Marc Sondheimer

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Marc Sondheimer is a producer at Pixar. Best known for his work on animated short-film Piper, [1] which earned him the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, shared with director Alan Barillaro. [2] [3]

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Filmography

YearFilmRole
2004 The Incredibles Production Finance Lead
2007 Ratatouille Production accountant
2008 WALL-E Sets Department Manager, Film Finance Lead
2009 Up Administration and finance: Pixar studio team
2009Calendar ConfloptionShort, Associate Producer
2010 Day & Night Short, Associate Producer
2012 John Carter Production Accountant
2013 Monsters University Studio Finance Team
2015 The Good Dinosaur Associate Producer
2016 Finding Dory Production Finance Lead
2016 MLI Short, Producer
2017 Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool Short, Producer
2017 Coco Producer, Promotional Animation
2018 Auntie Edna Short, Producer
2020 Lamp Life Short, Producer
2022 Cars on the Road Series, Producer [4]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Academy Awards February 26, 2017 Best Animated Short Film Alan Barillaro and Marc SondheimerWon [5]
Annie Award February 4, 2017 Best Animated Short Subject PiperWon [6]
Emmy Award 2018 Original Interactive Program CocoVRNominated [7]
Cannes Lions 2018 Silver Lions CocoVRWon [8]

See also

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