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Ash Brannon
Born	1969 (age 42–43) Columbus, Georgia, USA
Occupation	Film director, Animator, Screenwriter, Animation Teacher
Years active	1989 - Present

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^[1] and co-director on Toy Story 2.^[2] Besides working at Pixar he has also worked with Dreamworks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surf's Up.

Brannon studied TV/Film at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida for high school and went on to CalArts for further education. Studying in CalArts Character Animation program, Brannon likewise practiced his skills in animation as a trainee for Disney's The Little Mermaid. From 1990-92. In the meantime, Brannon served as an animator for such projects as Nike's Hare Jordan Super Bowl ad in 1992 and the television series That's 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 Surf's Up.

According to the Toy Story 2: Special Edition commentary Al McWhiggin's license plate reads "LZTYBRN," which is "Al's Toy Barn" minus the vowel letters. It is also the actual license plate of Ash Brannon.

Filmography

Year	Film	Job
1989	The Little Mermaid	Animation Trainee
1995	Toy Story	Directing Animator, Story Artist
1998	A Bug's Life	Story Artist
1999	Toy Story 2	Co-Director, Story, Animator
2006	Over the Hedge	Additional Story Artist
2006	Open Season	Special Thanks
2007	Surf's Up	Director, Screenplay, voice of Filmmaker #1

References

^ Price, David A. (2009-05-05). The Pixar Touch. Random House Digital, Inc.. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-307-27829-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=6ium9aok5yMC&pg=PA175. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ Clarke, Frederick S. (2002). Cinefantastique. 34. F. S. Clarke. p. 15. http://books.google.com/books?id=oiwnAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 19 August 2011.

External links

Ash Brannon at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production (1996–2010)

John Lasseter (1996) · Ron Clements and John Musker (1997) · Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook (1998) · Brad Bird (1999) · John Lasseter, Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich (2000) · Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) · Hayao Miyazaki (2002) · Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) · Brad Bird (2004) · Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) · Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick (2006) · Brad Bird (2007) · Mark Osborne and John Wayne Stevenson (2008) · Pete Docter (2009) · Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (2010)

Complete list (1996–2010) (2011–present)

v t e Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production (1996–2010)

Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (1996) · Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998) · Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies (1999) · John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000) · Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman (2001) · Hayao Miyazaki (2002) · Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds (2003) · Brad Bird (2004) · Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton (2005) · Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies (2006) · Brad Bird (2007) · Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (2008) · Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009) · Chris Sanders, Will Davies or Dean DeBlois (2010)

Complete list (1996–2010) (2011–present)

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Name	Brannon, Ash
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Date of birth	1969
Place of birth	Columbus, Georgia, USA
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