This is a list ofanimatedshort films produced byPixar Animation Studios.

Beginning with Pixar's first feature-length filmToy Story, almost all subsequentPixar feature films have been shown in theaters along with a Pixar-created originalshort 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.^[1] The first shorts were made while Pixar was still a computer hardware company, whenJohn Lasseter was the only professionalanimator in the company's small animation department. Starting withGeri's Game, after Pixar had converted into ananimation studio, all later shorts have been produced with a larger crew and budget.

Pixar produced fourCGI shorts for the educational TV seriesSesame Street between 1990 and 1994. The shorts illustrate different weights and directions starringLuxo Jr. and Luxo —Light & Heavy,Surprise,Up and Down, andFront and Back.^[2]

During the development ofToy Story, Pixar set up a division to work on Pixar video games called Pixar's Interactive Products Group, specificallyToy Story entries in theDisney's Animated Storybook andDisney's Activity Center. Due to the intense resources required, the division was eventually folded and the staff were redistributed to start creating short films to accompany Pixar's theatrical releases.^[3][4]

Beginning withA Bug's Life, Pixar has created extra content for each of their films that are part of the main story. For their early theatrical releases, this content was in the form ofouttakes and appeared as part of thefilm's credits. For each of their films, this content was a short made exclusively for the DVD release of the film.^[5]

Toy Story 4 was the first film not to have a theatrical short before it.^[6] Producer Lindsey Collins confirmed that SparkShorts replaces the need to pair short films with their major theatrical films; admitting that she felt "torn" over the decision.^[7]

SparkShorts is a series of animated short films produced by Pixar filmmakers and artists, similar to its sister seriesShort Circuit fromWalt Disney Animation Studios. 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.

Cars Toons is an American animated short series based on theCars franchise, featuring Lightning McQueen, Mater, and other characters in comedic adventures.Larry the Cable Guy reprises his role as Mater, whileKeith Ferguson voices Lightning McQueen untilOwen Wilson returns in“The Radiator Springs 500 ½”. The series premiered on October 27, 2008, with“Rescue Squad Mater” and aired onDisney Channel,Toon Disney, andABC Family. The shorts were also released on home media and in theaters. The series concluded on May 20, 2014.

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Pixar made a series of shorts featuring Luxo Jr. forSesame Street, which wereLight & Heavy,Surprise,Up and Down, andFront and Back.^[2] Pixar also produced numerous animation tests, commonly confused with theatrical shorts, includingBeach Chair andFlags and Waves. They also produced several commercials after selling their software division to support themselves untilToy Story became successful. Pixar continues to produce commercials related to their films.

Furthermore, in 1988,Apple'sAdvanced Technology Group produced "Pencil Test," a computer-animated short to showcase theApple Macintosh II line.^[37][38] Although Pixar was not officially affiliated with this film, several members of the Pixar staff advised and worked on it, including directorsJohn Lasseter,Andrew Stanton, and producer Galyn Susman.^{[citation needed]} John Lasseter was credited as "Coach" in the credits of the film.^[39]

Some of their other work includes:

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.^[46][47]

Some of their Co-op work includes:

In 2013, it was revealed a fourth short ofToy Story Toons was in the works, entitledMythic Rock.^[58] However, it was never released.

At the 2013Disney D23 Expo, it was announced that a fifth episode ofCars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs, entitledTo Protect and Serve, was in production.^[59][60] However, it was never released.

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