Doug Sweetland is an American animator and filmmaker. He wrote and directed the

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short film ''

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'' (2008), which was nominated for the

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Career

In 1994, Sweetland joined

after graduated from

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which Sweetland attended in 1992. His first assignment was as an animator on ''

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''. He continued as animator on ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ran ...

'', and ''

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''. He was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation for the film. Sweetland was awarded Annie Awards for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Character Animation for ''

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'' and ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Andrew Stanton, co-directed by Lee Unkrich, and produced by Graham Walters, from ...

''. He was supervising animator on

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's ''

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'' and worked as an animator and storyboard artist on ''

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''. Sweetland followed this being supervising animator on

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's ''

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''. In 2007, Sweetland pitched a short film about a sympathetic magician who gets "dumped" by his rabbit. This eventually evolved into a more slapstick film (and a throwback to

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' classic ''

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'').

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was brought on board to design the characters; it emerged as Sweetland's directorial debut, ''

'', which preceded ''

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'' in theaters. It was nominated in 2008 for the

. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008. After finishing ''Presto'', Sweetland left Pixar in 2009. On September 24, 2010, it was reported that Sweetland had been hired by

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to direct an animated film adaptation of '' The Familiars'' novel series; that project has been cancelled. In January 2013, Warner Bros. developed the animated feature film ''

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'' under their newly created

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banner, conceived and written by

Nicholas Stoller Nicholas Stoller (born March 19, 1976) is a British-American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the comedy films ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'' (2008), its spin-off/sequel ''Get Him to the Greek'' (2010), ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012) ...

and directed by Sweetland. In April 2015, Warner Bros. announced that the film, which Sweetland co-directed with Stoller, would be released on September 23, 2016.

Filmography

*''

'' (1995) (animator) *''

'' (1998) (animator) *''

'' (1999) (animator) *''

'' (2001) (directing animator) *''

'' (2003) (animator) *''

'' (2003) (lead animator; short film) *''

'' (2004) (animator, storyboard artist) *''

'' (2006) (supervising animator) * ''Ratatouille'' (2007) (pixar productions) *''

'' (2008) (director, writer, voice actor; short film) *''

'' (2016) (director) *''Pigeon Toady's Guide to Your New Baby'' (2016) (director; short film)

References

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* Living people Animators from Pennsylvania Film directors from Pennsylvania American storyboard artists American animated film directors Annie Award winners Pixar people People from State College, Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-animator-stub