David Lally Email & Phone Number

Emeryville, California, United States

Producer, "Win or Lose," Pixar's first ever original long-form series (releasing in February 2025). Written and directed by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates.

Emeryville, Ca

Pixar's SparkShorts program is designed to discover new storytellers, storytelling techniques, and production workflows within Pixar. SparkShorts are unlike anything we’ve ever done at the studio, providing an opportunity to unlock the potential of individual artists and their inventive filmmaking approaches on a smaller scale than our normal fare. Who are the future directors and producers and what crazy new ideas do they have brewing? What is the next big breakthrough in our industry?SparkShorts is part of Pixar's Creative Development team. As Production Supervisor, I have the privilege of working with Pixar's upcoming Directors, Producers, Animators, and Technical Artists, discovering the best ways to tell their stories on some of the leanest budgets and fastest-paced schedules at Pixar. Along with Pixar's VP of Development, Lindsey Collins, I support the dedicated filmmaking teams from initial creative pitch, all the way through post-production, helping oversee story development, production management, and technology application across the shows. SparkShorts encourages our artists to take risks, tell creatively diverse stories, and continue to show Pixar something new.Learn more about SparkShorts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20kmqY28KIwww.pixar.com/sparkshorts/"PURL" directed by Kristen Lester (2019) (Production Lead) (Pixar/Disney+)"SMASH AND GRAB" directed by Brian Larsen (2019) (Producer) (Pixar/Disney+)"KITBULL" directed by Rosana Sullivan (2019) (Production Lead) (Pixar/Disney+)”FLOAT” directed by Bobby Rubio (2019) (Production Lead) (Pixar/Disney+)“WIND” directed by Edwin Chang (2019) (Production Lead) (Pixar/Disney+)“LOOP” directed by Erica Milsom (2019) (Production Lead) (Pixar/Disney+)"OUT" directed by Steven Clay Hunter (2019) (Executive Producer) (Pixar/Disney+)"BURROW" directed by Madeline Sharafian (2020) (Executive Producer) (Pixar/Disney+)

Emeryville, Ca

Pixar’s Creative Development team is exploring new and exciting ways to tell stories across media. As the New Media Production Lead, I help connect Pixar’s creative, production, and technology groups to allow even more Directors, Producers, Animators, and Technical Artists to share their stories across current and experimental platforms.One of my main areas of focus is Pixar’s new shorts program, SPARKSHORTS. Together with Pixar's VP of Development, Lindsey Collins, we've grown the program from an experimental, grassroots initiative, into a studio staple, allowing for up to five times the number of creative opportunities for our artists, and building up the next generation of Pixar’s storytellers. The program encourages artists to take risks, tell creatively diverse stories, and show the studio something new.Learn more about SparkShorts here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20kmqY28KIwww.pixar.com/sparkshorts/

Emeryville, Ca

I was the Producer of "Smash and Grab" (directed by Brian Larsen), which is one of the first shorts in Pixar's SparkShorts series. This film premiered at the El Capitan Theater in January 2019, followed by an online debut shortly after. "Smash and Grab" will be included with other SparkShorts on Disney+, the streaming service from Disney, launching in 2019. This project featured one of the leanest budgets and one of the most aggressive schedules for original content at Pixar. The production involved the application of alternative production strategies relative to other Pixar projects, as well as numerous new technologies that operated both inside and outside of Pixar's traditional production pipeline. You can now watch "Smash and Grab" on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4-G7YpSFb4The Making-of "Smash and Grab":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Un2uLenzUwww.pixar.com/sparkshorts/https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2019/02/watch-pixars-latest-animated-short-smash-and-grab/https://geektyrant.com/news/watch-smash-and-grab-pixars-latest-short-film-in-sparkshorts-series

Emeryville, Ca

Bao is a Pixar Theatrical Short directed by Domee Shi, which could be seen in theaters before "Incredibles 2." Bao received the Oscar for Best Animated Short at the 91st Academy Awards.For Bao, I was the Simulation Lead, helping our small team move through a number of complex, stylized, character effects work which involved cloth, hair, and collision body simulation. http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/30/pixar-bao-first-look/

Emeryville, Ca

Coco (2017)Crowds, Cloth, and Hair Simulation ArtistCars 3 (2017)Character Modeling and Rigging ArtistFinding Dory (2016)Muscle, Skin, and Particle Simulation ArtistThe Good Dinosaur (2015)Vegetation, Muscle, Skin, Cloth, and Hair Simulation ArtistCostume Modeling and RiggingInside Out (2015)Cloth, Hair, and Prop Simulation ArtistRiley's First Date (Inside Out Short) (2015)Cloth, Hair, and Prop Simulation ArtistToy Story That Time Forgot (2014)Crowds, Cloth, Hair, and Prop Simulation ArtistMonsters University (2013)Costume Modeling and RiggingCrowds Simulation ArtistBrave (2012)Cloth, Hair, and Prop Simulation ArtistCars 2 (2011)Crowds Simulation Artist

San Francisco, Ca

Character Effects Simulation & Costume Supervisor, as well as Marketing Lead, for the Oscar nominated animated short film "Borrowed Time"​ (directed by Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj), which will be appearing in festivals throughout 2015-2016.Awards89th Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Short FilmBest In Show, SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival 2016Best Animated Short, St. Louis International Film Festival 2015Grand Jury Prize, Nashville Film Festival 2016First Place: Animation, USA Film Festival 2016Best Cinematography, Fastnet Film Festival 2016Critic’s Choice Award, Blue Plum Animation Festival 2016Audience Award, Brooklyn Film Festival 2016Computer Animation Award, Animation Block Party 2016Best Short Animation, Woods Hole Film Festival 2016Best Animated Short, SPARK Animation Festival 2016https://vimeo.com/ondemand/100733www.borrowedtimeshort.com

Philadelphia, Pa

Instructed a number of undergraduate computer animation courses which took students through the entire animation pipeline from storyboarding to the rendering of final frames. Modeling, rigging, texturing/shading, effects, lighting, and rendering lessons culminated in the creation of animated short films by the students, across multiple ten-week courses.

Master Of Science, New Media

Activities and Societies: ACM SIGGRAPH, IGDA

Bachelor Of Science, Animation And Visual Effects

Activities and Societies: ACM SIGGRAPH, IGDA