Brian Fee
Brian Fee | |
|---|---|
 Fee in 2017 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2003–2023)[1][2] |
| Children | 2[1] |
Brian Fee is an American storyboard artist, director, and voice actor best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios[3] where he made his directorial debut with the feature film Cars 3 (2017), the third film of the Cars franchise.[4][5][6][7]
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 | Cars[8] | 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 | Tracy[9] | 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
- ^ a b 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.
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