For the Birds

United States

2000

3 Min

Color

English

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ED Tom Freeman, Jennifer Leo Russ

This animated short starts with a group of small birds perched together on a telephone wire. When a much larger and awkward-looking bird arrives, the smaller birds reject him with taunts and insults. Still, he persists in trying to win their friendship, until at last the smaller birds decide to shove him from their perch. Only too late do they discover that there may be a problem with this plan. —IMDb

Director

Ralph Eggleston

Ralph Eggleston (born October 18, 1965, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, production designer, writer, director and voice actor. He was hired in 1992 during the development of Toy Story. His work on Toy Story won him an Annie Award for Best Art Direction. He also directed the Oscar-winning short film For the Birds.
Eggleston went to school at the California Institute of Arts. Prior to joining Pixar, Eggleston worked at Warner Brothers and Amblin/Universal TV. He also worked as Art Director for FernGully: The Last Rainforest.

He started his career at Kroyer Films a company run by Bill Kroyer, he worked on films like Computer Warriors as Key Animator and FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Art Director. In 1993 he joined Pixar Animation Studios and worked on film like Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, WALL-E and Up. He is currently working at… read more