Angus MacLane

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**Angus MacLane** (born April 13, 1975) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor, best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios. He co-directed the film *Finding Dory* (2016) and made his solo feature directorial debut with the *Toy Story* spin-off film *Lightyear* (2022). MacLane is also a Lego enthusiast and created the CubeDudes building format and designed a LEGO WALL-E that has become an official set from The Lego Group.

## Early life and education

Angus MacLane was born on April 13, 1975, in Riverside County, California, but grew up in Portland, Oregon. He originally wanted to be a comic book artist but halfway through school switched to animation and hoped one day he could work at the Will Vinton Studios (now Laika) and would eventually go on to work for the studio before working for Pixar. In 1997, he received a bachelor of fine arts from Rhode Island School of Design.

## Career

### 1997–2023: Pixar

MacLane joined Pixar in 1997, starting as an animator on *Geri's Game*. He worked as an animator on every Pixar feature film from *A Bug's Life* (1998) through *Toy Story 3* (2010). He also worked in the character development on *Monsters, Inc.* (2001) and *The Incredibles* (2004). His work on *The Incredibles* gained him an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation. After serving as Supervising Animator on *One Man Band*, MacLane started working on the story team for Andrew Stanton's *WALL-E* and later moved up to Directing Animator. After animating a small scene for a side character named BURN-E, MacLane wanted to know what might happen to the character. He originally wanted BURN-E's story arc part of the actual film, but Stanton ended up wanting him to develop it into a short which eventually became *BURN-E*, which can now be viewed on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of *WALL-E*. For a short amount of time, he worked on the animation for *Up*, and the animation on *Toy Story 3*.

After *BURN-E*, MacLane started to move further to directing and writing works in the studio with the *Toy Story Toon:* *Small Fry* and Pixar's first TV special *Toy Story of Terror!*, for which he won an Annie for Outstanding Achievement in Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production. In addition, MacLane co-directed Pixar's 2016 film *Finding Dory* and directed the 2022 film *Lightyear*. Following the commercial failure of *Lightyear*, MacLane was included among 75 Pixar employees laid off by The Walt Disney Company as part of an ongoing company-wide restructuring.

## Recognition

* 2005, Won Annie Award for 'Character Animation' for *The Incredibles*
* 2014, Won Annie Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Directing ' for *Toy Story of Terror*

## References

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1. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Wolcott, Gary (December 2, 2008). "Q&A with Pixar star MacLane". Tri-City Herald. ATOMICTOWN.COM. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Shamsian, Jacob (October 28, 2016). "One of the directors of 'Finding Dory' kept 'Finding Nemo' constantly running on his phone while making the movie". Insider. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
3. ↑ Moore (August 26, 2015). Interview with Angus MacLane of WALL•E. Retrieved on December 11, 2020.
4. ↑ Telsch, Rafe (November 12, 2008). Interview: BURN-E Director Angus MacLane.
5. ↑ White, Ryan (December 11, 2011). Pixar writer, director Angus MacLane puts inspiration from Portland roots into short 'Small Fry'.
6. ↑ Radish, Christina (October 14, 2013). Carl Weathers Talks TOY STORY OF TERROR!, Playing "Combat Carl," Joining the TOY STORY Franchise, and More.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Han, Angie (2014-06-11). "Pixar Updates: 'Finding Dory' Gets Co-Director, More 'Inside Out' Details Revealed". /Film. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Feldberg, Isaac (2014-06-11). "Angus MacLane Co-Directing Finding Dory With Andrew Stanton". We Got This Covered. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
9. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". *Pixar Post*. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
10. ↑ Courtney, Tim (August 14, 2015). Introducing LEGO® Ideas #011 WALL•E.
11. ↑ LEGO Interview: Angus MacLane and the CubeDudes (September 26, 2009). Retrieved on July 14, 2014.
12. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Michael Cavna (2008-12-11). "The Interview: Pixar Animator Angus MacLane". *The Washington Post*. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 32nd ANNUAL ANNIE NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS. Annie Awards. Retrieved on July 11, 2014.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 41st ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS WINNERS. Annie Awards. Retrieved on July 11, 2014.
15. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Chmielewski, Dawn (June 3, 2023). "Exclusive: Walt Disney's Pixar targets 'Lightyear' execs among 75 job cuts". *Reuters*. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
16. ↑ Walt Disney's Pixar Animation eliminates 75 positions. The Economic Times (June 3, 2023).
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Lightyear Exclusive Interview: Director Angus MacLane On The 'Real' Buzz's New Movie (October 27, 2021).
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Angus MacLane & Galyn Susman Interview: *Lightyear* (April 21, 2022).
19. ↑ Palmer, Roger (2021-11-10). Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special Details Revealed (en-US).
20. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>T.J. Wolsos (June 10, 2022). "Buzz Lightyear Documentary 'Beyond Infinity' Now on Disney+". *Pixar Post*. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

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