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animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...
short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Beginning with Pixar's second film ''
A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Sta ...
'', almost all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created original short film, known as a "short." Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase Pixar's technology or cinematic capabilities, or on commission for clients. Pixar began producing shorts in the 1980s. The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, when John Lasseter was the only professional
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in the company's small animation department. Starting with ''
Geri's Game ''Geri's Game'' is a 1997 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. The short, which shows a senior named Geri who competes with himself in a game of chess, was Pixar's first film to feature ...
'', after Pixar had converted into an
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, all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget. In 1991, Pixar made four CGI shorts produced for the educational TV series ''
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''. The shorts illustrate different weights and directions starring
Luxo Jr. ''Luxo Jr.'' is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced and released by Pixar. Written and directed by John Lasseter, the two-minute short film revolves around one larger and one smaller desk lamp. The larger lamp, named Luxo Sr ...
and Luxo — '' Light & Heavy'', '' Surprise'', ''Up and Down'', and ''Front and Back''. During the development of ''Toy Story'', Pixar set up a division to work on Pixar video games called Pixar's Interactive Products Group, specifically ''Toy Story'' entries in the '' Disney's Animated Storybook'' and ''
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''. Due to the intense resources required, the division was eventually folded and the staff were redistributed to start creating short films to accompany Pixar's theatrical releases. Beginning with ''A Bug's Life'', Pixar has created extra content for each of their films that are not part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form of
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and appeared as part of the film's credits. For each of their films, this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film. Among all the Pixar feature films, only '' Toy Story'', '' Coco'', '' Toy Story 4'', '' Onward'', '' Luca'', ''
Turning Red ''Turning Red'' is a 2022 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Domee Shi in her feature directorial debut, written by Shi ...
'' and ''
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'' do not have theatrical Pixar shorts. Instead, ''Coco'' had the Disney Animation short ''
Olaf's Frozen Adventure ''Olaf's Frozen Adventure'' is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated featurette produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers. The screenplay was written by Jac Schaeffer, with Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, ...
'' for only two weeks, ''Onward'' had the 20th Century Animation short ''
Playdate with Destiny ''Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"'' is a 2020 American animated short film based on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. The film features Maggie Simpson. It is the first Simpsons short film released after the Disney acquis ...
'', based on the animated series ''
The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
'', and ''Soul'', ''Luca'', and ''Turning Red'' received only a limited theatrical release (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). ''Toy Story 4'' and ''Lightyear'' are the only post-''Toy Story'' films not to have any theatrical short at all.


Shorts


Theatrical short films


SparkShorts series

''SparkShorts'' is a series of animated short films produced by Pixar filmmakers and artists, similar to its sister series '' Short Circuit'' from Disney. It consists of longer independent shorts. Under the project, Pixar's employees are merely given six months and limited budgets to develop these animated short films.


Feature-related


''Pixar Popcorn''


Notes


Short series


''Cars Toons''


''Mater's Tall Tales''


''Tales from Radiator Springs''


''Toy Story Toons''


''Forky Asks a Question''


''Dug Days''


''Cars on the Road''


Compilations


Other work

Pixar made a series of clips featuring Luxo and Luxo Jr. for ''
Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) an ...
'', which were '' Light & Heavy'', '' Surprise'', ''Up and Down'', and ''Front and Back''. Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused with theatrical shorts, including ''
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'' and '' Flags and Waves''. They also produced several commercials after selling their software division to support themselves until ''Toy Story'' became successful. Pixar continues to produce commercials related to their films. Some of their other work includes: Furthermore, in 1988, Apple's Advanced Technology Group produced " Pencil Test," a computer-animated short to showcase the
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line. Although Pixar was not officially affiliated with this film, several members of the Pixar staff advised and worked on it, including directors John Lasseter,
Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) an ...
, and producer Galyn Susman. John Lasseter was credited as "Coach" in the credits of the film. The Pixar Co-op Program, a part of the Pixar University professional development program, allows their animators to use Pixar resources to produce independent films. The first CGI project accepted to the program was '' Borrowed Time'' (2016), directed by Pixar animators
Andrew Coats Andrew Justin Stewart Coats (born 1 February 1958) is an Australian–British academic cardiologist who has particular interest in the management of heart failure. His research suggested exercise training (rather than bed rest) as a more effe ...
and
Lou Hamou-Lhadj Lou Hamou-Lhadj is an American director, animator and writer at Pixar. He is best known for his work on film '' Borrowed Time'', which together with Andrew Coats, he directed, wrote and released independently through Quorum Films, LLC. Hamou-Lhadj ...
; all previously accepted films were live-action.


See also

* List of Pixar films


Notes


References


External links

* at Pixar {{Disney theatrical animated features * Shorts Pixar