List of Pixar shorts


This is a list of animated short films produced by Pixar Animation Studios.
Beginning with Pixar's second film A Bug's Life, almost all subsequent Pixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created original short film, known as a "short." Other Pixar shorts, released only on home media, were created to showcase Pixar's technology or cinematic capabilities, or on commission for clients.
Pixar began producing shorts in the 1980s. The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, when John Lasseter was the only professional animator in the company's small animation department. Starting with Geri's Game, after Pixar had converted into an animation studio, all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget.
In 1991, Pixar made four CGI shorts produced for the TV series Sesame Street. The shorts illustrates different weights and directions starring Luxo Jr. and Luxo — Light & Heavy, Surprise, Up and Down, and Front and Back.
Also, beginning with A Bug's Life, Pixar has created extra content for each of their films that is not part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form of outtakes and appeared as part of the film's credits. For each of their films, this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film.
Among all the Pixar feature films, only Coco, Toy Story 4, and Onward do not have theatrical Pixar shorts, as Coco had a Disney Animation short called Olaf's Frozen Adventure and Onward had a 20th Century Fox Animation short called Playdate with Destiny.

Shorts

Original

SparkShorts series

SparkShorts is a series of animated short films produced by Pixar filmmakers and artists, similar to its sister series Short Circuit from Disney. It consists of longer independent shorts. Under the project, Pixar's employees are merely given six months and limited budgets to develop these animated short films.
TitleYearDirectorPremieredAcademy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Purl2018Kristen LesterYouTube
Smash and Grab2019Brian LarsenYouTube
Kitbull2019Rosana SullivanYouTube
Float2019Bobby RubioDisney+
Wind2019Edwin ChangDisney+
Loop2020Erica MilsomDisney+
Out2020Steven HunterDisney+

Feature-related

Short series

''Cars Toons''

''Mater's Tall Tales''

''Tales from Radiator Springs''

''Toy Story Toons''

TitleYearDirectorPremiered
Hawaiian Vacation2011Gary RydstromDisney Juinor
Small Fry2011Angus MacLaneDisney Juinor
Partysaurus Rex2012Mark WalshDisney Channel

''Forky Asks a Question''

TitleYearDirectorPremiered
What Is Money?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is a Friend?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is Art?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is Time?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is Love?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is a Computer?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is a Leader?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is a Pet?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is Cheese?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+
What Is Reading?2019–20Bob PetersonDisney+

Compilations

Other work

Pixar made a series of clips featuring Luxo and Luxo Jr. for Sesame Street, which were Light & Heavy, Surprise, Up and Down, and Front and Back. Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused with theatrical shorts, including Beach Chair and Flags and Waves. They also produced over 30 commercials after selling their software division to support themselves before Toy Story entered production. Some of their other work includes:
TitleYearCommissioned for
Blowin' in the Wind1985
Beach Chair1986
Flags and Waves1986
Volume Visualization with the Pixar Image Computer1987
Dance of the Waterlilies1989Toppan Printing
Wake Up1989Tropicana
Babies1990Life Savers
Galaxy1990Toppan Printing
Dancing Cards1990California Lottery
Quite a Package1990Trident
La Nouvelle Polo1990Volkswagen
Pump1990Pillsbury
Light & Heavy and Surprise1990Sesame Street
Cracks1991Fleischmann's
Moving Target1991Cellular One
Gummie Savers Conga-Clio-award winner1991Life Savers
Life At The Beach1991Life Savers
Orange Kiwi Passion1991Tropicana
Warehouse1991Tropicana
Three Fruits Dancing1991Tropicana
Grand Opening1991Toys "R" Us
Lunchbox1991Tetra Pak
Boxer1991Listerine
Knight1991Listerine
Introduction1991Apple Mac Classic
Interview1992Volkswagen Polo
Swinging Bottle1992Listerine
Daydream1992Tetra Pak
Balloon1992Kellogg's All-Bran
Hourglass1992Kellogg's All-Bran
Logo1992IBM
Chomp Chomp1992IncrediBites
Ladybug1992La Poste
In the Mood1992Bunn Coffee Makers
Cello1993Kellogg's All-Bran
Sprinkler1993Kellogg's All-Bran
Front and Back and Up and Down1993Sesame Street
Hungry1993Bank South
Chase1993Bank South
Stranded1993Tetra Pak
Bursting1993Carefree
Chuckling Straws1993Fresca
Launching Magic1993Jordan Magic Toothbrush
Ideas at Work1993Dow Corning
Arrows-Clio-award winner1994Listerine
Mission1994Listerine
Kaleidoscope1994Coca-Cola
About to Uncover1994Arm & Hammer
Here, There and Everywhere1994Arm & Hammer
Woman Getting What She Wants1994Levi's
We've Got Taste1994Nutri Grain
Wacky Frootz-Clio-award winner1994Life Savers
Fresh Salad1994Boston Chicken
Shaping Up Nicely1994Prime Option Credit Card
Strong Option1994Prime Option Credit Card
Logo1994Paramount Pictures
Balloon1995Chips Ahoy
Circus1995Chips Ahoy
Flamingo1995Ortho
Pinheads1995Dockers
Amazin' Straws1995Hershey's
Learning Lesson1995Coca-Cola
Secret Weapon'1995Coca-Cola
Pin Box1995Coca-Cola
Toy Story video game1995Disney Interactive
Art Store Break1995McDonald's
Christmas Conga1995Tower Records
Magic Desktop1996Sun Microsystems
Magnets-Clio-award winner1996Hallmark
Check Me Out1996Twizzlers
Let Me In1996Twizzlers
The Tastetations1996Hershey's
Toy Story CD-Rom – "Out of the Box"1996Disney Interactive
Wild Frijoles1996Rosarita
Shake It1996Levi's Jeans for Women
Tex1996THX
Toy Story Treats1996ABC
Look Away1997Nickelodeon & UNICEF
Moo Can1997THX
A Bug's Life – "Belt Loop 1"1998McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Belt Loop 2"1998McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Big Toys"1998McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Nothing Good on TV"1998McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Nothing Good on TV Jr."1998McDonald's
A Bug's Life – "Watches"1998McDonald's Mexico
Filmreel Bumpers1999Buena Vista Home Video
Toy Story 2 – "Up Periscope"2000McDonald's
Toy Story 2 – "Remote"2000McDonald's
Toy Story 2 – "Toys vs. Candy"2000McDonald's
Toy Story 2 – "Surveillance"2000McDonald's
Unknown Toy Story 2 Animations2000ABC
Jessie's Acceptance Speech2000Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Vowellett – An Essay by Sarah Vowell2005
Tex Action inside the car2006THX
Monster Moo Can2009THX
Toy Story's Search Story2010Google

Furthermore, in 1988, Apple's Advanced Technology Group produced "Pencil Test," a computer-animated short to showcase the Apple Macintosh II line. Although Pixar was not officially affiliated with this film, several members of the Pixar staff advised and worked on it, including directors John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and producer Galyn Susman. John Lasseter was credited as "Coach" in the credits of the film. The Pixar Co-op Program, a part of the Pixar University professional development program, allows their animators to use Pixar resources to produce independent films. The first CGI project accepted to the program was Borrowed Time'', directed by Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj; all previously accepted films were live-action.