Angus MacLane

Angus MacLane (born 1975) is an American director, animator, screenwriter, and voice actor currently working at Pixar.[1] [2] [3] He directed short films BURN-E, Small Fry, and the television special Toy Story of Terror![4][5][6] He co-directed the film Finding Dory (2016).[7][8]

Angus MacLane
MacLane in 2016
Occupation
Years active1997–present
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (1997-present)

He is also a LEGO enthusiast and created the CubeDudes building format and designed a LEGO WALL-E that has become an official set from the LEGO Group.[9][10]

Early life and Career

Angus MacLane 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 help work for the studio before working for Pixar. In 1997, he received a bachelor of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design.[11]

Angus joined Pixar in 1997, starting as an animator on Geri's Game.

He worked as an animator on every Pixar feature film from A Bug's Life through Toy Story 3. He also worked in the character development on Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles.

His work on The Incredibles gained him an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation.[12] After serving as Supervising Animator on One Man Band Angus started working on the story team for Andrew Stanton's WALL-E and later moved up to Directing Animator. After animating a small scene for a side character named BURN-E, Angus wanted to know what might happen to the character. He originally wanted BURN-E's story arc part of the actual film, but Stanton ended up wanting him to develop it into a short which eventually became BURN-E, which can now be viewed on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of WALL-E. For a short amount of time, he worked on the animation for Up, and the animation on Toy Story 3.

After BURN-E, Angus 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!, in which he won an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production.[13] MacLane co-directed Pixar's 2016 film Finding Dory.[7][8]

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 Additional Storyboarding
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 Yes 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 No 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 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[14] No No No No No No Yes
2022 Turning Red[15] No No No No No No Yes
Lightyear[16][17] Yes TBA No No No No Yes

Short Films and TV Specials
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
2013 Toy Story of Terror! Yes Yes No No Yes Officer Wilson TV Special
2016 Marine Life Interviews No No No Yes No

Recognition

References
  1. 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.
  2. Jacob Shamsian (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.
  3. Sara Moore (August 26, 2015). "Interview with Angus MacLane of WALL•E". Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. Telsch, Rafe (November 12, 2008). "Interview: BURN-E Director Angus MacLane". CinemaBlend. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Angie Han (2014-06-11). "Pixar Updates: 'Finding Dory' Gets Co-Director, More 'Inside Out' Details Revealed". /Film. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  8. Isaac Feldberg (2014-06-11). "Angus MacLane Co-Directing Finding Dory With Andrew Stanton". We Got This Covered. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  9. Courtney, Tim (August 14, 2015). "Introducing LEGO® Ideas #011 WALL•E". LEGO Ideas Blog. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  10. staff (September 26, 2009). "LEGO Interview: Angus MacLane and the CubeDudes". bricksabillion.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  11. Michael Cavna (2008-12-11). "The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  12. staff. "32nd ANNUAL ANNIE NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  13. staff. "41st ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  14. Desowitz, Bill (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Sets Summer 2021 Release for Italian Coming-of-Age 'Luca' Feature". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  15. Julie & T.J. (December 11, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi - Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  16. 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.
  17. Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Disney Investor Day 2020 — Pixar Announces Series, Shorts, & 2 Films for 2022 'Turning Red' and 'Lightyear'". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
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