Ralph Eggleston
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Born | Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. | October 18, 1965
Occupation | Animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, film director production designer |
Years active | 1987–present |
Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (1992–present) |
Ralph Eggleston (born October 18, 1965) is an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, film director and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios.
Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Eggleston began his career at Kroyer Films working on projects such as Computer Warriors and FernGully: The Last Rainforest. He was hired by Pixar in 1992 during the development of Toy Story, his work on which won him the Annie Award for Best Art Direction.
Eggleston also wrote and directed the Oscar-winning Pixar short film For the Birds.[1] He worked as Production Designer on the film Inside Out for six years;[2] this film received the Annie Award for Best Production Design.[3]
Filmography[]
- Family Dog (1987) (principal animator)
- Garfield: His 9 Lives (1988) (animator/character animator/background artist)
- Garfield's Thanksgiving (1989) (animator)
- Computer Warriors: The Adventure Begins (1990) (key animator)
- The Simpsons (1990-1993) (storyboard artist)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (art director/character designer/storyboard artist)
- Toy Story (1995) (art director)
- For the Birds (2000) (writer, director)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (visual development/original story)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (production designer)
- The Incredibles (2004) (art director)
- Ratatouille (2007) (character designer)
- WALL-E (2008) (production designer)
- Up (2009) (character art director)
- The Princess and the Frog (2009) (additional story material)
- Cars 2 (2011) (development artist)
- Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011) (storyboard artist of "The Pirate Princess")
- Inside Out (2015) (production designer)
- Incredibles 2 (2018) (production designer)
- Soul (2020) (development artist)
References[]
- ^ "Pixar's Ralph Eggleston on the Continued Importance of "Rough Sketch"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Ralph Eggleston Talks 'Inside Out'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "Ralph Eggleston". www.trojan-unicorn.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
External links[]
- Ralph Eggleston at IMDb
- Audio interview with Eggleston (04/06)
- Teen's interview Ralph Eggleston
- "Ken Breuce and Ralph Eggleston notes from CalArts Character Animation lecture"
- Feb-3-2006:Pixar visit #3 Ralph Eggelston and Ken Bruce
- From script to DVD interview
- Design with a Purpose, Interview with Ralph Eggleston AD of Wall-E.
Categories:
- American art directors
- American animators
- American storyboard artists
- Living people
- Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- California Institute of the Arts alumni
- American production designers
- Artists from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Annie Award winners
- 1965 births
- Pixar people
- American film producer stubs