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]
Year | Film | Role |
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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 |
2009 | Calendar Confloption | Short, 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] |
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Academy Awards | February 26, 2017 | Best Animated Short Film | Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer | Won | [5] |
Annie Award | February 4, 2017 | Best Animated Short Subject | Piper | Won | [6] |
Emmy Award | 2018 | Original Interactive Program | CocoVR | Nominated | [7] |
Cannes Lions | 2018 | Silver Lions | CocoVR | Won | [8] |
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