Ash Brannon
Director, Writer, Voice-over
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ash Brannon (born 1969 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American animator, writer and director. He was a story artist and directing animator on Toy Story and co-director on Toy Story 2. Besides working at Pixar he has also worked with Dreamworks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surfs Up.Studying in CalArts Character Animation program, Brannon likewise practiced his skills in animation as a trainee for Disneys The Little Mermaid. From 1990-92. In the meantime, Brannon served as an animator for such projects as Nikes Hare Jordan Super Bowl ad in 1992 and the television series Thats Warner Bros.!.He won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production on Toy Story 2. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2007 on Surfs Up.According to the Toy Story 2: Special Edition commentary Al McWhiggins license plate reads LZTYBRN, which is Als Toy Barn minus the vowel letters. It is also the actual license plate of Ash Brannon.It was reported that Brannon is working as director on an upcoming film, Turkeys.Description above from the Wikipedia article Ash Brannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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