Ash Brannon

Ash Brannon
Ash Brannon
Born	July 19, 1969 (age 52); Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, animator, screenwriter, animation teacher, voice actor
Years active	1989–present

Ash Brannon (born July 19, 1969) is an American animator, writer, and director. He was a story artist and directing animator on Toy Story^[1] and co-director on Toy Story 2.^[2] Besides working at Pixar he has also worked with DreamWorks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surf's Up. He also directed and wrote the 2016 computer-animated film Rock Dog.

Early life[]

Brannon was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia.

Career[]

Brannon studied visual arts at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida for high school and went on to CalArts for further education. Studying in CalArts Character Animation program, Brannon likewise practiced his skills in animation as a trainee for Disney Animation's 1989 film The Little Mermaid from 1990 to 1992.^{[citation needed]} In the meantime, Brannon served as an animator for such projects as Nike's Hare Jordan Super Bowl ad in 1992 and the television series That's Warner Bros.!.^{[citation needed]}

He won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production on Toy Story 2.^{[citation needed]} He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2007 on Surf's Up.^{[citation needed]}

According to the Toy Story 2 DVD audio commentary, Al McWhiggin's license plate "LZTYBRN," is Brannon's actual license plate.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Animator	Story Artist	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1989	The Little Mermaid	No	No	No	No	Yes		Animation Trainee
1995	Toy Story	No	No	Directing	Yes	No
1998	A Bug's Life	No	No	No	Yes	No
1999	Toy Story 2	Co-Director	Original Story	Yes	No	Yes		New Character Designs
2006	Over the Hedge	No	No	No	Additional	No
2006	Open Season	No	No	No	No	Yes		Special Thanks
2007	Surf's Up	Yes	Screenplay	No	No	Yes	Filmmaker #1
2016	Rock Dog^[3]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Ian	Solo directorial debut

Television[]

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Animator	Other	Voice Role	Notes
2021	Arcane^[4]	Yes	TBA	TBA	TBA		In production; Netflix series

Video games[]

Year	Title	Notes
1995	Toy Story: The Video Game	Pixar: Animator
1996	Toy Story: Animated Storybook	Disco Godfather (as "Ashley Brannon")
1999	Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue	Special Thanks
1999	Toy Story 2 Activity Center

References[]

^ Price, David A. (5 May 2009). The Pixar Touch. Random House Digital. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-307-27829-6. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ Clarke, Frederick S. (2002). Cinefantastique. 34. F. S. Clarke. p. 15. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ Amidi, Amid (3 August 2015). "5 Things You Need To Know About The Chinese/American Feature 'Rock Dog'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
^ "Arcane: When Will It Happen On Big Screens To Know Click Here!". Premiere Next. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links[]

Ash Brannon at IMDb

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[Price2009-1] Price, David A. (5 May 2009). The Pixar Touch. Random House Digital. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-307-27829-6. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

[Clarke2002-2] Clarke, Frederick S. (2002). Cinefantastique. 34. F. S. Clarke. p. 15. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

[3] Amidi, Amid (3 August 2015). "5 Things You Need To Know About The Chinese/American Feature 'Rock Dog'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[4] "Arcane: When Will It Happen On Big Screens To Know Click Here!". Premiere Next. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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1998–2000	A Bug's Life – John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton / The Prince of Egypt – Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Hickner (1998) Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon (1999) Chicken Run – Peter Lord and Nick Park (2000)
2001–2010	Shrek – Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009) Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010)
2011–2019	Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014) Inside Out – Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (2015) Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore (2016) Coco – Lee Unkrich (2017) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (2018) Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley (2019)

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Ash Brannon
Born	(1969-07-19) July 19, 1969 (age 52) Columbus, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Film director, animator, screenwriter, animation teacher, voice actor
Years active	1989–present