Angus MacLane (born April 13, 1975; age 49) was a Pixar employee. Starting as an animator and story artist, he progressed to directing the short films BURN-E and Small Fry, the TV special Toy Story OF TERROR!, and the film Lightyear. MacLane grew up in Portland, Oregon.[1] He is a LEGO hobbyist and has built and posted online many models,[2] including his CubeDudes and LEGO renditions of several Pixar characters. On February 5, 2015, LEGO Ideas (a subdivision of LEGO that turns fan-built models into official LEGO products) announced that they had chosen his model of WALL•E to be a future official set.[3]
MacLane was included among 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company on May 23, 2023.[4]
Filmography[]
- Geri's Game (1997): animator
- A Bug's Life (1998): additional animator
- Toy Story 2 (1999): animator
- For the Birds (2000): animator
- Monsters, Inc. (2001): story artist / animation character developer / animator
- Finding Nemo (2003): animator
- The Incredibles (2004): animation character developer / animator
- One Man Band (2005): supervising animator
- Cars (2006): additional animator
- Ratatouille (2007): additional animator
- WALL•E (2008): story artist / production artist / directing animator
- BURN-E (2008): director / story artist / voice of BURN-E
- Up (2009): animator
- Toy Story 3 (2010): animator / animation character developer
- Hawaiian Vacation (2011): supervising animator / voice of Captain Zip
- Small Fry (2011): director / writer / voice of T-Bone, Super Pirate, Funky Monk, and Gary Grappling Hook
- Toy Story OF TERROR! (2013): director / writer / voice of Officer Wilson
- Finding Dory (2016): co-director / additional story material / voice of Sunfish "Charlie Back and Forth" / additional voice
- Lightyear (2022) director / storywriter / screenwriter / voice of E.R.I.C., D.E.R.I.C., and Zyclops