Canadian director and animator
Alan Barillaro at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2016
Nicolas Alan Barillaro is a Canadian director, animator and writer at Pixar best known for his work on the animated short film Piper ,[ 1] that earned him widespread acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film which he shared with the film's producer Marc Sondheimer .[ 2] [ 3]
Barillaro also attended Sheridan College in Oakville .[ 4]
In 2023 Barillaro published the middle grade novel Where the Water Takes Us .[ 5] The book was a shortlisted finalist for the Canadian Children's Book Centre 's Jean Little First-Novel Award in 2024.[ 6]
Piper
Alan Barillaro used new, cutting-edge technology to create the six-minute short over three years.[ 7] In order to give the sanderlings and other birds visible in the background a realistic look, Barillaro and the Piper animation team visited beaches in the San Francisco Bay Area , as well as the Monterey Bay Aquarium to study their appearance and behaviour. The sanderlings' feathers in particular were rendered in minute detail.
Filmography
Accolades
See also
References
^ Imbler, Sabrina (June 17, 2016). "A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pixar's New Short Film 'Piper' " . Audubon . National Audubon Society . Retrieved January 12, 2017 .
^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards" . Oscars.com. January 24, 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2017 .
^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List" . Vanity Fair. January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2017 .
^ "Alumni Profiles" . sheridancollege.ca . Retrieved 20 July 2017 .
^ "Where the Water Takes Us by Alan Barillaro" . CBC Books , August 9, 2023.
^ Natalie Vilkoff, "Jack Wong, Sydney Smith and Liselle Sambury among finalists for top Canadian children's book awards" . CBC Books , October 8, 2024.
^ Robinson, Joanna (June 16, 2016). "Behind the Scenes of Piper, Pixar's Best Short Film in Years" . Vanity Fair . Condé Nast . Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
^ "89th Academy Awards Nominees" . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
^ "44th Annie Award Nominees" . International Animated Film Society. November 28, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
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