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 screenplay writer, for Coco, and later went on to co-direct the film.[1][2] Molina also illustrated the Little Golden Book for Toy Story 3.[3]
Adrian Molina | |
|---|---|
 Molina at the 2017 Annecy International Animated Film Festival | |
| Born | August 23, 1985 |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
| Occupation | Animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, director, lyricist |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2007-present) |
| Known for | Coco |
A native of Northern California, he grew up in Grass Valley, CA, and he graduated from Bear River High School in 2003, to subsequently attend & 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 | 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 Senior Creative Team |
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | Associate | No | No | Yes | Senior Creative Team |
| Lightyear[5] | 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".
- Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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