Ralph Eggleston is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 animator, art director, storyboard artist and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios.

He started his career at Kroyer Films

Bill Kroyer

William "Bill" Kroyer is an award-winning director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films. He and Jerry Rees were the main animators for the CGI sequences in Tron...

 working on projects such as Computer Warriors

Computer Warriors

Computer Warriors was a toy line made by Mattel from 1989-1990. The storyline behind the toys involves a top-secret government computer which unleashes evil Virus troops. These troops, led by Megahert, hide in everyday household objects and have the goal of world domination by taking control of...

and FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a 1992 Australian-American animated film directed by Bill Kroyer, produced by Peter Faiman and Wayne Young, and written by Jim Cox based on a book of the same name by Diana Young. It is a film with a strong environmental theme...

.

He was hired in 1992 during the development of Toy Story

Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...

. His work on Toy Story won him an Annie Award for Best Art Direction.

He also directed the Oscar-winning short film For the Birds.

Filmography

• The Princess and the Frog (2009 - Additional Source Material)
• Up
  Up (2009 film)
  Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
  
  (2009 - Art Director)
• WALL-E
  WALL-E
  WALL-E, promoted with an interpunct as WALL•E, is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Andrew Stanton. The story follows a robot named WALL-E, who is designed to clean up a waste-covered Earth far in the future...
  
  (2008 - Art Director / Production Designer)
• The Incredibles
  The Incredibles
  The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated action-comedy superhero film about a family of superheroes who are forced to hide their powers. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, a former director and executive consultant of The Simpsons, and was produced by Pixar and distributed by...
  
  (2004 - Art Director)
• Finding Nemo
  Finding Nemo
  Finding Nemo is a 2003 American comi-drama animated film written by Andrew Stanton, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich and produced by Pixar. It tells the story of the overly protective clownfish Marlin who, along with a regal tang called Dory , searches for his abducted son Nemo...
  
  (2003 - Production Designer)
• Monsters, Inc.
  Monsters, Inc.
  Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett...
  
  (2001 - Visual Development / Story)
• For the Birds (2000 - Director / voice of Bird)
• Toy Story
  Toy Story
  Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...
  
  (1995 - Art Director)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest
  FernGully: The Last Rainforest
  FernGully: The Last Rainforest is a 1992 Australian-American animated film directed by Bill Kroyer, produced by Peter Faiman and Wayne Young, and written by Jim Cox based on a book of the same name by Diana Young. It is a film with a strong environmental theme...
  
  (1992 - Art Director / Character Designer / Storyboard Artist)
• The Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
  
  (1991 - Storyboard Artist)
• Computer Warriors: The Adventure Begins (1990 - Key Animator)
• Garfield's Thanksgiving
  Garfield's Thanksgiving
  Garfield's Thanksgiving is a 1989 animated television special based on the Garfield comic strip. It once again featured Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield. The special was first broadcast November 22, 1989 on CBS. It has been released on both VHS and DVD home video...
  
  (1989 - Animator)
• Garfield: His 9 Lives
  Garfield: His 9 Lives
  Garfield: His 9 Lives is a 1984 book of illustrated short stories showing the "nine lives" of comic strip character Garfield...
  
  (1988 - Animator, Character Animator, Background Artist)
• Family Dog
  Family Dog
  Family Dog is an American animated television series that only aired 10 episodes for one year on CBS, due to negative reviews. The plot of the story was about an average suburban family, the Binsfords, as told through the eyes of their dog, It first appeared as an episode of the TV show Amazing...
  
  (1987 - Principal Animator)

External links

• Audio interview with Eggleston (04/06)
• Teen's interview Ralph Eggleston
• "Ken Breuce and Ralph Eggleston notes from CalArts Character Animation lecture"
• Feb-3-2006:Pixar visit #3 Ralph Eggelston and Ken Bruce
• From script to DVD interview
• Design with a Purpose, Interview with Ralph Eggleston AD of Wall-E.