Presto

Presto

May 27, 2008 Theatrical Shorts

Studio
Pixar Animation Studio
Animation studio
Pixar Animation Studio
Distributor
Walt Disney Pictures

Synopsis

Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less than the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit Alec one too many times, the magician finds he isn't the only one with a few tricks up his sleeves!

Characters

Presto, Alec

Credits

Directing

Director
Doug Sweetland

Producing

Producer
Richard Hollander
Executive Producers
John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Associate Producer
Jay Ward

Music

Music
Scot Stafford

Editing

Editor
Katherine Ringgold
Assistant Editor
Kevin Rose-Williams

Crew

Production Design
Harley Jessup
Production Artists
Randy Barrett, Greg Dykstra
Graphic Designer
Ellen Moon Lee
Colorists
Robin Young, Joshua Hollander, David Lortsher
Character Designer
Teddy Newton
Character Modeling And Articulation Artists
Mark Piretti, Ian Steplowski, Rich Hurrey
Crowd Simulation Artist
Matthew Webb
Tailoring Artist
Christine Waggoner
Digital Painters
Jamie Frye, Glenn Kim
Effects Artists
Ben Andersen, Martin Nguyen
Lighting Supervisor
Jesse Hollander
Lighting Artists
Jeremy Birn, Kathleen Cosby, Samuel Daffner, Eileen O'Neill, Julien Schreyer, Esdras Varagnolo, Kyoung Lee Swearingen
Shading Artists
Marc Cooper, Fran Kalal, Stephen King, Alex Seiden
Rendering Manager
Jay Carina
Set Modelers
Phat Phuong, Gary Schultz
Simulation Artist
Jacob Brooks
Supervising Technical Director
Anthony A. Apodaca
Technical Manager
Michael Garner
Camera Lead
Mark Sanford
Animation Coordinator
Evan Smith
Animation Supporter
Todd R. Krish
Title Designer
Ellen Moon Lee
Sound Designer
E.J. Holowicki
Music Editor
Mark Willsher
Music Recording Engineer
Vince Caro
Production Accountant
Marc S. Greenberg
Production Coordinator
Laurens Fein
Additional Production Supporter
Jaclyn Simon, Gregory Amundson, Ryan Donnelly, C.J. Hsu, Natalie Lyon, Lourdes Marquez Alba
Post-Production Supervisor
Paul Cichocki
Special Thanks
Mary Coleman, Lindsey Collins, Pete Docter, James Hamilton, Bob Peterson, Rob Rieders, Carolina Rojas, Gary Rydstrom, Osnat Shurer, Lee Unkrich

Production notes

Released theatrically with "Wall•E." Doug Sweetland's directorial debut.

Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets appear in the background of the short, sitting in a balcony akin to the one they occupy in The Muppet Show.

Awards

Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Short, 2009.
Nominee, Best Animated Short Subject, Annie Awards, 2008

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