Ralph Eggleston, an animator from Pixar, is best known as the director of the short film for the sake of birdsHe died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old. In addition to the Academy Award for for the sake of birdsEggleston, winner of the Annie Award as art director on the original Toy Storyand would go on to become an artist, animator and art director on several Pixar films including monsters company. , Finding NemoAnd the Wall-EAnd the inside outside. Prior to his time at Pixar, he was its artistic director Ferngully: The Last RainforestAnd the AladdinAnd the the king lionAnd the Pocahontas. His last work was in 2020 spirit.
Eggleston was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1956. He began his career-defining relationship with Pixar in 1992, and had a hand in nearly every project in the animation studio from then until 2020. Prior to his time with Disney and Pixar, Eggleston worked at Warner Brothers and Amblin/Universal TV, giving him an impressive résumé that includes work on it Scooby Doo And the Rugrats In addition to his great work at Disney.
“He was a unique talent and a beautiful soul,” said writer and director Roger Gould, who worked with Eggleston at Pixar. “We are all better because we know him.”
“I think when you watch it, on your screen, you’re kind of immersed in that color and the beauty of the environment,” Bill Croyer, director of Ferngoli, told ComicBook.com last week. “It’s really something that really pops up. It was something to see. And that’s of course, Ralph Eggleston, our Technical Director, who has continued Toy Story And the Finding Nemo And the The Incredibles. He was the man behind it all. And you can see a genius at work when you watch it verngoli. “
After winning his first Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Production Design for Toy StoryEggleston would score three more points: Outstanding production design in an animated feature for Finding Nemo in 2004; Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Film Production for inside outside in 2015; and the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.
Our condolences go out to Mr. Eggleston’s family, friends, fans and collaborators at this difficult time.
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