Colin Brady

Colin Brady is an American animator and film director. He graduate of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), has worked as lead animator, animation director, supervising animator and co-director with animated film powerhouses Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic. His credits have included Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Men in Black II, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and many others.

A native from Chicago, he started studying Mechanical Engineering at USC, but dropped to go on to CalArts to pursue animation.

After graduating Brady joined Rhythm & Hues Studios worked as animator on Binx the cat in Hocus Pocus.

He later joined Pixar Animation Studios and worked as animator on Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2. Brady directed on Toy Story 2 from July '97 to Dec '99 when the film went from a DVD to theatrical release. Brady also directed on of the "Toy Story Animated Storybook" and the Toy Story Activity Center.

On Hulk and Lemony Snicket, Brady and his team pioneered the motion capture of attack dogs and even eight-month-old infants. On Lemony Snicket, Brady helped develop an inexpensive system to reliably track facial motion.

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