Andrew Coats
Andrew Coats is an American director, writer and animator at Pixar. He received critical appraisal and recognition with 2016 animated-short film Borrowed Time which he co-directed, wrote and released independently as a part of Pixar Co-op Program, which allow their animators to use Pixar sources to make independent films. Coats received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nomination at the 89th Academy Awards, shared with Lou Hamou-Lhadj.
Andrew Coats
- Born
- 2000 · Peru.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- animator · film director · screenwriter
- Education
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts · Providence Day School
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Filmography
• Year — Film — Role • 2007 — Little Einsteins — TV series, CG modeler - 1 episode • 2008 — Horton Hears a Who! — Assistant animator • Surviving Sid — Video short, animator • 2009 — Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs — Animator • 2011 — Rio • Cars 2 • 2012 — Brave • The Legend of Mor'du — Video short, animator • 2013 — Toy Story of Terror! — TV Short, animator • 2015 — Inside Out — Animation character developer • The Good Dinosaur — Animator • 2016 — Borrowed Time — Short, Co-animator/co-director/co-writer/co-production designer • Finding Dory — Animator • 2017 — Cars 3 — Pixar Studio Team - Promotional Animation • 2018 — Incredibles 2 — Animator • 2019 — Smash and Grab — Animator • 2024 — Inside Out 2 — Animator
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Recipients — Result — Ref. • 2014 — Visual Effects Society Awards — Outstanding Animated Character in a Broadcast Program or Commercial — Toy Story of Terror! — Paul Aichele Kiki Mei Kee Poh • 2015 — SIGGRAPH — Best In Show — Borrowed Time — Andrew Coats Lou Hamou-Lhadj • St. Louis International Film Festival — Best Animated Short • 2016 — Brooklyn Film Festival • Fastnet Short Film Festival — Best Cinematography — Luke Martorelli • USA Film Festival — First Place: Animation — Andrew Coats Lou Hamou-Lhadj • Woods Hole Film Festival — Best Animated Short • Academy Awards — Best Animated Short Film
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- 1.Failes, Ian. How Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Made The Independent Short 'Borrowed Time' Inside Pixar. Cartoon Brew. January 24, 2017.
- 2.Hill, Libby. Two Pixar animators explore the depths of grief and guilt in 'Borrowed Time'. Los Angeles Times. January 29, 2017.
- 3.Desowitz, Bill. 'Borrowed Time': How Two Pixar Animators Made a Daring, Off-Brand Western Short. Indiewire. January 29, 2017.
- 4.Oscars.com. Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards. January 24, 2017.
- 5.Vanity Fair. Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List. January 24, 2017.
- 6.Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List. Vanity Fair. January 24, 2017.
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