Austin Madison is an American animator, artist, story artist, and voice actor who works at Pixar Animation Studios.
Early life After graduating from Sheldon High School in 2002, he attended the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts; he graduated from there in 2006.
Career Ever since his 2006 graduation, Madison has worked as an animator and story artist for Pixar. He has also served as a voice actor on short films, and as a voice actor in Mondo Media's Dick Figures.
Madison has worked as an animator on several Pixar films, including Incredibles 2 (2018), Toy Story 3 (2010), Up (2009), WALL-E (2008), and Ratatouille (2007).
The most influential role he has had in his animation career was as the lead animator for the 2012 film Brave, which would go on to be the 13th-highest grossing film for that year. That film also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.
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. 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, and Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks.
Additionally, Madison serves as an instructor for The Animation Collaborative, an Emeryville, California premiere training workshop for animation and animation art serving the San Francisco Bay Area.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2007 Ratatouille Animator2008WALL-EAnimator2009Calendar ConfloptionWWI VeteranShort film2009TriflesSheriff PetersShort film2009UpAnimator2010Toy Story 3Animator2011HorizonTrooperShort film2011La LunaAnimator, short film2011Cars 2Animator2012BraveLead animator2012Adam and DogAnimator, short film2013Monsters UniversityAnimator2014Party CentralAdditional voicesStory artist, short film2018Incredibles 2Additional voicesStory artist2019PurlOffice BroStory trustTeam AnimateHimselfDocumentary
Television Year Title Role Notes2011–2012Dick FiguresEarl GreyFor two episodes2013Ultimate Spider-ManStoryboard artist for one episode2014Toy Story That Time Forgotstory artist, short film
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