From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Douglas Sweetland is an American animatordirector he grew up watching Disney films and classic Saturday morning cartoons As a child Doug drew cartoons for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts for several years After graduating high school in 1992 Doug opted to attend California Institute of the Arts CalArts and pursue his lifelong love and passion for animation In 1994 he decided to leave school in his final year to join Pixar His first assignment was as an animator on Toy Story He continued as animator on A Bugs Life and Toy Story 2 He was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation for Toy Story 2 Doug continued to build an incredible reputation as one of the best animators in the business He was awarded back to back ANNIE awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Character Animation for Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo Doug took on the lead animator role for Bud Luckeys Oscarnominated Boundin short and worked as an animator and storyboard artist on the Oscarwinning The Incredibles Sweetland followed this up by stepping into the supervising animator role on John Lasseters Cars In 2007 Doug pitched a short film about a sympathetic magician who gets dumped by his rabbit This eventually evolved to a more slapstick film and a throwback to Warner Bros classic Looney Tunes Teddy Newton was brought on board to design the characters it emerged as Sweetlands directorial debut Presto was very well received by audiences and critics alike when it preceded WALLE in theaters It was honored in 2008 with an Academy Award nomination in the Best Animated Short Film category It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008 On September 24 2010 it was reported that Sweetland had been hired by Sony Pictures Animation to direct a computeranimated film The Familiars Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Sweetland licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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