People[]
- Ed Catmull leaves NYIT to lead the new Computer Division at Lucasfilm, July
- John Lasseter is hired as an animator at The Walt Disney Company
Births[]
- Cristela Alonzo, the voice of Cruz Ramirez in Cars 3, January 6
- Jordan Peele, the voice of Bunny in Toy Story 4, February 21
- Josh Cooley, May 23
- Chris Pratt, the voice of Barley Lightfoot in Onward, June 21
- Mindy Kaling, the voice of Disgust in Inside Out, June 24
- John Krasinski, the voice of Frank McCay in Monsters University, October 20
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