Non-Pixar Works Associated with Pixar Staff

A list of non-Pixar works that include films, TV series, music videos, and video games that Pixar employees (past and present) have worked on.

Films[]

Young Sherlock Holmes[]

Young Sherlock Holmes (also known with the title card name of Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear) is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film depicts a young Sherlock Holmes and John Watson meeting and solving a mystery together at a boarding school.

The film is notable for including the first fully computer-generated photorealistic animated character, a knight composed of elements from a stained glass window. This effect was the first CG character to be scanned and painted directly onto film using a RGB laser. The effect was created by Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Division. The department was led by Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull and included other notable Pixarians such as William Reeves, Alvy Ray Smith, Eben F. Ostby (who created the digital model) and John Lasseter (who animated the character). The effect was a historical landmark in special effects history; the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1986 and influenced other future CGI films such as Pixar's Toy Story.

The Brave Little Toaster[]

The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 animated adventure film adapted from the 1980 novel of the same name by Thomas Disch. The film was directed by Jerry Rees and released by Walt Disney Pictures (though it was already an independent animated film). The story focuses on five appliances, a toaster, a desk lamp, an electric blanket, a vacuum tube radio, and a vacuum cleaner who go on a quest to search for their original owner. Jerry Rees, a crew member on two previous Disney films, The Fox and the Hound and TRON, and a friend of John Lasseter, was chosen to direct the film, and was also a writer on the screenplay along with Joe Ranft.

After John Lasseter and Glen Keane had finished a short 2D/3D test film based on the book Where the Wild Things Are, Lasseter and Thomas L. Wilhite decided they wanted to make a whole feature this way. The story they chose was The Brave Little Toaster, but in their enthusiasm, they ran into issues pitching the idea to two high level Disney executives, animation administrator Ed Hansen, and head of Disney studios Ron W. Miller. During Lasseter and Wilhite's pitch, the film was rejected due to the costs of having traditionally animated characters inside expensive computer-generated backgrounds. A few minutes after the meeting, Lasseter received a phone call from Hansen and was asked to come down to his office, where Lasseter was told that his job had been terminated. The development was then transferred to the new Hyperion Pictures, the creation of former Disney employees Wilhite and Willard Carroll, who took the production along with them.

The film later spawned two sequels, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue.

FernGully: The Last Rainforest[]

FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a 1992 animated musical fantasy film directed by Bill Kroyer in his feature directorial debut. Scripted by Jim Cox and adapted from the "FernGully" stories by Diana Young, the film is an Australian and American venture produced by Kroyer Films, Inc., Youngheart Productions, FAI Films, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It stars the voices of Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward, Robin Williams, and Grace Zabriskie.

Before joining Disney and Pixar, the late Ralph Eggleston worked on this film as art director and animator.

The Iron Giant[]

The Iron Giant is an animated film directed by Brad Bird, released on August 6, 1999. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it is based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Bird struggled with production during the 1990s, even enlisting the aid of a group of students from CalArts. It stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, and Eli Marienthal.

The film tells the story of Hogarth, a lonely boy who, during the height of the Cold War (1957), discovers a giant iron man who fell from space. Hogarth, with the help of a beatnik named Dean, has to stop the U.S. military from finding and destroying the Giant.

Osmosis Jones[]

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 American live-action/animated action comedy film written by Marc Hyman. Combining live-action sequences directed by the Farrelly brothers and animation directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito. It follows the title character, an anthropomorphic white blood cell, as he teams up with a cold pill to protect his unhealthy human host from a villainous virus.

Before joining Pixar, Peter Sohn worked as an animator for this film on the animated scenes.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol[]

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is an action film, released on December 21, 2011. The film, the fourth in the Mission: Impossible series, is directed by Brad Bird, with Michael Giacchino as the composer. The film is the first live-action film directed by Bird. It stars Tom Cruise, who reprises his role of IMF Agent Ethan Hunt. When a terrorist bombing destroys the Moscow Kremlin, the U.S. government initiates a Black Ops "Ghost Protocol" and disavows the entire Impossible Mission Force. Ethan Hunt and his team are blamed for the attack, but are allowed to escape as part of a plan to enable them to operate in the dark, outside of their agency. However, Hunt is warned that if any member of his team is captured during their mission, they will be charged as terrorists planning to incite global nuclear war.

John Carter[]

John Carter, previously titled John Carter of Mars, is a sci-fi fantasy film, released on March 9, 2012. The film is directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton and produced by Lindsey Collins and Jim Morris. Mark Andrews is another co-writer of the film. The film stars Taylor Kitsch as John Carter. Michael Giacchino is the composer for the film's score.

The film is largely based on A Princess of Mars, the first story to feature John Carter by American author Edgar Rice Burroughs. John Carter is an American Civil War veteran who is miraculously transported to Mars, known to its inhabitants as Barsoom. Formerly an Earthlike world, after its oceans evaporated and its atmosphere thinned, Barsoom's inhabitants became hardened and warlike, constantly fighting one another to survive. With his superior strength and fighting ability, Carter ultimately enlists the Green Martians' assistance in winning a civil war to save Mars.

Tomorrowland[]

Tomorrowland is a live-action science-fiction Disney film directed, co-produced and co-written by Brad Bird. Music for the film was composed by Michael Giacchino, with John Walker as the executive producer. The film was originally titled 1952 before Bird came on board to direct. Tomorrowland was released on May 22, 2015 and stars George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy and Hugh Laurie.

Pixar created a short sequence for the film, which detailed the story of Plus Ultra (the organization at the origin of Tomorrowland in the film). However, the scene was cut from the final film, although it was released on the web as a promotional video.^[1]

Transformers One[]

Transformers One is an animated film directed by Josh Cooley. Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi and Jon Hamm star as B-127/Bumblebee, Starscream and Sentinel Prime respectively.

Based on Hasbro's Transformers toyline and the eight overall installment in Paramount's film series. The film is an origin story set on the planet Cybertron centering around the history of the Transformers race, and the relationship between two workers named Orion Pax and D-16, going from brothers-in-arms to archenemies as Optimus Prime and Megatron.

TV Series[]

Sesame Street[]

Sesame Street is a children's edutainment series created by the Jim Henson Company. Pixar did several shorts for this show, based on Luxo Jr.

Megas XLR[]

Megas XLR is an American animated television series created by Jody Schaffer and George Krisitc for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and a spoof to the mecha anime.

Before joining Pixar, Kelsey Mann worked as an storyboard artist and a season 2 director for this TV series.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends[]

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as the network's first show animated primarily with Adobe Flash, which was done both by Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank and in Ireland by Boulder Media. Set in a world in which imaginary friends coexist with humans, the series centers on Mac, an eight-year-old boy who is pressured by his mother to abandon his imaginary friend Bloo. After the duo discover an orphanage dedicated to housing abandoned imaginary friends, Bloo moves into the home and is kept from adoption as long as Mac visits him every day. The episodes revolve around Mac and Bloo as they interact with other imaginary friends and house staff and live out their day-to-day adventures, often getting caught up in various predicaments.

Kelsey Mann worked as an storyboard artist for this TV series.

Wander Over Yonder[]

Wander Over Yonder is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD. Created by Craig McCracken, it follows the adventures of the optimistic Wander, who travels across the galaxy to help the inhabitants of various planets live freely despite the intentions of Lord Hater to rule the universe. The series premiered on Disney Channel on August 16, 2013. New episodes were moved during its first season to Disney XD on March 31, 2014, while episodes still did air on Disney Channel until October 4, 2014. The series ran for two seasons with the final episode airing June 27, 2016.

Before joining Pixar, Domee Shi worked as an animator for this TV series.

We Bare Bears[]

We Bare Bears is an American animated series created by Daniel Chong for Cartoon Network. The show follows three bear brothers, named Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear, and their awkward attempts at integrating with the human world in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bobby Moynihan, Patton Oswalt and Jason Lee were involved in the voice roles of Panda, Nom Nom and Charlie respectively.

Manny Hernandez was the show's director while Madeline Sharafian wrote 20 episodes before joining Pixar. Trevor Jimenez and McKenna Harris were also involved as creative consultant and character designer on it.

Employees[]

John Lasseter[]

THX: Tex (1996): Animator of Tex
THX: Tex 2 - Moo Can (2000): Animator of Tex
THX: Tex 3 - Action (2006): Animator of Tex
Luck (2022): Producer
Spellbound (2024): Producer

Mark Andrews[]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994): Animator
Loose Tooth (1997): Animation story developer
Quest for Camelot (1998): Storyboard artist
The Iron Giant (1999): Workbook designer, Storyboard artist
Osmosis Jones (2001): Head of story, Head storyboard artist
Spider-Man (2002): Storyboard artist
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003): Writer
Violet (2007): Director
TRACY (2009): Pitchman #1
The Quest (2010): Co-Writer
John Carter (2012): Writer, Second unit director

Brad Bird[]

Animalympics (1980): Animator
The Fox and the Hound (1981): Animation Producer
The Plague Dogs (1982): Animator
Family Dog (1987): Creator, Director, Writer, Co-Producer
*batteries not included (1987): Co-Writer
The Simpsons (1989): Director: "Krusty Gets Busted," Co-Director: "Like Father, Like Clown." Executive Consultant: Seasons 1-8, helped develop the series from one-minute shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show into a series of half-hour programs.
"Do the Bartman" music video (1990): Director
Rugrats: Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing (1990): Animator
The Critic (1994): Executive Consultant
King of the Hill (1997): Executive Consultant, Storyboard Artist
The Iron Giant (1999): Director, Writer
Assassination Vacation (2005): Voices of Charles Guiteau and Emma Goldman
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011): Director
Tomorrowland (2015): Director, Writer, Producer
Jurassic World (2015): Voice of the park's monorail announcer

Lou Romano[]

Whoopass Stew! (1992): Voices of the Amoeba Boys
The Pagemaster (1994): Effects Assistant
Dexter's Laboratory (1996): Storyboard Artist
Cats Don't Dance (1997): Effects Assistant
The Powerpuff Girls (1998): Background Color Designer, Storyboard Artist
The Iron Giant (1999): Visual Development
Herd (1999): Bible Boy #1
The Trouble with Lou (2001): Lou/Ciro Romano
Monkeybone (2001): Cop/Psychiatrist
Boys Night Out (2003): Voice

David Silverman[]

Mister T (1983): Animator
Turbo Teen (1984): Animator
The Tracey Ullman Show (1987): Animated the original The Simpsons shorts
The Simpsons (1989): Producer, Consulting Producer, Director of 20+ episodes, Animator, Animated the original The Tracy Ullman Show shorts
Rugrats Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing (1990): Animator
Klutter! (1995): Co-Creator
The Road To El Dorado (2000): Additional Sequence Director
The Simpsons Movie (2007): Director, Writer

Andrew Stanton[]

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987): Animator
2 Stupid Dogs (1993): Storyboard Artist
John Carter (2012): Director, Writer
Stranger Things 2 (2017): Director: “Dig Dug”, “The Spy”
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018): Narrative Guru

Doug Sweetland[]

Storks (2016): Director

Jimmy Hayward[]

Horton Hears a Who! (2008): Director
Free Birds (2013): Director

Tia Wallace Kratter[]

TRON (1982): Background Artist

Brian Kalin O'Connell[]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2020):
- The Movie (2008): Sequence Director
- Shadow of Malevolence (2008): Director
- Destroy Malevolence (2008): Director
- Trepass (2009): Director
- Storm Over Ryloth (2009): Director
- Children of the Force (2009): Director
- Landing at Point Rain (2009): Director
- Voyage of Temptation (2010): Director
- Duchess of Mandalore (2010): Director
- Senate Murders (2010): Director
- Supply Lines (2010): Director
- Evil Plans (2010): Director
- Altar of Mortis (2011): Director
- Counter Attack (2011): Director
- Gungan Attack (2011): Director
- Shadow Warrior (2011): Director
- Slaves of the Republic (2011): Director
- The Box (2012): Director
- Revenge (2012): Director
- Bound for Rescue (2012): Director
- The Lawless (2013): Director
- Sabotage (2013): Director
- Conspiracy (2014): Director
- An Old Friend (2014): Director
- The Lost One (2014): Director
- Unfinished Business (2020): Director
- Together Again (2020): 3D Story Artist