Dave began his writing career in 1993 as one of the original writers on NBCs Late Night With Conan OBrien After more than 400 shows Dave moved to Los Angeles in 1995 and landed a job at Walt Disney Feature Animation in the movie Tarzan It was at this time that he met a littleknown animation studio called Pixar who asked him to help develop his second feature Toy Story would be released later that year A Bugs Life This led to a contract with the studio and for the next six years he worked on almost every Disney Pixar animation or production film Including the script for The Emperors New Groove as well as cowritten Finding Nemo He was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Nemo as well as a BAFTA for New Groove
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