Angus MacLane
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Pixar Animation Studios (1997–2023) |
Angus MacLane (born April 13, 1975) is an American animator, filmmaker and voice actor, best known for his work at
Early life and education
Angus MacLane was born on April 13, 1975, in Riverside County, California, but grew up in Portland, Oregon. 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 Laika) and would eventually go on to work for the studio before working for Pixar. In 1997, he received a bachelor of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design.[12]
Career
1997–2023: Pixar
MacLane joined Pixar in 1997, starting as an animator 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 Toy Story of Terror!, for which he won an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production.[14] In addition, MacLane co-directed Pixar's 2016 film Finding Dory and directed the 2022 film Lightyear.[7][8] Following the commercial failure of Lightyear, MacLane was included among 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring.[15][16]
Filmography
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Animator | Story Artist |
Character Developer |
Production Artist |
Other | Voice Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | A Bug's Life | No | No | Additional | No | No | No | No | ||
1999 | Toy Story 2 | No | No | Yes | Additional | No | No | No | ||
2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins |
Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | Directed Pixar CG opening scene direct-to-video [17] [18] | |
2001 | Monsters, Inc. | No | No | Yes | Additional | Yes | No | No | ||
2003 | Finding Nemo | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | Yes | No | Animation | No | No | ||
2006 | Cars | No | No | Additional | No | No | No | No | ||
2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Additional | No | No | No | No | ||
2008 | WALL-E | No | No | Directing | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | BURN-E (uncredited) | |
2009 | Up | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | Yes | No | Animation | No | No | ||
2016 | Finding Dory | Co-Director | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Sunfish "Charlie Back and Forth" / Additional Voices | Additional Story Material |
2017 | Coco | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Onward | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
Soul | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||
2021 | Luca | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
Lightyear | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | ERIC / DERIC & Zyclops | ||
2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Short films
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Animator | Executive Producer |
Other | Voice Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Geri's Game | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
2000 | For the Birds | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
2005 | One Man Band | No | No | Supervising | No | No | ||
2008 | BURN-E | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | BURN-E / SUPPLY-R | |
2010 | Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices | Episodes 8–9 |
2011 | Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation | No | No | Supervising | No | Yes | Captain Zip | |
Toy Story Toons: Small Fry | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Gary Grappling Hook / T-Bone / Funky Monk / Super Pirate | ||
2012 | Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices | Special Thanks |
2016 | Marine Life Interviews | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
2017 | Lou | No | No | No | No | Yes | Special Thanks | |
2019 | Purl | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2022 | Cars on the Road: Gettin' Hitched | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000-01 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Partial | No | No | Directed Pixar CG intro variants [17][18] | |
2013 | Toy Story of Terror! | Yes | Yes | Yes | Officer Wilson | TV special |
Other credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Tracy | Waiter / Actor #9 | |
2021 | Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special[19] | Himself | Disney+ Original specials |
2022 | Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to 'Lightyear'[20] |
Recognition
- 2005, Won Annie Award for 'Character Animation' for The Incredibles[13]
- 2014, Won Annie Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Directing' for Toy Story of Terror[14]
References
- ^ Wolcott, Gary (December 2, 2008). "Q&A with Pixar star MacLane". Tri-City Herald. ATOMICTOWN.COM. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Shamsian, Jacob (October 28, 2016). "One of the directors of 'Finding Dory' kept 'Finding Nemo' constantly running on his phone while making the movie". Insider. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ Moore, Sara (August 26, 2015). "Interview with Angus MacLane of WALL•E". Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Telsch, Rafe (November 12, 2008). "Interview: BURN-E Director Angus MacLane". CinemaBlend. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ White, Ryan (December 11, 2011). "Pixar writer, director Angus MacLane puts inspiration from Portland roots into short 'Small Fry'". The Oregonian. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ Radish, Christina (October 14, 2013). "Carl Weathers Talks TOY STORY OF TERROR!, Playing "Combat Carl," Joining the TOY STORY Franchise, and More". Collider. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ a b Han, Angie (June 11, 2014). "Pixar Updates: 'Finding Dory' Gets Co-Director, More 'Inside Out' Details Revealed". /Film. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ a b Feldberg, Isaac (June 11, 2014). "Angus MacLane Co-Directing Finding Dory With Andrew Stanton". We Got This Covered. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ^ Courtney, Tim (August 14, 2015). "Introducing LEGO Ideas #011 WALL•E". LEGO Ideas Blog. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ "LEGO Interview: Angus MacLane and the CubeDudes". bricksabillion.com. September 26, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ Michael Cavna (December 11, 2008). "The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ a b staff. "32nd ANNUAL ANNIE NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ^ a b staff. "41st ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
- ^ Chmielewski, Dawn (June 3, 2023). "Exclusive: Walt Disney's Pixar targets 'Lightyear' execs among 75 job cuts". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "Walt Disney's Pixar Animation eliminates 75 positions". The Economic Times. June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ a b White, James (October 27, 2021). "Lightyear Exclusive Interview: Director Angus MacLane On The 'Real' Buzz's New Movie". Empire. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Hermanns, Grant (April 21, 2022). "Angus MacLane & Galyn Susman Interview: Lightyear". Screen Rant. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Roger (November 10, 2021). "Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special Details Revealed". What's On Disney Plus. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
- ^ T.J. Wolsos (June 10, 2022). "Buzz Lightyear Documentary 'Beyond Infinity' Now on Disney+". Pixar Post. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
External links
- Angus MacLane at IMDb