Director @ Pixar, I like to make comics and films.

Joined June 2009
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WE ARE LIVE!!! GO GO GO!!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS, BULLY YOUR ENEMIES!!! HELP US MAKE A GREAT THING!!!!!!!!! This teaser's music was composed by the incredible @tjhill!!!!
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“Hop” over to our theater on Sunday, March 22 to earn how story and animation inform each other to create the world of of Disney and Pixar’s latest feature film, "Hoppers" (2026), with Pixar’s Margaret Spencer, John Cody Kim, James W. Brown, and Cody Lyon. bit.ly/4l6kXaC
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THANK YOU for loving #Hoppers this weekend! 💞 To celebrate, here's a 2D animation test we did back in 2020 for inspiration (by Lorenzo Fresta) 🦫🦫
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‘HOPPERS’ has earned $13.2M in the film's domestic opening day. The biggest opening day for any original animated film in years. Read our review: bit.ly/BrideDF
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See #Hoppers in theaters this weekend! I animated these snakes just for you!
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It took six years to make WE BARE BEARS. It took six years to make HOPPERS. Creating these things consumed a lot of my life. But i love doing it. I love animation. And I love saying things to the world through these (cute) characters. Disney/Pixar's #hoppers, now in theaters!
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Pixar’s ‘Win or Lose’ wins Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series at the 2026 #ChildrensEmmys.
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well that makes it sound like it's pretty good
‘HOPPERS’ debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes It is the highest rated Pixar film in the past decade. Read our review: bit.ly/HoppersDF
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Mar 3
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Pixar’s #WinorLose on their 5 Children's and Family Emmy® Awards wins including Outstanding Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series #Emmys
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Feb 22
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Pixar's #WinorLose on their 3 Annie Awards wins including Best Character Animation - TV/Media, Best Music - TV/Media, and Best TV/Media Limited Series
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Jan 5
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Pixar's #WinOrLose on their 6 Annie Awards nominations including Best TV Media - Limited Series. Go Pickles! ⚾️
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20 Nov 2025
"HOPPERS" brings "WE BARE BEARS" storyboard artist Tom Law as the voice of Tom The Lizard which has been viral in platforms like Tik Tok & Instagram. Law boarded several episodes of We Bare Bears alongside "ELIO" Co-Director Madeline Sharafian. #Hoppers #PixarHoppers
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20 Nov 2025
All hail the (insect) queen 🦋👑 Meryl Streep joins the cast of #Hoppers.
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our movie is PURE CHAOS 👑🦫 can't wait for you to see it
20 Nov 2025
but HOW did he get a little crown?? 👑🦫 Disney and Pixar's #Hoppers arrives in theaters March 6, 2026!
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19 Nov 2025
Congratulations to the cast and crew of #WinorLose for their 7 Children's and Family Emmy® nominations including Outstanding Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series.⚾️ #Emmys
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When I started working at Pixar in Sept 2000, I only animated with stepped keyframes, breakdowns and liner inbetweening because that is how I learned to animated at Disney. Pixar is the KING of spline animation and this bothered a lot people (I was told as much.) Eventually, me and a few liked minded animators convinced the tools team to write x-sheet, a tool that let us record our held keyframes in our shot recordings and then move them for timing and push them back into the spline editor. It was incredibly efficient and fast. THE INCREDIBLES was the first film we used this widely and I think you can see the results. Eventually, many of us landed on a workflow that was held keys/breakdowns for blocking and spline inbetweening for polish.
Rough blocking for my rooftop shots on #TheIncredibles.
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We gave out a Tom the lizard tattoo after 🦎🦎🦎
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Start planning your trip to the movie theater... 👀 Fans saw exciting sneak peeks from Walt Disney Studios, Pixar Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, and 20st Century Studios... and more fun to come from #DestinationD23!
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Disney and Pixar storyman Joe Ranft created this amazing guide to pitching storyboards. As someone who was terrified of public speaking, these tips were a lifesaver when I first started as a story artist. Forever grateful, Joe!
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26 Jul 2025
02-Sinners was special to work on. I know it’s late but I’ma run a series of posts with a small collection of the boards I did for Ryan. Most were done on location in New Orleans. On a ipad pro 13 with Adobe fresco #sinners #storyboards
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Congratulations to the cast and crew of Pixar’s WIN OR LOSE for their Television Critics Association Award nomination! A big thank you to all of the critics and fans for their support of the series!! #winorlose #pixar #disneyplus @pixar @disneyplus #tv #tvshows #reviews #disney
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