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Mark Andrews
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Andrews at the 66th British Academy Film Awards
Born
Mark Elliott Andrews

(1968-09-12) September 12, 1968 (age 56)
Education Bachelor of Fine Arts (1993)
Alma mater CalArts
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • animator
  • storyboard artist
Years active 1994–present
Employer Pixar Animation Studios (2000–2018)
Spouse(s) Patricia Gatz
Children 4
Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Brave (2012)

Mark Elliott Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is an American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing (alongside Brenda Chapman) the 2012 Pixar feature film Brave. He was the story supervisor for The Incredibles, directed the short film One Man Band and co-wrote the short films Jack-Jack Attack and One Man Band.

Andrews studied animation at the Character Animation Program at CalArts. After that he was one of five who got a Disney internship, but was fired after three months. He is also considered to be Brad Bird's "right-hand man". Some of his student films have been featured at MOMA's exhibition TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures. Unlike most other CalArts alumni, he was not a huge fan of Disney films, and claimed he was a bigger fan of anime such as Kimba the White Lion, Speed Racer, and Robotech.

He is the father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced Jack-Jack Parr in The Incredibles. Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman as director of Brave (2012). Both were credited as directors, and they won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

On January 15, 2013, it was announced that Andrews was writing and directing another original feature film at Pixar. Andrews left Pixar in 2018 and his new project was eventually shelved.

Andrews served as director and executive producer of the Netflix original animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers, which premiered on August 4, 2022.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Director Screenplay Story
Supervisor
Story
Artist
Other Notes
1998 Quest for Camelot No No No No Yes Story Department
1999 The Iron Giant No No No Yes Yes Workbook Designer
2001 Osmosis Jones No No Yes No Yes Story: Animation Department Heads and Designers
2002 Spider-Man No No No Yes No
2004 The Incredibles No No Yes No Yes Visual Development, Additional Voices
2006 Cars No No No Additional No
2007 Ratatouille No No Yes No No
2009 Up No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2010 Toy Story 3 No No No No Yes Additional Story
2011 Cars 2 No No No No Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2012 John Carter No Yes No No Yes Second Unit Director
Brave Yes Yes No No Yes Song Lyrics: "Touch the Sky", Pixar Senior Creative Team
2013 Monsters University No No No No Yes Pixar Senior Creative Team
2015 Inside Out No No No No Yes
The Good Dinosaur No No No No Yes
2016 Finding Dory No No No No Yes
2017 Cars 3 No No No No Yes
Coco No No No No Yes
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No No Yes Story Consultant, Pixar Senior Creative Team

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Story
Artist
Executive
Producer
Other Notes
1997 Loose Tooth No No No No Yes Animation Story Developer
2005 Jack-Jack Attack No Story No No No
Mr. Incredible and Pals No No Yes No No
One Man Band Yes Yes No No No
2007 Violet Yes No No No No
2009 Alma No No No No Yes Consultant
2012 The Legend of Mor'du No No No Yes No
2014 Love Hurts No No No No Yes Role: Reese
2020 Circle of Stone Yes Yes No No No

Television

Year Title Director Writer Executive
Producer
Storyboard
Artist
Character
Models
Song
Lyricist
Notes
1996 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest No No No Yes Yes No Animation director, storyboard artist on episode: "Escape to Questworld"
Models on episodes: "East of Zanzibar" and "Future Rage"
1998-2000 Histeria! No No No Yes No No Storyboarded 11 episodes
2001 The Powerpuff Girls No Yes No Yes No No Episode: "Nano of the North"
2001-04 Samurai Jack No Yes No Yes No No Wrote 5 episodes, storyboarded 2 episodes
2003-04 Star Wars: Clone Wars No No No Yes No No Storyboarded 20 episodes
2021 What If...? No No No Yes No No Storyboarded 9 episodes
2022 Super Giant Robot Brothers Yes No Yes Comic book No Yes
Primal No Yes No Yes No No Episode: "The Red Mist"
TBA Kyōryū 0TBA 0TBA 0TBA 0TBA No No Showrunner
Hawkmaster No Yes Yes No No No

Music video

Year Title Director Storyboard
Artist
Notes
2021 "The Writing on the Wall" Creative Yes Music video by Iron Maiden

Video games

Year Title Animator
1994 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm Yes

Other credits

Year Title Role
2008 Bolt Consultant - uncredited
2009 Tracy Pitchman #1
Wild Dogs Special Thanks
2011 Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2015 Sanjay's Super Team
2016 The Jungle Book Thanks
2019 Smash and Grab Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust
Float Story Trust
2021 Nona Special Thanks

See also

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