Andrew Coats (director)

Andrew Coats is an American director, writer and animator at Pixar. He received critical appraisal and recognition with 2016 animated-short film Borrowed Time which he co-directed, wrote and released independently as a part of Pixar Co-op Program, which allow their animators to use Pixar sources to make independent films. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Coats received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nomination at the 89th Academy Awards, shared with Lou Hamou-Lhadj. ^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2007	Little Einsteins	TV series, CG modeler - 1 episode
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Assistant animator
	Surviving Sid	Video short, animator
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Animator
2011	Rio
	Cars 2
2012	Brave
	The Legend of Mor'du	Video short, animator
2013	Toy Story of Terror!	TV Short, animator
2015	Inside Out	Animation character developer
	The Good Dinosaur	Animator
2016	Borrowed Time	Short, Co-animator/co-director/co-writer/co-production designer
	Finding Dory	Animator
2017	Cars 3	Pixar Studio Team - Promotional Animation
2018	Incredibles 2	Animator
2019	Smash and Grab	Animator
2024	Inside Out 2	Animator

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Recipients	Result	Ref.
2014	Visual Effects Society Awards	Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial	Toy Story of Terror!	Paul Aichele Kiki Mei Kee Poh	Won
2015	SIGGRAPH	Best In Show	Borrowed Time	Andrew Coats Lou Hamou-Lhadj	Won
	St. Louis International Film Festival	Best Animated Short			Won
2016	Brooklyn Film Festival				Won
	Fastnet Short Film Festival	Best Cinematography		Luke Martorelli	Won
	USA Film Festival	First Place: Animation		Andrew Coats Lou Hamou-Lhadj	Won
	Woods Hole Film Festival	Best Animated Short			Won
	Academy Awards	Best Animated Short Film			Nominated	[6]

References

1. Failes, Ian (January 24, 2017). "How Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Made The Independent Short 'Borrowed Time' Inside Pixar". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved July 29, 2016.
2. Hill, Libby (January 29, 2017). "Two Pixar animators explore the depths of grief and guilt in 'Borrowed Time'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 17, 2016.
3. Desowitz, Bill (January 29, 2017). "'Borrowed Time': How Two Pixar Animators Made a Daring, Off-Brand Western Short". Indiewire . Retrieved October 24, 2016.
4. "Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards". Oscars.com. January 24, 2017. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
5. "Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List". Vanity Fair. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
6. "Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List". Vanity Fair . January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.

External links

• Andrew Coats at IMDb