Darla has also received special thanks for her involvement with almost every other Pixar project, starting from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' 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. |
| 288 | |
| 289 | Recently appeared in a [[TearJerker tear-jerkingly]], awesomely 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. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Bud Luckey]] |
| 293 | !!Creator/BudLuckey |
| 294 | |
| 295 | John Lasseter called 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 made him 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. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | !!!Disney/Pixar shorts and features he's written and performed music for: |
| 298 | * Character designer on all Pixar films until his death in 2018. |
| 299 | * Produced and directed the short "{{WesternAnimation/Boundin}}" (2003). |
| 300 | * Voice of Rick Dicker in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' (2004) and the short "Jack Jack Attack" (2005). |
| 301 | * Voice of Chuckles the clown doll in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' (2010). |
| 302 | * Voice of Eeyore in ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011''. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
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