Mark Andrews (filmmaker)
Mark Andrews | |
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| Born | Mark Elliott Andrews September 12, 1968 |
| Nationality | American[1] |
| Education | Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993)[2] |
| Alma mater | CalArts |
| Occupation(s) | Director, storyboard artist, writer |
| Notable work | One Man Band Brave |
| Children | Maeve |
Mark Elliott Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is an American director, screenwriter, animator, he is best known for the 2012 Pixar feature film Brave. He was the story supervisor for The Incredibles, directed the short film One Man Band and co-wrote the short films Jack-Jack Attack and One Man Band.
Andrews studied animation at the Character Animation Program at CalArts. After that he was one of five who got a Disney internship, but was fired after three months.[3] He is also considered to be Brad Bird's "right-hand man".[who?] Some of his student films have been featured at MOMA's exhibition TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures. Unlike most other CalArts alumni, he was not a huge fan of Disney films, and claimed he was a bigger fan of anime such as Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer, and Robotech.[4]
He is the father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced Jack-Jack Parr in The Incredibles.[5] Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman as director of Brave (2012).[6] Both were credited as directors, and they won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[citation needed]
On January 15, 2013, it was announced that Andrews was writing and directing another feature film at Pixar.[7][8][9]
Filmography
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994) (animator) (VG)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996) (character models, storyboard artist) (TV)
- Loose Tooth (1997) (animation story developer)
- Quest for Camelot (1998) (storyboard artist)
- The Iron Giant (1999) (workbook designer, storyboard artist)
- Osmosis Jones (2001) (head of story, head storyboard artist)
- The Powerpuff Girls (2001) (storyboard artist, writer) (TV)
- Samurai Jack (2001) (storyboard artist, writer) (TV)
- Spider-Man (2002) (storyboard artist)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) (writer) (TV)
- The Incredibles (2004) (head of story, visual development, additional voices)
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005 short) (story)
- Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005 short) (storyboarder)
- One Man Band (2005 short) (director, writer)
- Cars (2006) (additional storyboarding)
- Ratatouille (2007) (story supervisor)
- Violet (2007 short) (director)
- TRACY (2009) (Pitchman #1)
- The Quest (2010 short) (co-writer, second unit director)
- John Carter (2012) (co-writer, second unit director)
- Brave (2012) (director, co-writer, senior creative team)
- The Legend of Mor'du (2012 short) (executive producer)
- Monsters University (2013) (senior creative team)
- Inside Out (2015) (senior creative team)
- The Good Dinosaur (2015) (senior creative team)
- The Jungle Book (2016) (special thanks)
References
- ^ Lee, Marc (August 13, 2012). "Pixar's Brave gamble". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "Mark Andrews, Director, Pixar Animation Studios". AIGA San Francisco. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Day 89: A113 Series: Mark Andrews — the Kennedy Compounds
- ^ Andrews, Mark (Director) (Jun 22, 2012). Mark Andrews: "Brave" - Talks at Google (Motion picture). Talks at Google.
- ^ Click, Stephanie (June 22, 2012). "Brave: The Review". Stephanie Click. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Barnes, Brooks (20 October 2010). "Pixar Removes Its First Female Director". New York Times.
- ^ Ferguson, Brian (April 10, 2013). "Sequel to Disney-Pixar's Brave on the cards". Scotsman. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Julie & T.J. (January 14, 2013). "Mark Andrews Developing New Pixar Feature Film". Pixar Post. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ Jardine, William (January 1, 2013). "Interview: Brian Larsen, Brave Story Supervisor and The Legend of Mor'du Director". A113Animation. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
External links
- Mark Andrews at IMDb
- Mark Andrews's blog
- Mark Andrews
- Mark Andrews visits Calarts' Character Animation (Fall '04)
- Mark Andrews at FLIP Animation Magazine Retrieved December 2012
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- American storyboard artists
- Animators from California
- Animation screenwriters
- Annie Award winners
- California Institute of the Arts alumni
- Pixar people
- American animated film directors
- American male screenwriters
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners