Derek Thompson is a story artist at Pixar. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972, and was hired in January 2005 to work on WALL•E[1]. He received his BFA in Illustration from Otis Parsons Art Institute. His first job was with Dark Horse Comics. Other jobs include working on video games for Rhythm & Hues and doing storyboards on Star Wars: Episode III for Skywalker Ranch[2].
Filmography[]
- WALL•E (2008): story artist
- Mater's Tall Tales (2008-2012):
- Unidentified Flying Mater (2009): story artist
- Monster Truck Mater (2010): story artist
- Heavy Metal Mater (2010): story artist
- BURN•E (2008): story artist
- Cars 2 (2011): story artist
- Brave (2012): additional story artist
- Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014): story supervisor
- The Good Dinosaur (2015): story artist
- Incredibles 2 (2018): story artist
- Smash and Grab (2019): story trust
- Toy Story 4 (2019): story artist
- Lightyear (2022): story artist
- Elio (2024): story artist