Austin Madison

Austin Madison (born 1984) is an American animator, artist, actor, and voice actor for Pixar.

Austin Madison
EducationSheldon High School
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Occupationanimator, artist, actor, voice actor
Years active2002–present
EmployerPixar

Early life

After graduating from Sheldon High School in 2002,[1] he attended the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts; he graduated from there in 2006.[2]

Career

Ever since his 2006 graduation, Madison has worked as an animator and artist for Pixar. He has also served as an actor and voice actor on short films, and as an actor in an animated TV adult comedy series titled, Dick Figures.[3]

Madison has done animation work for many very popular and successful Pixar films. The most well-known titles that he has been involved with are: Incredibles 2 (2018), Toy Story 3 (2010), Up (2009), WALL-E (2008), and Ratatouille (2007).[1][3]

The most influential role he has had in his animation career was as the lead animator for the 2012 film Brave,[4] which would go on to be the 13th-highest grossing film for that year.[5] That film also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards,[6] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.[7]

Madison created cartoon battle sketches that depicted real and current NFL football matchups extensively during the 2012 and 2013 seasons, and for a few games during the 2014 season.[8][9] He did cartoon battle sketches for some playoff games in those three seasons also, including Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers,[9] and Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.[10]

Additionally, Madison serves as an instructor for The Animation Collaborative,[11] an Emeryville, California premiere training workshop for animation and animation art serving the San Francisco Bay Area.[12]

Filmography[3][13]

Movies
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Ratatouille Animator
2008 WALL-E Animator
2009 Calendar Confloption WWI Veteran Short film
2009 Trifles Sheriff Peters Short film
2009 Up Animator
2010 Toy Story 3 Animator
2011 Horizon Trooper Short film
2011 La Luna Animator, short film
2011 Cars 2 Animator
2012 Brave Lead animator
2012 Adam and Dog Animator, short film
2013 Monsters University Animator
2014 Party Central Story artist, additional voices, short film
2018 Incredibles 2 Story artist, additional voices
2019 Purl Office Bro (voice) Voice actor, story trust
Team Animate Himself Documentary

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2011–2012 Dick Figures Earl Grey For two episodes
2013 Ultimate Spider-Man Storyboard artist for one episode
2014 Toy Story That Time Forgot TV short film, story artist

References
  1. Writer, Cameron Macdonald-Citizen Staff. "From Sheldon High to Pixar". Elk Grove Citizen. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. Alexander Poirier (February 11, 2013). "Pencil Artist of the Week: Austin Madison". Pencils.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. "Austin Madison". IMDb. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. Staff, Soojin Chang | (May 4, 2012). "Pixar's 'Brave': An interview with lead animator, Austin Madison". The Daily Californian. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. "2012 Yearly Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  6. "Best Animated Film: 'Brave' Wins At 2013 Academy Awards". HuffPost. February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. Staff, MTV News. "Golden Globe Awards 2013 Winners List". MTV News. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  8. December 18, Sam Page; 2013. "Pixar Animator Austin Madison Draws the NFL Season as Cartoon Battles Again". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 12, 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. Shankle, Ashley (February 7, 2013). "Crazy NFL Drawings from Pixar's Austin Madison". gameskinny.com. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  10. "Fantasy Football". Fantasy Football. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  11. "The Animation Collaborative | Instructor Roster". Animation, Story & Design Workshops Emeryville, CA. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  12. "Animation Training and Workshops SF Bay Area". Animation, Story & Design Workshops Emeryville, CA. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  13. "Most Popular Titles With Austin Madison". IMDb. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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