Josh Cooley

Josh Cooley
Background information
Born	Joshua Cooley May 23, 1980 (age 39) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, voice actor
Years active	2004-present

Josh Cooley is an American story artist at Pixar Animation Studios who served as a storyboard artist for The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Up, and Cars 2. He also served as an additional story supervisor on Cars 2. He wrote and directed the short film, George and A.J., and also was the story editor of the Toy Story Toons short, Small Fry. He performed the voice of Omega in Up, Roger in the Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales short, Moon Mater, the cashier and Lizard Wizard in Small Fry, Vroomaroundus Bugus in the Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs short, Bugged, and Jangles the Clown in Inside Out.

Feature Film Filmography

Pixar

Year	Film	Position	Company
2004	The Incredibles	Storyboard Artist	Pixar
2006	Cars
2007	Ratatouille
2009	Up	Storyboard Artist/Voice Actor (Omega)
2011	Cars 2	Storyboard Artist/Additional Story Supervisior
2012	Brave	Storyboard Artist (Uncredited)
2015	Inside Out	Screenplay/Story Supervisor/Voice Actor (Jangles the Clown)
	The Good Dinosaur	Special Thanks
2019	Toy Story 4	Director

Animated Shorts Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Company
2008	Cars Toons	Voice Actor (Roger and Vroomaroundus Bugus)	Pixar
2009	George and A.J.	Writer/Director
2011	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry	Story Editor/Voice Actor (Cashier and Wizard Lizard)
2015	Riley's First Date?	Writer/Director/Voice Actor (Bill's Sadness)

Disney Pixar Roles

Roger
(Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales)

Wizard Lizard
(Toy Story Toons: Small Fry)

Vroomaroundus Bugus
(Cars Toons: Bugged)

Bill Andersen's Sadness
(Inside Out)

Jangles the Clown
(Inside Out)

Gallery

Josh Cooley and Pete Docter attending the 2015 D23 Expo.

Josh Cooley speaks at the 2015 D23 Expo.

Josh Cooley attending the 2017 D23 Expo.

Josh Cooley supervising Tony Hale's recording session for Toy Story 4.

Josh Cooley, Jonas Rivera and Mark Nielsen at premiere of Toy Story 4 in June 2019.

Trivia

• He is the youngest person to direct a Toy Story media.

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