Ralph Eggleston

Ralph Eggleston (October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022) He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for For the Birds.

Biography Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Eggleston graduated from the California Institute of the Arts before beginning his career as an animator in 1983. His first significant contribution was as the chief animator for the 1987 episode Family Dog for Steven Spielberg's anthology series Amazing Stories.

Eggleston began his career at Pixar in 1992, hired during the development of Toy Story, his work on which won him the Annie Award for Best Art Direction. He wrote and directed the Oscar-winning Pixar short film For the Birds. He worked as Production Designer on the film Inside Out for six years; this film received the Annie Award for Best Production Design.

Death After a prolonged illness, Eggleston died on August 28, 2022, from a colorectal infection caused by a pancreatic tumor. He was 56 years old. As a tribute to Eggleston, a sign reading "Eat at Ralph's - Two cents" can be seen in Element City. Another tribute to Eggleston can be seen in Inside Out 2 as one of the artists for Anxiety, number 87, was designed to be a caricature of him.

Filmography FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (art director, animator) Aladdin (1992) (animator) The Lion King (1994) (animator) Pocahontas (1995) (animator) Toy Story (1995) (art director) A Bug's Life (1998) (art director) Toy Story 2 (1999) (art director) Fantasia 2000 (1999) (production designer) For the Birds (2000) (writer, director) Monsters, Inc. (2001) (storywriter/visual development) Finding Nemo (2003) (production designer) The Incredibles (2004) (art director) Cars (2006) (art director) Ratatouille (2007) (character designer) WALL-E (2008) (production designer) Up (2009) (character art director) The Princess and the Frog (2009) (additional story material) Cars 2 (2011) (development artist) Inside Out (2015) (production designer) Riley's First Date? (2015) (production designer) Finding Dory (2016) (special thanks) Incredibles 2 (2018) (production designer) Soul (2020) (development artist) Elemental (2023) (dedication) Inside Out 2 (2024) (visual development artist; posthumous release)