William Everett "Bud" Luckey was an American animator, cartoonist, singer, musician, designer, composer, artist, and voice actor who is a Pixar story artist who most notably designed Woody for Toy Story. He performed the voice of Eeyore in the 2011 Winnie the Pooh film, taking over from Peter Cullen.He is my 202nd pick to be given the Disney Legend honor.
He is also credited with creating the character of Woody form the Toy Story franchise. He provided the voice of Agent Rick Dicker in The Incredibles and the mysterious and woeful Chuckles the Clown in Toy Story 3. He also received an Oscar nomination in 2004 for the animated short Boundin’, where he provided the voice for the Jackalope. Early in his career, he created cartoons and songs with lyricist Donald Hadley for Sesame Street including the memorable “The Lady Bug Picnic” which showcased the number 12.
Luckey’s curiosity was piqued by plans for a computer-generated film at Pixar, the Bay Area studio that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had helped establish in 1986. He was soon hired as the studio’s fifth animator.
Mr. Luckey was “one of the true unsung heroes of animation,” John Lasseter, who directed “Toy Story” and went on to become the studio’s chief creative officer, said in a 2004 Pixar documentary on the animator.
Filmography
Animation Department
Toy Story (1995): animator, character designer, story artist
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Bug's Life (1998): additional character designer, story artist
Toy Story 2 (1999): character designer: new characters, story artist
Monsters, Inc. (2001): character designer, story artist
Cars (2006): character designer
Ratatouille (2007)
Art Department
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Bug's Life (1998): Sketch artist
Cars (2006): conceptual artist
Director
Boundin' (2003)
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