List of Pixar shorts
This is a list of animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios .
Beginning with Pixar's first film Toy Story , almost all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created original short film , known as a "short." Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase Pixar's technology or cinematic capabilities, or on commission for clients.
Pixar began producing shorts in the 1980s.[ 1] 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 small animation department. Starting with Geri's Game , after Pixar had converted into an animation studio , all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget.
Pixar produced four CGI shorts for the educational TV series Sesame Street between 1990 and 1994. The shorts illustrate different weights and directions starring Luxo Jr. and Luxo — Light & Heavy , Surprise , Up and Down , and Front and Back .[ 2]
During the development of Toy Story , Pixar set up a division to work on Pixar video games called Pixar's Interactive Products Group, specifically Toy Story entries in the Disney's Animated Storybook and Disney's Activity Center . Due to the intense resources required, the division was eventually folded and the staff were redistributed to start creating short films to accompany Pixar's theatrical releases.[ 3] [ 4]
Beginning with A Bug's Life , Pixar has created extra content for each of their films that are not part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form of outtakes and appeared as part of the film's credits . For each of their films, this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film.[ 5]
Toy Story 4 was the first film not to have a theatrical short before it. Coco and Onward had theatrical shorts from other subsidiaries related to Disney. Lightyear and Inside Out 2 had no theatrical shorts before them. Elemental was the first film, released theatrically in the United States, to have a Pixar-produced short in front of it since Incredibles 2 .[ 6]
Shorts
Original short films
SparkShorts series
SparkShorts is a series of animated short films produced by Pixar filmmakers and artists, similar to its sister series Short Circuit from Walt Disney Animation Studios . It consists of longer independent shorts. Under the project, Pixar's employees are merely given six months and limited budgets to develop these animated short films.
Pixar Popcorn
Title
Associated Feature Film
Year(s)
Director(s)
Premiere
To Fitness and Beyond
Toy Story 4
2021
Adam Rodriguez
Disney+
Unparalleled Parking
Cars 3
James Ford Murphy
Dory Finding
Finding Dory
Michal Makarewicz
Soul of the City
Soul
Christopher Chua
Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Love
Toy Story 4
Robert H. Russ
Chore Day the Incredibles Way
Incredibles 2
Alan Barillaro
A Day in the Life of the Dead
Coco
Allison Rutland
Fluffy Stuff with Ducky and Bunny: Three Heads
Toy Story 4
Robert H. Russ
Dancing with the Cars
Cars 3
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrión
Cookie Num Num
Incredibles 2
Jae Hyung Kim
Notes
Short series
Cars Toons
Mater's Tall Tales
Title
Year
Director(s)
Premiered
Rescue Squad Mater
2008
John Lasseter
Toon Disney
Mater the Greater
El Materdor
Tokyo Mater [ 26]
Theatrical with Bolt
Unidentified Flying Mater
2009
Disney Channel
Monster Truck Mater
2010
Heavy Metal Mater
Moon Mater [ 27]
Robert Gibbs
DVD + Blu-ray with Mater's Tall Tales
Mater Private Eye [ 28]
Air Mater [ 29]
2011
DVD + Blu-ray with Cars 2
Time Travel Mater [ 30]
2012
Disney Channel
Tales from Radiator Springs
Title
Year
Director(s)
Premiered
Hiccups
2013
Jeremy Lasky
Disney Channel
Bugged
Spinning
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
Robert Gibbs
Disney Movies Anywhere
Toy Story Toons
Forky Asks a Question
Title
Year(s)
Director(s)
Premiered
What Is Money?
2019
Bob Peterson
Disney+
What Is a Friend?
What Is Art?
What Is Time?
What Is Love?
What Is a Computer?
What Is a Leader?
What Is a Pet?
What Is Cheese?
2020
What Is Reading?
Dug Days
Cars on the Road
Title
Year(s)
Director(s)
Premiered
Dino Park
2022
Steve Purcell
Disney+
Lights Out
Salt Fever
Brian Fee
The Legend
Show Time
Bobby Podesta
Trucks
B-Movie
Brian Fee
Road Rumblers
Steve Purcell
Gettin’ Hitched
Bobby Podesta
Compilations
Compilation title
Release date
Format
Tiny Toy Stories
October 29, 1996
VHS
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1
November 6, 2007
DVD , Blu-ray , Digital download
Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales
November 2, 2010
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2
November 13, 2012
Toy Story of Terror!/Toy Story Toons
August 19, 2014
DVD, Blu-ray
Cars Toons: Bonus Disc
2013
DVD
The Radiator Springs 500½
2014
DVD
Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 3
November 13, 2018
DVD, Blu-ray, Digital download
Other work
Pixar made a series of shorts featuring Luxo Jr. for Sesame Street , which were Light & Heavy , Surprise , Up and Down , and Front and Back .[ 2] Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused with theatrical shorts, including Beach Chair and Flags and Waves . They also produced several commercials after selling their software division to support themselves until Toy Story became successful. Pixar continues to produce commercials related to their films.
Furthermore, in 1988, Apple's Advanced Technology Group produced "Pencil Test ," a computer-animated short to showcase the Apple Macintosh II line.[ 36] [ 37] Although Pixar was not officially affiliated with this film, several members of the Pixar staff advised and worked on it, including directors John Lasseter , Andrew Stanton , and producer Galyn Susman.[citation needed ] John Lasseter was credited as "Coach" in the credits of the film.[ 38]
Some of their other work includes:
Animation tests
Commercials
The Pixar Co-op Program, a part of the Pixar University professional development program, allows their animators to use Pixar resources to produce independent films.[ 45] [ 46]
Some of their Co-op work includes:
Co-op Program
Cancelled projects
A half-hour television sequel to the short Tin Toy was considered, but Pixar felt convinced they could produce a feature film.[ 57] The project later became Toy Story .
Toy Story Toons: Mythic Rock
In 2013, it was revealed a fourth short of Toy Story Toons was in the works, entitled Mythic Rock .[ 58] However, it was never released.
Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs: To Protect and Serve
At the 2013 Disney D23 Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode of Cars Toons : Tales from Radiator Springs , entitled To Protect and Serve , was in production.[ 59] [ 60] However, it was never released.
Untitled Win or Lose follow-up series
Pixar was working on an untitled follow-up series, but it was quietly cancelled.[ 61] [ 62] [ 63]
See also
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