By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Ralph Eggleston, the veteran Pixar animator, art director and production designer who won an Oscar for his much-loved short film For the Birds ...

Ralph Eggleston, a longtime animator and art director who worked on several Pixar films starting with Toy Story and won an Oscar for directing the animated short For the Birds, died Sunday of ...

He was 56 years old. Eggleston won the animated short film Oscar for writing and directing the 2001 Pixar film “For the Birds.” Pixar tweeted a tribute to him, saying, “Pixar and the world ...

Pixar’s official Twitter account confirmed the news of his death by sharing a photo of Eggleston as he was working on Inside Out. “In memory of Ralph Eggleston—animator, director, art ...

That’s Ralph.” Prior to his time at Pixar, Eggleston’s work was seen in “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” “Aladdin,” “The Lion King” and “Pocahontas.” Eggleston was born in ...