Brian Fee

Brian Fee
Fee in 2017
Occupations
  • Storyboard artist
  • film director
  • voice actor
Years active1998–present
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (2003–2023)
Children2

Brian Fee is an American storyboard artist, director, and voice actor best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios where he made his directorial debut with the feature film Cars 3 (2017), the third film of the Cars franchise.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Director (Original)
Story by		 Story
Artist		 Animator Designer Other Notes
2000 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle No No No Assistant No No Assistant Animator: Traditional Animation
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea No No No No Prop No Direct-to-video
Joseph: King of Dreams No No No Character
builders		 No No
2006 Cars No No Yes No No Yes Voices of Al Oft the Lightyear Blimp
2007 Ratatouille No No Additional No No No
2008 WALL-E No No Yes No No No
2011 Cars 2 No No Yes No No No
2013 Monsters University No No Yes No No No
2017 Cars 3 Yes Yes No No No No

Independent

Year Title Producer Cinematographer Other Role Notes
2009 Tracy Yes Yes Yes Tracy Knapp / Albert Knapp Sr. Extras, additional music

Shorts

Year Title Director Story
Artist		 Animator Notes
1999 Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox No No Assistant Animation Assistant
2000 The Indescribable Nth No No Assistant Assistant Animator
2022 Cars on the Road Yes Yes No Directed episodes 3, 4, and 7

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Animator, assisting & clean-up Episode: Bannon Custody Case

Other credits

Pixar Senior Creative Team

Special Thanks

References

  1. 1 2 Cohen, Adam (November 2, 2017). "Interview with Disney*PIXAR CARS 3 Director Brian Fee and Producer Kevin Reher". DaDa Rocks. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Drew (July 5, 2023). "Inside Pixar's Existential Crisis and How It Can Bounce Back After Disney+ Stole Its Mojo". TheWrap. Archived from the original on December 22, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Jackson. "Pixar's Brian Fee on "Cars 3" and the NASCAR Hall Of Fame". Animation Scoop. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017. After working as a storyboard artist on several Disney/Pixar films, [...] Brian Fee made his directorial debut
  4. ↑ S, C (May 30, 2016). "Cars 3 Images and Details Revealed by Disney•Pixar". comingsoon.net. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Drew (April 27, 2017). "'Cars 3' Director Brian Fee on Going From Story Artist to Filmmaker". Moviefone. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Radish, Christina (26 April 2017). "'Cars 3': Debut Director Brian Fee on His Moment of Panic". Collider. Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Sciretta, Peter (16 June 2017). "The Emotional Story That Inspired 'Cars 3'". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Anderton, Ethan (May 17, 2017). "'Cars 3' Interview: Director Brian Fee on the Story's Evolution, Improvisation in Animation & More". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  9. ↑ Trumbore, Dave (March 5, 2020). "How Dan Scanlon's Indie Film 'Tracy' Paved the Way to 'Onward'". Collider. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.