Ralph Eggleston

Ralph Eggleston
Born	(1965-10-18)October 18, 1965 Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	San Rafael, California, U.S.
Occupation	Comic artist, illustrator, animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, film director production designer
Years active	1985–2022
Employer	Pixar Animation Studios (1992–2022)
Notable work	Monsters, Inc. Finding Nemo WALL-E Inside Out

Ralph Eggleston (October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022) was an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, writer, film director, and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios.

Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Eggleston graduated from the California Institute of the Arts before beginning his career as an animator in 1985. His first significant contribution was as the chief animator for the 1987 episode "Family Dog" for Steven Spielberg's anthology series Amazing Stories. Following this project he worked as an animator for Kroyer Films on numerous projects for television and film in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including serving as art director for the 1992 film FernGully: The Last Rainforest. He also worked as an animator on several projects with Walt Disney Animation Studios, including the films Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), and Pocahontas.

Eggleston began his career at Pixar in 1992, hired during the development of Toy Story, his work on which won him the Annie Award for Best Art Direction. He wrote and directed the Oscar-winning Pixar short film For the Birds. He worked as Production Designer on the film Inside Out for six years; this film received the Annie Award for Best Production Design.

Eggleston died on August 28, 2022, at his San Rafael, California, home, from pancreatic cancer.

Filmography

• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (art director, animator)
• Aladdin (1992) (animator)
• The Lion King (1994) (animator)
• Pocahontas (1995) (animator)
• Toy Story (1995) (art director)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (additional storyboarding)
• For the Birds (2000) (writer, director)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001) (storywriter/visual development)
• Finding Nemo (2003) (production designer)
• The Incredibles (2004) (art director)
• Cars (2006) (additional storyboarding)
• Ratatouille (2007) (productions: Pixar)
• WALL-E (2008) (production designer)
• Up (2009) (lighting art director)
• The Princess and the Frog (2009) (additional story material)
• Toy Story 3 (2010) (special thanks)
• Toy Story Toons (2011) (art design)
• Cars 2 (2011) (development artist)
• Inside Out (2015) (production designer)
• Riley's First Date? (production designer)
• Finding Dory (2016) (special thanks)
• Incredibles 2 (2018) (production designer)
• Soul (2020) (development artist)

External links

• Ralph Eggleston at the Internet Movie Database
• Audio interview with Eggleston (04/06)
• Teen's interview Ralph Eggleston
• "Ken Breuce and Ralph Eggleston notes from CalArts Character Animation lecture"
• Feb-3-2006:Pixar visit #3 Ralph Eggelston and Ken Bruce
• From script to DVD interview
• Design with a Purpose, Interview with Ralph Eggleston AD of Wall-E.