Patrick Osborne is an American animator, screenwriter and film director. He won the

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for his 2014 film ''

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''.

Early life and education

Osborne grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of Green Township, went to the

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for grade school, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1999. He earned a degree in computer animation from the

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in 2003.

Career

Osborne's directorial debut was the short film ''

'' (2014), about a Boston Terrier who loves getting fed junk food. The short was produced by

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and premiered in front of '' Big Hero 6'' (2014) in theaters. It won the

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for

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in 2015. Osborne had previously worked as an animator on films such as ''

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'' (2012) and '' Bolt'' (2008). He directed ''Pearl'' for Google's Spotlight Stories, a short film about the relationship between a father and his daughter. The film is set entirely in a car and shows the decay of the car and the structure of the film reflects the song which plays throughout it. It uses cuts, which were previously unexplored, and over forty sets, which is more than any other of the Google Spotlight shorts. For his work on the film, Osborne was again nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2017. Osborne served as animation director for the

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comedy series ''

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'' (which he co-created alongside '' The Goldbergs'' creator Adam F. Goldberg) until it was cancelled in 2017. He is directing Paul Popue's graphic novel ''Battling Boy''. Osborne has been selected by Paramount Pictures and Weed Road to direct a film version of the video game '' Monument Valley'', originally developed by

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in 2015. In July 2022, it was announced that Osborne would direct an adaption of ''

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'' for

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Filmography

*''

'' (2014) – writer, director (short film) *''

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'' (2016) – writer, director (short film) *''

'' (2017) – co-creator, executive producer, animation director (TV series) *''Drawn Closer'' (2021) – co-writer, director (short film) *'' Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles'' (2021) – co-director (featurette, concert film with animated sequences)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Patrick American animators American animated film directors American animated film producers Annie Award winners Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Walt Disney Animation Studios people St. Xavier High School (Ohio) alumni Ringling College of Art and Design alumni