Mark Andrews (filmmaker)
Mark Andrews | |
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Born | Mark Elliott Andrews September 12, 1968 |
Nationality | American[1] |
Education | Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993)[2] |
Alma mater | CalArts |
Occupation | Director, storyboard artist, writer |
Notable work | One Man Band Brave |
Children | Maeve |
Mark Elliott Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is an American director, screenwriter, animator, he is best known for the 2012 Pixar feature film Brave. He was the story supervisor for The Incredibles, directed the short film One Man Band and co-wrote the short films Jack-Jack Attack and One Man Band.
Andrews studied animation at the Character Animation Program at CalArts. After that he was one of five who got a Disney internship, but was fired after three months.[3] He is also considered to be Brad Bird's "right-hand man".[who?] Some of his student films have been featured at MOMA's exhibition TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures. Unlike most other CalArts alumni, he was not a huge fan of Disney films, and claimed he was a bigger fan of anime such as Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer, and Robotech.[4]
He is the father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced Jack-Jack Parr in The Incredibles.[5] Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman as director of Brave (2012).[6] Both were credited as directors, and they won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[7]
On January 15, 2013, it was announced that Andrews was writing and directing another feature film at Pixar.[8][9][10] Andrews no longer works at Pixar and his new project was eventually scrapped.[11]
In June 2021, Netflix announced that Andrews will serve as director in the upcoming original animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers, which is slated for release in 2022.[12]
Filmography[]
Feature Films[]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Story Supervisor |
Story Artist |
Other | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Quest for Camelot | No | No | No | No | Yes | Story Department |
1999 | The Iron Giant | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Workbook Designer |
2001 | Osmosis Jones | No | No | No | No | Yes | Story: Animation Department Heads and Designers |
2002 | Spider-Man | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Visual Development, Additional Voices |
2006 | Cars | No | No | No | Additional | No | |
2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
2009 | Up | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices |
2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story |
2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Senior Creative Team |
2012 | John Carter | No | Screenplay | No | No | Yes | Second Unit Director |
Brave | Yes | Screenplay | No | No | Yes | Song Lyrics: "Touch the Sky", Senior Creative Team | |
2013 | Monsters University | No | No | No | No | Yes | Senior Creative Team |
2015 | Inside Out | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
The Good Dinosaur | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2017 | Cars 3 | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Coco | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Story Consultant, Senior Creative Team |
Short films[]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Story Artist | Executive Producer | Other | Notes |
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1997 | Loose Tooth | No | No | No | No | Yes | Animation Story Developer |
2005 | Jack-Jack Attack | No | Story | No | No | No | |
Mr. Incredible and Pals | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
One Man Band | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
2007 | Violet | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
2009 | Alma | No | No | No | No | Yes | Consultant |
2012 | The Legend of Mor'du | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
2014 | Love Hurts | No | No | No | No | Yes | Role: Reese |
2020 | Circle of Stone | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Other credits[]
Year | Title | Role |
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2009 | Tracy | Pitchman #1 |
Wild Dogs | Special Thanks | |
2011 | Toy Story Toons: Small Fry | |
2015 | Sanjay's Super Team | |
2016 | The Jungle Book | Thanks |
2019 | Smash and Grab | Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust |
Float | Story Trust |
Television[]
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) (character models, storyboard artist) (TV)
- The Powerpuff Girls (2001) (storyboard artist, writer) (TV)
- Samurai Jack (2001) (storyboard artist, writer) (TV)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) (storyboard artist) (TV)
- Super Giant Robot Brothers (2022) (director) (TV)
Video games[]
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994) (animator) (VG)
- The Incredibles (2004) (writer) (VG)
- The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer (2005) (writer) (VG)
References[]
- ^ Lee, Marc (August 13, 2012). "Pixar's Brave gamble". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "Mark Andrews, Director, Pixar Animation Studios". AIGA San Francisco. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Day 89: A113 Series: Mark Andrews — the Kennedy Compounds
- ^ Andrews, Mark (Director) (June 22, 2012). Mark Andrews: "Brave" - Talks at Google (Motion picture). Talks at Google.
- ^ Click, Stephanie (June 22, 2012). "Brave: The Review". Stephanie Click. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (October 20, 2010). "Pixar Removes Its First Female Director". New York Times.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 24, 2013). "Oscars 2013: Brenda Chapman's 'Brave' Win a Vindication After Being Fired From the Project". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (April 10, 2013). "Sequel to Disney-Pixar's Brave on the cards". Scotsman. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Julie & T.J. (January 14, 2013). "Mark Andrews Developing New Pixar Feature Film". Pixar Post. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ Jardine, William (January 1, 2013). "Interview: Brian Larsen, Brave Story Supervisor and The Legend of Mor'du Director". A113Animation. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ T.J. & Julie Wolsos (October 22, 2019). "Pixar's Next 7 Films – Release Dates From 2020-2024 with Director Speculations (Domee Shi, Brian Fee, Brad Bird)". Pixar Post. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (June 22, 2021). "Netflix Announces Trio of Animated Kids' Comedies from Top Talents & First-Time Creators". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
External links[]
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- Living people
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- American storyboard artists
- Animators from California
- Animation screenwriters
- Annie Award winners
- California Institute of the Arts alumni
- Pixar people
- American animated film directors
- American male screenwriters
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners
- 21st-century American male writers