Brian Fee | |
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 Fee in 2017 | |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2003–2023)12 |
| Children | 21 |
Brian Fee is an American storyboard artist, director, and voice actor best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios3 where he made his directorial debut with the feature film Cars 3 (2017), the third film of the Cars franchise.4567
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Director | (Original) Story by |
Story Artist |
Animator | Designer | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | No | No | No | Assistant | No | No | Assistant Animator: Traditional Animation |
| The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | No | No | No | No | Prop | No | Direct-to-video | |
| Joseph: King of Dreams | No | No | No | Character builders |
No | No | ||
| 2006 | Cars8 | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Voices of Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp / Brian Fee Clamp |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | Additional | No | No | No | |
| 2008 | WALL-E | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
Independent
| Year | Title | Producer | Cinematographer | Other | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tracy9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tracy Knapp / Albert Knapp Sr. | Extras, additional music |
Shorts
| Year | Title | Director | Story Artist |
Animator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox | No | No | Assistant | Animation Assistant |
| 2000 | The Indescribable Nth | No | No | Assistant | Assistant Animator |
| 2022 | Cars on the Road | Yes | Yes | No | Directed episodes 3, 4, and 7, Pixar Senior Creative Team |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | Animator, assisting & clean-up | Episode: Bannon Custody Case |
Other credits
| Year | Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | BURN-E | Special Thanks |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| The Good Dinosaur | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | |
| 2017 | Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool | Special Thanks |
| Coco | Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | |
| 2020 | Onward | |
| Soul | ||
| 2021 | Luca | |
| 2022 | Turning Red | |
| Lightyear | ||
| 2023 | Elemental | |
| 2025 | Win or Lose |
References
References
- Cohen, Adam (November 2, 2017). "Interview with Disney*PIXAR CARS 3 Director Brian Fee and Producer Kevin Reher". DaDa Rocks. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
- Taylor, Drew (July 5, 2023). "Inside Pixar's Existential Crisis and How It Can Bounce Back After Disney+ Stole Its Mojo". TheWrap. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- Murphy, Jackson. "Pixar's Brian Fee on "Cars 3" and the NASCAR Hall Of Fame". Animation Scoop. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
After working as a storyboard artist on several Disney/Pixar films, [...] Brian Fee made his directorial debut
- S, C (May 30, 2016). "Cars 3 Images and Details Revealed by Disney•Pixar". comingsoon.net. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- Taylor, Drew (April 27, 2017). "'Cars 3' Director Brian Fee on Going From Story Artist to Filmmaker". Moviefone. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- Radish, Christina (26 April 2017). "'Cars 3': Debut Director Brian Fee on His Moment of Panic". Collider. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- Sciretta, Peter (16 June 2017). "The Emotional Story That Inspired 'Cars 3'". SlashFilm. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- Anderton, Ethan (May 17, 2017). "'Cars 3' Interview: Director Brian Fee on the Story's Evolution, Improvisation in Animation & More". SlashFilm. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- Trumbore, Dave (March 5, 2020). "How Dan Scanlon's Indie Film 'Tracy' Paved the Way to 'Onward'". Collider. Retrieved November 10, 2020.