Angus MacLane

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Angus MacLane
Angus-maclane Buscando a Dory premiere.jpg
MacLane in 2016
Born (1975-04-13) April 13, 1975 (age 49)
Riverside County, California, U.S.
Alma mater Rhode Island School of Design
Occupations
  • Animator
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • voice actor
Years active1997–present
Employer Pixar Animation Studios (1997–2023)

Angus MacLane (born April 13, 1975) is an American animator, filmmaker and voice actor, best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He co-directed the film Finding Dory (2016) [7] [8] and made his solo feature directorial debut with the Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear (2022). [9] MacLane 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. [10] [11]

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Early life and education

Angus MacLane was born on April 13, 1975, in Riverside County, California, but 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 work for the studio before working for Pixar. In 1997, he received a bachelor of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design. [12]

Career

1997–2023: Pixar

MacLane 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 (1998) through Toy Story 3 (2010). He also worked in the character development on Monsters, Inc. (2001) and The Incredibles (2004). His work on The Incredibles gained him an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation. [13] After serving as Supervising Animator on One Man Band , MacLane 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, MacLane 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, MacLane started to move further to directing and writing works in the studio with Toy Story Toons: Small Fry and Pixar's first TV special, Toy Story of Terror! , for which he won an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production. [14] In addition, MacLane co-directed Pixar's 2016 film Finding Dory and directed the 2022 film Lightyear . [7] [8] Following the box office failure of Lightyear, MacLane was among 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring in May 2023. [15] [16] [17]

Filmography

Films

YearTitle Director Writer Animator Story
Artist 		Character
Developer		 Production
Artist 		Other Voice Role Notes
1998 A Bug's Life NoNoAdditionalNoNoNoNo
1999 Toy Story 2 NoNoYesAdditionalNoNoNo
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command:
The Adventure Begins 		PartialNoNoNoNoNoNoDirected Pixar CG opening scene
direct-to-video [18] [19]
2001 Monsters, Inc. NoNoYesAdditionalYesNoNo
2003 Finding Nemo NoNoYesNoNoNoNo
2004 The Incredibles NoNoYesNoAnimationNoNo
2006 Cars NoNoAdditionalNoNoNoNo
2007 Ratatouille NoNoAdditionalNoNoNoNo
2008 WALL-E NoNoDirectingYesNoYesYesBURN-E (uncredited)
2009 Up NoNoYesNoNoNoNo
2010 Toy Story 3 NoNoYesNoAnimationNoNo
2016 Finding Dory Co-DirectorNoNoNoNoNoYesSunfish "Charlie Back and Forth" / Additional VoicesAdditional Story Material
2017 Coco NoNoNoNoNoNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team
2018 Incredibles 2 NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
2019 Toy Story 4 NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
2020 Onward NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
Soul NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
2021 Luca NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
2022 Turning Red NoNoNoNoNoNoYes
Lightyear YesYesNoNoNoNoYesERIC / DERIC & Zyclops
2023 Elemental NoNoNoNoNoNoYes

Shorts

YearTitle Director Writer Animator Executive
Producer 		Other Voice Role Notes
1997 Geri's Game NoNoYesNoNo
2000 For the Birds NoNoYesNoNo
2005 One Man Band NoNoSupervisingNoNo
2008 BURN-E YesYesNoNoYesBURN-E / SUPPLY-R
2010 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales NoNoNoNoYesAdditional VoicesEpisodes 8–9
2011 Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation NoNoSupervisingNoYesCaptain Zip
Toy Story Toons: Small Fry YesYesNoNoYesGary Grappling Hook / T-Bone / Funky Monk / Super Pirate
2012 Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex NoNoNoNoYesAdditional VoicesSpecial Thanks
2016Marine Life InterviewsNoNoNoYesNo
2017 Lou NoNoNoNoYesSpecial Thanks
2019 Purl NoNoNoNoYes
2022 Cars on the Road: Gettin' HitchedNoNoNoNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team

Television

YearTitle Director Writer Other Voice Role Notes
2000–01 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command PartialNoNoDirected Pixar CG intro variants [18] [19]
2013 Toy Story of Terror! YesYesYesOfficer WilsonTV special

Other credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The Making of 'The Incredibles'HimselfDVD Extra
2009TracyWaiter / Actor #9
2021Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special [20] Himself Disney+ Original specials
2022Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to 'Lightyear' [21]

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. ↑ Shamsian, Jacob (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. ↑ Moore, Sara (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. 1 2 Han, Angie (June 11, 2014). "Pixar Updates: 'Finding Dory' Gets Co-Director, More 'Inside Out' Details Revealed". /Film . Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Feldberg, Isaac (June 11, 2014). "Angus MacLane Co-Directing Finding Dory With Andrew Stanton". We Got This Covered. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Courtney, Tim (August 14, 2015). "Introducing LEGO Ideas #011 WALL•E". LEGO Ideas Blog. Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  11. ↑ "LEGO Interview: Angus MacLane and the CubeDudes". bricksabillion.com. September 26, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ Michael Cavna (December 11, 2008). "The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  13. 1 2 staff. "32nd ANNUAL ANNIE NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards . Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  14. 1 2 staff. "41st ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS". annieawards.org. Annie Awards . Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  15. ↑ Chmielewski, Dawn (June 3, 2023). "Exclusive: Walt Disney's Pixar targets 'Lightyear' execs among 75 job cuts". Reuters . Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Walt Disney's Pixar Animation eliminates 75 positions". The Economic Times. June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  17. ↑ Wolsos, T.J. (August 9, 2024). "Disney/Pixar Lays Off 75 Employees – Developing". Pixar Post. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  18. 1 2 White, James (October 27, 2021). "Lightyear Exclusive Interview: Director Angus MacLane On The 'Real' Buzz's New Movie". Empire . Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  19. 1 2 Hermanns, Grant (April 21, 2022). "Angus MacLane & Galyn Susman Interview: Lightyear". Screen Rant . Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  20. ↑ Palmer, Roger (November 10, 2021). "Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special Details Revealed". What's On Disney Plus. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  21. ↑ T.J. Wolsos (June 10, 2022). "Buzz Lightyear Documentary 'Beyond Infinity' Now on Disney+". Pixar Post. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
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