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Angus MacLane is a former Pixar employee, who has worked on every theatrical release since A Bug's Life. Starting as an animator and storyboard artist, he has progressed to directing animator on WALL-E and directed the short films BURN-E and Small Fry. In 2014, he won an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing for Toy Story of Terror!. He also co-directed Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo. Most recently, he has directed his first Pixar film Lightyear (2022).

MacLane is also a LEGO enthusiast and created the CubeDudes building format and designed a LEGO WALL-E that became an official set from The Lego Group. He even used LEGO pieces and elements to create mock-ups of the various spaceships seen in Lightyear. These models were then used by the movie's artists and animators as a starting point for the designs of the final vehicles.

Feature Film Filmography[]

Year Film Position Subsidiary
1998 A Bug's Life Additional Animator Pixar
1999 Toy Story 2 Animator/Additional Storyboard Artist
2001 Monsters, Inc. Animator/Character Developer/Additional Storyboarding
2003 Finding Nemo Animator
2004 The Incredibles Animator/Character Developer
2006 Cars Additional Animator
2007 Ratatouille
2008 WALL-E Directing Animator/Storyboard Artist
2009 Up Animator
2010 Toy Story 3
2016 Finding Dory Co-Director/Voice Actors (Sunfish “Charlie Back and Forth”)/Additional Story Material/Additional Voices
2022 Lightyear Director/Story/Screenplay

Animated Shorts Filmography[]

Year Film Position Subsidiary
1997 Geri's Game Animator Pixar
2000 For the Birds
2005 One Man Band Supervising Animator
2008 BURN-E Director/Story/Voice Actor (BURN-E)
2011 Toy Story Toons: "Hawaiian Vacation" Voice Actor (Captain Zip)
Toy Story Toons: "Small Fry" Writer/Director/Voice Actors (T-Bone, Super Pirate, Funky Monk, and Gary Grappling Hook)
2013 Toy Story of Terror Writer/Director/Voice Actor (Officer Wilson)

Roles[]


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