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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2006–present) |
Brian Fee is an American storyboard artist, director, and voice actor, who works for Pixar. [1] Fee made his directorial debut at the studio with the feature film Cars 3 (2017), the third film of the Cars franchise. [2] [3] [4] [5]
One month after the release of Cars 3, Fee began developing an original Pixar feature film. [6]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Story Artist | Animator | Designer | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | No | No | No | No | Prop | No | Direct-to-video | |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | No | No | No | Character builders | No | No | ||
| 2006 | Cars [7] | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Voices of Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp / Brian Fee Clamp |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Additional |
| 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 | Original Story | 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 [8] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tracy Knapp / Albert Knapp Sr. | Extras, additional music |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1999 | Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox | Animation assistant |
| 2000 | The Indescribable Nth | Assistant animator |
| Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Animator, assisting & clean-up; episode 1 only |
| Year | Title | Director | Storyboard Artist | Notes |
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| 2022 | Cars on the Road | Yes | Yes | Disney+ Original short films; Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| Year | Title | Credit |
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| 2008 | BURN-E | Special thanks |
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