2. Thesis:
Doug Sweetland is a very talented
animator and director at Pixar.

3. Life At Pixar:
Doug joined Pixar in 1994, where
his first assignment was as an
animator on Toy Story.

4. Life At Pixar
Cont:
After Toy Story, Doug went on to
be an animator for A Bug’s Life
and then Toy Story 2 (for which he
was nominated for an Annie
Award for Outstanding Individual
Achievement for Character
Animation).

5. Life At Pixar
Cont:
Doug won back to back Annie
Awards for Outstanding Individual
Achievement for Character
Animation for Monsters, Inc. and
Finding Nemo.

6. Life at Pixar
Cont:
Doug was lead animator for Bud
Luckey’s Oscar nominated short
Boundin’.

7. Life At Pixar
Cont:
Doug was an storyboard artist
and animator on the Oscar
winning movie The Incredibles.

8. Life At Pixar
Cont:
Doug then went on to be the
supervising animator for John
Lasseter’s Cars.

9. Life At Pixar
Cont:
Afterwards, Doug went on to pitch
an animated short in 2007 about a
sympathetic magician who is
dumped by his rabbit. This
eventually became Presto
(which, in 2008, was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best
Animated Short Film).

10. Filmography:
Toy Story (1995) (animator)
A Bug’s Life (1998) (animator)
Toy Story 2 (1999) (animator)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) (directing
animator)
Finding Nemo (2003) (animator)
Boundin’ (2003) (lead animator)
The Incredibles (2004)
(animator, storyboard artist)
Cars (2006) (supervising
animator)
Presto (2008) (director, writer)

11. Currently:
It was reported in 2010 the
Sweetland had been hired by
Sony Pictures Animation to direct
The Familiars (release date in
2014).

12. Currently
Cont:
It was reported in January of 2013
that Warner Bros. is developing
an animated feature called Storks
(release date for 2015) which
Sweetland is set to direct.
Even with this report, Sony said
that The Familiars is still on.

13. Media Citations
 http://www.pixartalk.com/pixarians/doug-sweetland/
 http://www.animationfestival.ca/archives/2008/index.php?option=com_oiaf&task=showspeakers
 http://www.pixarplace.com/links/
 http://splinedoctors.com/2008/08/doug-sweetland-part-2/
 http://snymed.blogspot.com/2013/02/free-disney-junior-preview-contest.html
 http://www.hollywood.com/news/movies/7184465/our-q-a-toy-story-3-director-lee-unkrich?page=all
 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/toy_story_2/
 http://www.disneystore.com/a-bug-s-life/mn/1011004/
 http://guecoaction.blogspot.com/2010/06/childrens-environmental-movies.html
 http://www.disneystore.com/finding-nemo/mn/1000020/

14. Media Citations
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundin’
 http://www.listal.com/viewimage/1649185
 http://pixartimes.com/dvd-easter-eggs/the-incredibles/
 http://www.ruggedelegantliving.com/amazon/a/003446.html
 http://www.impawards.com/2006/cars.html
 http://olivias5050.blogspot.com/2012/03/cars.html
 http://splinedoctors.com/2008/07/doug-sweetland-spline-cast-part-1/
 http://www.tildee.com/show.php?key=H2tRfh
 http://www.hollywood.com/photos/misc/7287022/doug-sweetland
 http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/tartakovsky-signs-overall-deal-with-sony-animation/
 http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/warner-bros-unveils-animation-think-tank-featuring-teams-behind-
cats-dogs-and-muppets-71726