Colin Brady is an

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and

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. He graduate of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), has worked as lead animator, animation director, supervising animator and co-director with animated film powerhouses Pixar and

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. His credits have included '' Toy Story'', '' Toy Story 2'', '' A Bug's Life'', '' Men in Black II'', '' Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'', and many others. A native of Wood Dale, Illinois, Brady graduated from Fenton High School in

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. He started studying mechanical engineering at

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but dropped out in favor of CalArts to pursue animation. After graduating Brady joined

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worked as animator on Binx the cat in '' Hocus Pocus''. He later joined Pixar and worked as animator on '' Toy Story'', '' A Bug's Life'' and '' Toy Story 2''. Brady directed on ''Toy Story 2'' from July '97 to Dec '99 when the film went from a DVD to theatrical release. Brady also directed on the "Toy Story Animated Storybook" and the ''Toy Story Activity Center''. On ''

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'' and ''

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'', Brady and his team pioneered the motion capture of attack dogs and even eight-month-old infants. On ''Lemony Snicket'', Brady helped develop an inexpensive system to reliably track facial motion. While working at Imagi Studios he was appointed as director for '' Astro Boy'' a part originally given to Eric Leighton the director of ''

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'', but was switched with '' David Bowers''. In addition, Brady was supervising animator on '' Men in Black II'' and ''

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Special Edition''. He then worked as director on ''The Legend of Santa Claus'' at Lumenas Animation Studios.The Legend of Santa Claus at Lumenas Studios
/ref> Brady supervised at Pixomondo for the " Terra Nova" TV series and on Martin Scorsese's "

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". Brady worked at Lightchaser Animation as an animation director for a few years before returning briefly to Pixomondo. In 2019, Brady signed on to help create AMGI Studios, a new animation studio focused on using innovative technology to create high quality animations in real time. Brady is currently the Chief Creative Officer of AMGI studios.

Filmography

*''The Legend of Santa Claus'' (2013 - Director: Lumenas) *'' The Lazarus Effect'' (2010 - Associate Producer:

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) *''Anime: Drawing a Revolution'' (2007 - Himself) *''

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'' (2007 - Additional Animation Supervisor: Imagi Studios) *'' Everyone's Hero'' (2006 - Director:

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) *'' Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004 - Animation Supervisor: ILM) *''The Making of 'Hulk (2003 - Himself) *''

'' (2003 - Animation Supervisor: ILM) *''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Celebration'' (2002 - Himself) *'' E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial'' (2002 - Animation Supervisor: 2002 special edition) *''

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'' (1999 - Animator: ILM) *'' Toy Story 2'' (1999 - Additional Story Material, New Characters Designer: Pixar) *'' A Bug's Life'' (1998 - Additional Animator: Pixar) *''Loose Tooth'' (1997 - Composer) *'' Toy Story'' (1995 - Animator: Pixar) *'' Hocus Pocus'' (1993 - Animator: Rhythm & Hues)

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