Angus MacLane (born April 13, 1975) is an American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, screenwriter, film director, and voice actor currently working at

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. He co-directed the film ''

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'' (2016) and made his solo feature directorial debut with the ''

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film ''

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'' (2022). MacLane is also a

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enthusiast and created the CubeDudes building format and designed a LEGO

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that has become an official set from

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Early life and career

Angus MacLane was born on April 13, 1975 in

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but grew up in

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. He originally wanted to be a comic book artist but halfway through school switched to animation and hoped one day he could work at the Will Vinton Studios (now

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) and would eventually go on to work for the studio before working for Pixar. In 1997, he received a bachelor of fine arts from

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. MacLane joined Pixar in 1997, starting as an animator on ''

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''. He worked as an animator on every Pixar feature film from ''

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'' through ''

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''. He also worked in the character development on '' Monsters, Inc.'' and ''

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''. His work on ''The Incredibles'' gained him an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation. After serving as Supervising Animator on ''

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'', MacLane started working on the story team for

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's ''

'' and later moved up to Directing Animator. After animating a small scene for a side character named BURN-E, MacLane wanted to know what might happen to the character. He originally wanted BURN-E's story arc part of the actual film, but Stanton ended up wanting him to develop it into a short which eventually became '' BURN-E'', which can now be viewed on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''WALL-E''. For a short amount of time, he worked on the animation for '' Up'', and the animation on ''

''. After ''BURN-E'', MacLane started to move further to directing and writing works in the studio with the '' Toy Story Toon:'' '' Small Fry'' and Pixar's first TV special ''

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'', for which he won an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production. In addition, MacLane co-directed Pixar's 2016 film ''

'' and directed the 2022 film ''

''.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films and television

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Original Specials

Recognition

* 2005, Won

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for 'Character Animation' for ''

'' * 2014, Won Annie Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Directing ' for ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacLane, Angus 1975 births Living people American animated film directors American male voice actors American storyboard artists Annie Award winners Film directors from Oregon Male actors from Portland, Oregon Pixar people Place of birth missing (living people) Writers from Portland, Oregon