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Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2
''Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2'' is a 2012 DVD and Blu-ray compilation of the Pixar animated short films following the 2007 '' Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1'' and the 1996 ''Tiny Toy Stories''. It features 12 shorts that were released from 2007 through 2012 and it includes some student films from Pixar's directors as bonus features. ''Volume 2'' was released on November 9, 2012, by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. It is followed by ''Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3'', which was released on November 9, 2018. Main shorts Bonus features The collection also includes student films by Pixar directors John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter: *''Nitemare'' *''Lady & the Lamp'' *''Somewhere in the Arctic'' *''A Story'' *''Winter'' *''Palm Springs'' *''Next Door'' Story plots for student shorts ;''Nitemare'' :This is one of John Lasseter's student films made for California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts). In it, a boy cannot go to sleep because he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, California, United States. Since 2006, Pixar has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is another studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Pixar started in 1979 as part of the Lucasfilm computer division, known as the Graphics Group, before its spin-off as a corporation in 1986, with funding from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who became its majority shareholder. Disney purchased Pixar in January 2006 at a valuation of $7.4+ billion by converting each share of Pixar stock to 2.3 shares of Disney stock. Pixar is best known for its feature films, technologically powered by RenderMan, the company's own implementation of the industry-standard RenderMan Interface Specification image-rendering API. The studio's mascot is Luxo Jr., a desk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Del Carmen
Ronnie del Carmen (born December 31, 1959) is a Filipino animation writer, director, story artist, story supervisor and production designer. He co-directed and was one of the story writers for the 2015 Pixar film '' Inside Out'', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was the story supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film, '' Up'' and directed its accompanying short film, '' Dug's Special Mission''. Early life and education Del Carmen was born in the city of Cavite in the Philippines.Janet R. Nepales“Spotlight on Filipino Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen and His Much-talked-about Pixar Film, ‘Inside Out’,”Golden Globes, May 2015. After high school, he worked as a painter on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film ''Apocalypse Now'', which was filming in the Philippines.Jeramie Noyer“Up: rising with Story Artist and Dug's Special Mission's Director Ronnie del Carmen!”Animated Views, November 26, 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Docter
Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001), '' Up'' (2009), '' Inside Out'' (2015), and ''Soul'' (2020), and as a key figure and collaborator at Pixar. He has been nominated for nine Oscars and has won three for Best Animated Feature—for ''Up'', ''Inside Out'' and ''Soul''—making him the first person in history to win the category three times. He has also been nominated for nine Annie Awards (winning six), a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award.Awards for Peter Docter Accessed J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Casarosa
Enrico Casarosa (born November 20, 1971) is an Italian-American storyboard artist, film director, and writer who works at Pixar. In 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated short film '' La Luna''. In 2022, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for ''Luca'' (2021). Early life Casarosa was born in Genoa, Italy, and moved to New York City in his twenties, to study animation at the School of Visual Arts and Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Career He then worked as a background designer and storyboard artist on various Disney Channel TV series, including '' 101 Dalmatians: The Series'' and ''PB&J Otter''. Before joining Pixar, Casarosa worked as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios on ''Ice Age''. In 2002, Casarosa joined Pixar, where he worked as a story artist on ''Cars'', ''Ratatouille'', '' Up'' and ''Cars 2''. In late 2004, Casarosa started a drawing marathon community called ''SketchCrawl'' and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Luna (2011 Film)
''La Luna'' (, Italian and Spanish for "''The Moon"'') is a 2011 American computer-animated short film, directed and written by Enrico Casarosa in his directorial debut. The short premiered on June 6, 2011 at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, and it was paired with Pixar's '' Brave'' for its theatrical release on June 22, 2012, being shown before the film's beginning. ''La Luna'' was released on November 13, 2012, on the ''Brave'' DVD and Blu-ray, and on a new '' Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2'', the second collection of Pixar's short films. ''La Luna'' was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards. Plot A young Italian boy, Bambino, goes on a midnight boat trip with his father Papà and grandfather Nonno in Genoa, Italy. After they anchor in the middle of the sea, Nonno presents Bambino with a cap similar to the ones he and Papà wear. The two men disagree on how Bambino should wear it, with Papà pulling it low over his eyes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Fry (film)
''Small Fry'' is a 2011 American computer animated short film written and directed by Angus MacLane. It was shown in theaters with ''The Muppets'' on November 23, 2011. ''Small Fry'' is the second short in the ''Toy Story Toons'' series, based on the characters from the ''Toy Story'' feature films. The short involves Buzz getting trapped at a fast food restaurant, where there is a support group for discarded kids' meal toys from over the years, with a kids' meal toy version of Buzz taking his place. Plot One night at fast-food chicken restaurant Poultry Palace, Bonnie is disappointed to receive a Zurg belt buckle as her kids' meal toy, as the restaurant ran out of Mini Buzz Lightyear toys. In a nearby display cabinet, a Mini Buzz Lightyear complains to a Mini Zurg that they will never be played with, but Mini Zurg prefers to stay. After eating dinner, Bonnie goes to play in the ball pit with Rex and Buzz Lightyear, whom she brought along. Seizing a chance to be played with, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering. Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer. In addition, he directed ''Toy Story'' (1995), ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''Cars'' (2006), and '' Cars 2'' (2011). From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cars Toons
''Cars Toons'' is a television series of American computer-animated short films produced by Pixar. It features the main characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Pixar's ''Cars'' franchise non-canonically in the original plot. Larry the Cable Guy reprises his role as Mater while Keith Ferguson replaces Owen Wilson as the voice of Lightning McQueen until ''The Radiator Springs 500 ½'', when Wilson reprises his role. The series premiered on October 27, 2008 on both Disney Channel, Toon Disney and ABC Family. Not exclusive to television, the shorts were also released on home media and/or as theatrical shorts. The series ended on May 20, 2014 with ''The Radiator Springs 500 ½'' being the final short to be made. Premise ''Mater's Tall Tales'' All ''Cars Toons'' in ''Mater's Tall Tales'' follow a shared formula: Each episode opens with Mater popping out of his garage door and declaring, "If I'm lyin', I'm cryin'!" (or a variation thereof as seen on the home media and televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Rydstrom
Gary Roger Rydstrom (born June 29, 1959) is an American sound designer and film director. He has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards for his work in sound for movies, winning 7. Life and career Rydstrom was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981.Notable Alumni , USC School of Cinematic Arts, ''Accessed August 10, 2008. He began his career at , Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, he received the opportunity to work with his mentor, ''Star Wars'' sound designer . After gaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaiian Vacation
''Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation'' is a 2011 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Gary Rydstrom. The first entry in the ''Toy Story Toons'' series, the short features characters from the ''Toy Story'' films and takes place after the events of ''Toy Story 3''. It premiered in theaters with Pixar's ''Cars 2'', and was included on the film's home video release. Plot It is Bonnie's winter break from school, and she is going on vacation to Hawaii with her family. The toys are excited to have a week of relaxation, but Ken and Barbie reveal themselves to have stowed away in Bonnie's backpack, hoping to join her in Hawaii. Bonnie leaves them in her room, however, much to Ken's horror and disappointment when he realizes they are not going to Hawaii. Barbie reveals to Woody that Ken planned to have their first kiss on a beach at sunset (based on a travel brochure), first having Mr Potato Head question that they haven't kissed yet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Newton
Teddy Newton (born March 3, 1964) is an artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked as a storyboard artist for ''2 Stupid Dogs'', ''The Iron Giant'', and '' Dexter's Laboratory''. Newton co-wrote ''Jack-Jack Attack'' as well as did the voices of multiple characters in movies such as ''The Incredibles'', ''Ratatouille'', ''WALL-E'', '' Up'', as Chatter Telephone in ''Toy Story 3'', and as Mini Buzz in '' Toy Story Toons: Small Fry''. His directorial debut was in '' Day & Night'' which he was nominated at Oscars for Best Animated Short Film. By November 2012, Newton was directing a Pixar feature film, with Derek Connolly writing the screenplay. No further updates have been surfaced. In 2018, it was announced that Newton would direct ''Sneaks''. In 2019, it was announced that Newton will create the story for and co-direct with Mark Dindal the Funko film for Warner Animation Group. In February 2021, Newton was confirmed to write the screenplay for it, in addition to his stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day & Night (2010 Film)
''Day & Night'' is a 2010 American animated short film written and directed by Teddy Newton in his directorial debut and produced by Pixar. It was shown in theaters before ''Toy Story 3''. and has been released to purchase on iTunes in the United States. Unlike most other Pixar shorts, the animation style combines 2D and 3D elements, and '' Up'' production designer Don Shank says it is "unlike anything Pixar has produced before". Plot ''Day & Night'' follows two characters, Day and Night. Inside Day is a day scene with a sun in the center, and inside Night is a night scene with a moon in the center. Whatever goes on inside of Day or Night expresses normal events that typically occur within a day or night, respectively, and these events often correspond with actions or emotions that Day or Night express or receive. For example, when Day is happy he will have a rainbow inside him, and when Night is happy he will have fireworks inside him. Day and Night meet and at first, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
