Forevergreen
- Studio
- Independent
Synopsis
An orphaned bear cub is taken in by a protective evergreen tree. Their forest home offers companionship and care, but the cub’s attraction to discarded food draws him toward human rubbish and dangers his guardian cannot always keep at a distance.
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears
- Layout
- Scott Beattie
Producing
- Producer
- Jennifer Gandrup Sackheim, Steph Gortz
Writing
- Writer
- Jeremy Spears, Nathan Engelhardt
- Story Artist
- Seth Boyden, Jerod Chirico, Don Dougherty, Ryan Green
Music
- Music
- Josh Garrels, Isaac Wardell
Art Department
- Production Design
- Jeremy Spears
- Assistant Production Design
- Gregory Culp
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Gregory Smith
- Head of Animation
- Wayne Unten
- Animation Supervisor
- Graham Silva
- Lead Animator
- Brendan Gottlieb
Camera
- Lighting Director
- Gregory Culp
- Lighting Supervisor
- Stephen Null
Editing
- Editor
- Jeff Draheim
- Associate Editor
- Brian Millman
Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Blake Collins
- Foley Mixer
- Blake Collins
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Blake Collins, Austin Creek
Production Management
- Post Production Producer
- Bérénice Robinson
Production notes
Independent production by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears with volunteer artists; not filed under Disney merely because its makers have worked there. Human made in the TMDB company list is not treated as a verified incorporated studio.
Awards
2026 Academy Awards: Nominee, Animated Short Film (Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears)