Mark Elliott Andrews (born September 12, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, animator, he is best known for the 2012

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feature film '' Brave''. He was the story supervisor for ''

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'', directed the short film ''

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'' and co-wrote the short films ''

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'' and ''One Man Band''. Andrews studied animation at the Character Animation Program at

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. After that he was one of five who got a Disney internship, but was fired after three months. He is also considered to be

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's "right-hand man". Some of his student films have been featured at

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's exhibition ''TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures''. Unlike most other CalArts alumni, he was not a huge fan of Disney films, and claimed he was a bigger fan of anime such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He is the father of Maeve Andrews, who voiced

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in ''

''. Andrews replaced Brenda Chapman as director of '' Brave'' (2012). Both were credited as directors, and they won the

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. On January 15, 2013, it was announced that Andrews was writing and directing another feature film at Pixar. Andrews left Pixar in 2019 and his new project was eventually scrapped. In June 2021,

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announced that Andrews will serve as director of the original animated series '' Super Giant Robot Brothers'', which premiered on August 4, 2022.

Filmography

Feature Films

Short films

Other credits

Television

Video Games

References

External links

*
Mark Andrews's blog
* ttp://flipanimation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/brave-comes-to-london.html Mark Andrews at FLIP Animation MagazineRetrieved December 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Mark 1968 births Living people 21st-century American screenwriters American storyboard artists Animators from California Animation screenwriters Annie Award winners California Institute of the Arts alumni Pixar people American animated film directors American male screenwriters Primetime Emmy Award winners Directors of Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners 21st-century American male writers