List of Pixar shorts

This is a list of Pixar shorts. Beginning with Pixar's second film A Bug's Life, all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown along with a theatrically released Pixar-created short. Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase what Pixar can do (either technologically or cinematically), or were created specifically for a client.

In 1986, Pixar made x test films ranging 10 to 20 seconds in length. They were The Beach Chair and Flags and Waves, but they might very well be a test from unproduced shorts.

The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, when John Lasseter was the only professional animator in the company's tiny animation department. Starting with Geri's Game, after Pixar had turned into an animation studio, all the later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget.

In 1991, Pixar made four CGI shorts produced for the TV series Sesame Street. The shorts illustrates different weights and directions starring Luxo Jr. and Luxo - Surprise (1992), Light and Heavy (1990), Up and Down (1993), and Front and Back (1994).

Also, beginning with A Bug's Life, Pixar has created extra content for each of their films that is not part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form of "movie outtakes" and appeared as part of the movie's credits. For each of their films since Monsters, Inc. (Finding Nemo and Toy Story 3 excluded), this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film. As of 2010, all of the short films except BURN-E and Dug's Special Mission are available to purchase on Apple's iTunes Store.

Pixar shorts

Short	Year	Initial theatrical release with	Initial home release* with	Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Adventures of André and Wally B.**	1984
Luxo Jr.	1986	Toy Story 2	Toy Story 2	Nominated
Red's Dream	1987
Tin Toy	1988		Toy Story	Won
Knick Knack	1989	Finding Nemo	Finding Nemo
Geri's Game	1997	A Bug's Life	A Bug's Life	Won
For the Birds	2000	Monsters, Inc.	Monsters, Inc.
Mike's New Car	2002			Nominated
Boundin'	2003	The Incredibles	The Incredibles
Jack-Jack Attack	2005
One Man Band		Cars	Cars	Nominated
Mater and the Ghostlight	2006
Lifted		Ratatouille	Ratatouille	Nominated
Your Friend the Rat	2007
Presto	2008	WALL-E	WALL-E	Nominated
BURN-E
Partly Cloudy	2009	Up	Up
Dug's Special Mission
Day & Night	2010	Toy Story 3	Toy Story 3	Nominated
La Luna	2011	Brave		Nominated

Notes:
* non-compilation
**Lucasfilm

Short series

In 2008, Pixar began making shorts with previously developed characters. These shorts premiered on Toon Disney, Disney Channel or as a theatrical release.

Cars Toons

Main article: Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales

Short	Year	Premiered
Rescue Squad Mater	2008	Toon Disney
Mater the Greater
El Materdor
Tokyo Mater	2008	Theatrical, with Bolt
Unidentified Flying Mater	2009	Disney Channel
Monster Truck Mater	2010
Heavy Metal Mater
Moon Mater	2010	DVD+Blu-ray, with Mater's Tall Tales
Mater Private Eye
Air Mater	2011	DVD+Blu-ray, with Cars 2

Toy Story Toons

Short	Year	Premiered
Hawaiian Vacation	2011	Theatrical/DVD+Blu-ray, with Cars 2
Small Fry		Theatrical, with The Muppets

Compilations

Pixar released Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1, a collection of their short films, on DVD and Blu-ray on November 6, 2007. The disc is an updated version of the earlier-released VHS tape Tiny Toy Stories, and includes all of Pixar's shorts through 2006's Lifted, including the short The Adventures of André and Wally B., which was made by Pixar in 1984 as a Lucasfilm subsidiary before it became its own company.

Additional work

Beginning with Finding Nemo, Pixar has created additional material to serve as instructional material or as background material to illuminate aspects of a film.

Short	Year	Initial Home Release with
Exploring the Reef	2003	Finding Nemo
Turtle Talk with Crush	2004	N/A (attraction at Epcot, Disney California Adventure Park, and Disney Dream)
Mr. Incredible and Pals	2005	The Incredibles
The Incredible Socks
George & A.J.	2009	N/A (web release on iTunes, Facebook and YouTube)
Buzz Lightyear Mission Logs	2010	Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3

Other work

Pixar animated a series of clips featuring Luxo and Luxo Jr. for Sesame Street, which were Light & Heavy, and Surprise. Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused as shorts, including The Beach Chair and Flag and Waves. They also produced over 30 commercials after selling their software division to support themselves before Toy Story entered production. Some of their other work includes:

Short	Year	Initial Home Release with	Commissioned for
Flags and Waves	1986	Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1 (Easter Egg)
The Beach Chair
Volume Visualization on Image Computer	1987
Dance of the Waterlilies	1989		Toppan Printing
Wake Up			Tropicana
Skateboard	1990		Life Savers
Dancing Cards			California Lottery
Quite a Package			Trident
Luxo Jr. Shorts			Sesame Street
Boxer			Listerine
La Nouvelle Polo			Volkswagen
Plump			Pillsbury
Galaxy			Toppan Printing
Grands	1991		Pillsbury
Cracks			Fleischmann's
Conga-Clio-award winner			Life Savers
Orange Kiwi Passion			Tropicana
Warehouse
Three Fruits Dancing
Logo	1992		IBM
In The Jungle			Listerine
Violin			Kellogg's All-Bran
Arrows-Clio-award winner	1993		Listerine
Conga (Wacky)-Clio-award winner	1994		Life Savers
Logo			Paramount Pictures
Hot Air/Circus	1995		Chips Ahoy
Tex	1996		THX
Toy Story Treats			ABC
Look Away	1997		Nickelodeon & UNICEF
Moo Can			THX
Fish & Shark	2003		Disney Channel
Train
Tennis Birds	2006		Vizzavi