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
Story Supervisor
- Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
Story Artist
- WALL•E (2008)
- Cars 2 (2011)
- The Good Dinosaur (2015)
- Incredibles 2 (2018)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
Additional Story Artist
- Brave (2012)