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This is a list of animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios .
Beginning with Pixar's second film A Bug's Life , 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.[1] The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, when John Lasseter was the only professional animator in the company's small animation department. Starting with Geri's Game , after Pixar had converted into an animation studio , all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget.
In 1991, Pixar made four CGI shorts produced for the TV series Sesame Street . The shorts illustrate different weights and directions starring Luxo Jr. and Luxo — Light & Heavy , Surprise , Up and Down , and Front and Back .[2]
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 Disney's Activity Center . 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.[3] [4]
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 outtakes 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 , Soul , and Luca do not have theatrical Pixar shorts. Instead, Toy Story had the Graphics Group short The Adventures of André & Wally B. , Coco had the Disney Animation short Olaf's Frozen Adventure for only two weeks, Onward had the 20th Century Animation short Playdate with Destiny , based on the animated series The Simpsons , and Soul and Luca received only a limited theatrical release (due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). Toy Story 4 is the only post-Toy Story film not to have any theatrical short at all.[5]
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 [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ Jump up to: a b Non-compilation
^ Produced by The Graphics Group , a subsidiary of Lucasfilm which would later become Pixar .
Short series [ ]
Cars Toons [ ]
Mater's Tall Tales [ ]
Rescue Squad Mater
2008
John Lasseter
Toon Disney
Mater the Greater
El Materdor
Tokyo Mater [32]
Theatrical with Bolt
Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
Disney Channel
Monster Truck Mater
2010
Heavy Metal Mater
Moon Mater [33]
Rob Gibbs
DVD + Blu-ray with Mater's Tall Tales
Mater Private Eye [34]
Air Mater [35]
2011
DVD + Blu-ray with Cars 2
Time Travel Mater [36]
2012
Disney Channel
Tales from Radiator Springs [ ]
Hiccups
2013
Jeremy Lasky
Disney Channel
Bugged
Spinning
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
Rob Gibbs and Scott Morse
Disney Movies Anywhere
Toy Story Toons [ ]
Forky Asks a Question [ ]
What Is Money?
2019
Bob Peterson
Disney+
What Is a Friend?
What Is Art?
What Is Time?
What Is Love?
What Is a Computer?
What Is a Leader?
What Is a Pet?
What Is Cheese?
2020
What Is Reading?
Pixar Popcorn [ ]
To Fitness and Beyond
Toy Story
2021
Adam Rodriguez
Disney+
Unparalleled Parking
Cars
James Ford Murphy
Dory Finding
Finding Nemo
Michal Makarewicz
Soul of the City
Soul
Christopher Chua
Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Love
Toy Story
Robert H. Russ
Chore Day the Incredibles Way
The Incredibles
Alan Barillaro
A Day in the Life of the Dead
Coco
Allison Rutland
Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Three Heads
Toy Story
Robert H. Russ
Dancing with the Cars
Cars
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrión
Cookie Num Num
The Incredibles
Jae Hyung Kim
Dug Days [ ]
Squirrel!
2021
Bob Peterson
Disney+
Puppies
Flowers
Smell
Science
Compilations [ ]
Tiny Toy Stories
October 29, 1996
VHS
Toy Story : Deluxe CAV Laserdisc Edition
December 18, 1996
Laserdisc
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1
November 6, 2007
DVD , Blu-ray , Digital download
Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales
November 2, 2010
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2
November 13, 2012
Toy Story Toons
2012
DVD, Blu-ray
Cars Toons: Bonus Disc
2013
DVD
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
DVD
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3
November 13, 2018
DVD, Blu-ray, Digital download
Other work [ ]
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Pixar made a series of clips featuring Luxo and Luxo Jr. for Sesame Street , which were Light & Heavy , Surprise , Up and Down , and Front and Back .[2] Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused with theatrical shorts, including Beach Chair 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:
Blowin' in the Wind [41]
1985
Beach Chair [42]
1986
Flags and Waves [42]
Volume Visualization with the Pixar Image Computer [43]
1987
Dance of the Waterlilies
1989
Toppan Printing
Wake Up [44]
Tropicana
Babies
1990
Life Savers
Galaxy
Toppan Printing
Dancing Cards
California Lottery
Quite a Package [44]
Trident
La Nouvelle Polo
Volkswagen
Pump
Pillsbury
Light & Heavy and Surprise [2]
Sesame Street
Boxer [44]
Listerine
Cracks
1991
Fleischmann's
Moving Target
Cellular One
Gummie Savers Conga -Clio -award winner
Life Savers
Life At The Beach
Orange Kiwi Passion
Tropicana
Warehouse
Three Fruits Dancing
Grand Opening
Toys "R" Us
Lunchbox
Tetra Pak
Knight
Listerine
Introduction [45]
Apple Mac Classic
Interview
1992
Volkswagen Polo
Swinging Bottle [44]
Listerine
Daydream
Tetra Pak
Balloon
Kellogg's All-Bran
Hourglass
Logo
IBM
Chomp Chomp
IncrediBites [citation needed ]
Ladybug
La Poste
In the Mood
Bunn Coffee Makers
Cello
1993
Kellogg's All-Bran
Sprinkler
Front and Back and Up and Down [2]
Sesame Street
Hungry
Bank South[citation needed ]
Chase
Stranded
Tetra Pak
Bursting
Carefree
Chuckling Straws
Fresca
Launching Magic
Jordan Magic Toothbrush[citation needed ]
Ideas at Work
Dow Corning
Arrows -Clio-award winner
1994
Listerine
Mission
Kaleidoscope
Coca-Cola
About to Uncover
Arm & Hammer
Here, There and Everywhere
Woman Getting What She Wants
Levi's
We've Got Taste
Nutri Grain
Wacky Frootz -Clio-award winner[44]
Life Savers
Fresh Salad
Boston Chicken
Shaping Up Nicely
Prime Option Credit Card[citation needed ]
Strong Option
Logo
Paramount Pictures
Balloon
1995
Chips Ahoy
Circus
Flamingo
Ortho
Pinheads
Dockers
Amazin' Straws
Hershey's
Learning Lesson
Coca-Cola
Secret Weapon'
Pin Box
Toy Story video game commercial
Disney Interactive
Art Store Break
McDonald's
Christmas Conga
Tower Records
Magic Desktop
1996
Sun Microsystems
Magnets -Clio-award winner
Hallmark
Check Me Out
Twizzlers
Let Me In
68th Academy Awards (Toy Story segment)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Tastetations
Hershey's
Toy Story CD-Rom – "Out of the Box"
Disney Interactive
Wild Frijoles
Rosarita[citation needed ]
Shake It
Levi's Jeans for Women
Tex
THX
Toy Story Treats
ABC
Look Away
1997
Nickelodeon & UNICEF
Moo Can
THX
A Bug's Life – "Belt Loop 1"
1998
McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Belt Loop 2"
A Bug's Life – "Big Toys"
A Bug's Life – "Nothing Good on TV"
A Bug's Life – "Nothing Good on TV Jr."
A Bug's Life – "Watches"
McDonald's Mexico
71st Academy Awards (A Bug's Life segment)
1999
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Toy Story 2 – "Up Periscope"
2000
McDonald's
Toy Story 2 – "Remote"
Toy Story 2 – "Toys vs. Candy"
Toy Story 2 – "Surveillance"
Toy Story 2 Bumpers[45]
ABC
72nd Academy Awards (Toy Story 2 segment)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Jessie's Acceptance Speech
Cowgirl Hall of Fame
SIGGRAPH 2001 Opening Video (Buzz Lightyear sequence)
2001
SIGGRAPH
Monsters, Inc. - "Happy Meal Toy"
McDonald's
Finding Nemo - "Laugh"
2003
McDonald's
Vowellett – An Essay by Sarah Vowell
2005
Tex Action
2006
THX
Monster Moo Can
2009
Toy Story's Search Story [46]
2010
Google
88th Academy Awards (Woody and Buzz segment)
2016
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Cars 3
2017
Alamo Rent a Car
Cars 3 - "Broken Part"
Allianz
Cars 3 - "Every Car Has a Personality"
Autotrader.com
Cars 3 - "Sun Protection"
Coppertone
Cars 3
Duracell
Cars 3
Oscaro
Toy Story 4 - "Happy Meal"
2019
McDonald's
Toy Story 4 - "Dance Party"
Chrysler Pacifica
Toy Story 4 - "Snack Attack"
Babybel
Toy Story 4
Seiban
Toy Story 4 2
Toy Story 4 - "Make Joy Happen"
JD.com
Toy Story 4 AR
Regal Cinemas
Pixar: 30 Years of Art & Animation
Vivid Sydney
Onward - "Happy Meal"
2020
McDonald's
Onward
Whirlpool Corporation
Soul - "Happy Meal"
McDonald's
Luca - "Happy Meal"
2021
Furthermore, in 1988, Apple's Advanced Technology Group produced "Pencil Test ," a computer-animated short to showcase the Apple Macintosh II line.[47] [48] 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 , and producer Galyn Susman.[citation needed ] John Lasseter was credited as "Coach" in the credits of the film.[49] 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.[50] [51] The first CGI project accepted to the program was Borrowed Time (2016), directed by Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj ; all previously accepted films were live-action.[52]
See also [ ]
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