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Brian Fee | |
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 Fee in 2017 | |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2003–2023) [1] [2] |
| Children | 2 [1] |
Brian Fee is an American storyboard artist, director, and voice actor best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios [3] where he made his directorial debut with the feature film Cars 3 (2017), the third film of the Cars franchise. [4] [5] [6] [7]
| Year | Title | Director | (Original) Story by | Story Artist | Animator | Prop Designer | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | No | No | No | Assistant | No | No | Assistant Animator: Traditional Animation |
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Direct-to-video | |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | No | No | No | Character builders | No | No | ||
| 2006 | Cars | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Voices of Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp / Brian Fee Clamp [8] |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Additional | No | No | No | |
| 2008 | WALL-E | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| The Good Dinosaur | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Coco | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Soul | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Lightyear | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Year | Title | Producer | Cinematographer | Other | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tracy [9] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tracy Knapp / Albert Knapp Sr. | Extras, additional music |
| Year | Title | Director | Story Artist | Animator | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox | No | No | Assistant | No | Animation Assistant |
| 2000 | The Indescribable Nth | No | No | Assistant | No | Assistant Animator |
| 2008 | BURN-E | No | No | No | Yes | Special Thanks |
| 2017 | Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | Cars on the Road | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Directed episodes 3, 4, and 7; Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Animator, assisting & clean-up | Episode: Bannon Custody Case |
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