The story of Pixar's early short films illuminates not only the evolution of the company but also the early days of computer animation, when a small group of artists and scientists shared a single computer in a hallway, and struggled to create emotionally compelling short films.
Direction
Kaplan and Milsom let the founders' personalities drive everything.
Production
That single hallway computer? Literal animation history ground zero.
Writing
The 'it was impossible until we did it' narrative never gets old.
Director
Tony Kaplan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Luxo Jr. was the first CGI film nominated for an Oscar—Lasseter didn't even own a tuxedo and had to borrow one.
This doc captures the exact moment when 'computer animator' stopped being a punchline and became a legitimate artistic identity.
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