Adrian Molina
Adrian Molina (born August 23, 1985) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, and lyricist. He has been at Pixar since 2007, where he started as a 2D animator on Ratatouille. He later moved on to be a storyboard artist, working on Toy Story 3 and Monsters University. After writing for The Good Dinosaur, Molina started his first assignment as a screenwriter, for Coco, and later went on to co-direct the film.
Adrian Molina | |
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 Molina at the 2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival | |
| Born | August 23, 1985 Yuba City, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, lyricist |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2007-present) |
| Known for | Coco |
He is now writing and directing an original feature-length film for Pixar, titled Elio. The film is set to release on March 1, 2024.[1][2] Molina also illustrated the Little Golden Book for Toy Story 3.[3]
A native of Northern California, he grew up in Grass Valley, California, and he graduated from Bear River High School in 2003, to subsequently attend and graduate from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007. He is of Mexican descent.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer |
Story Artist |
Songwriter | Other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Animator: End Titles |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Additional Screenplay Material Opening Title Designer and Director |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Screenplay Material |
| 2017 | Coco | Co-Director | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional Voices |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Soul | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Contributions Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | Associate | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| Lightyear | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| 2024 | Elio | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Inside Out 2 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
References
- "Pixar Coco plot details revealed | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- Robinson, Joanna. "Pixar's Coco Is a "Love Letter to Mexico" When It's Needed Most". HWD. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- Spring Into Action! (Disney/Pixar Toy Story 3) by Annie Auerbach | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
- "'Coco's Mexican-American Co-Director Adrian Molina Reveals Origins of Pixar's Día de Muertos Film".
