Ash Brannon

Ashton "Ash" Brannon is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, and animation teacher. He was a story artist and directing animator on Toy Story and co-director on Toy Story 2. Also, he was an animation traniee on The Little Mermaid and a story artist for A Bug's Life. Besides working at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, he has also worked with DreamWorks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surf's Up. In his spare time, he teaches the Character Animation course at CalArts. He has also worked as the director, writer, and provided a voice in Rock Dog.
==Gallery==
Cn.png|Ash Brannon and Chris Buck at the premiere of Surf's Up in May 2007.
==Feature Film Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position 	Subsidiary
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
1995	Toy Story 	Directing Animator/Story Artist 	Pixar
1998	A Bug's Life 	story artist 	Pixar
1999	Toy Story 2 	Co-director/Animator/Character Design	Pixar
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	character designer 	Pixar
2003	Finding Nemo 	background designer 	Pixar
2004	The Incredibles	animation director 	Pixar
 	 	 	Pixar
==Trivia==
*Al McWhiggin's license plate reads "LZTYBRN", which is "Al's Toy Barn" minus the vowel letters. It was also the actual license plate of Ash Brannon's car at the time of the movie's release according to the Toy Story 2 commentary.
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Category:Toy Story
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Category:Annie Award Winner
Category:Annie Award Nominated
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Category:People from Georgia
Category:Storyboard artists
Category:1960s births
Category:Producers
Category:Pixar
Category:A Bug's Life
Category:The Little Mermaid
Category:Disney Renaissance
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Category:Character Designers
Category:American people
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios
Category:Monsters, Inc.
Category:Finding Nemo
Category:The Incredibles