Bob Pauley is an American production designer and art director for Pixar Animation Studios.
Career
Pauley joined Pixar at the beginning of production for Toy Story, where he created one of the franchise's most popular characters, Buzz Lightyear. After Toy Story, he served as an art director for the 1998 film, A Bug's Life, and later as a production designer for Monsters, Inc.
Personal Life
Pauley was born May 29, 1968 in Royal Oak, Michigan, and grew up in San Jose, California. He received a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design degree from San Jose State University. He currently resides in Berkeley, California.
Filmography
- Toy Story (1995): production illustrator, character designer, concept artist
- A Bug's Life (1998): character art director, character designer
- Toy Story 2 (1999): additional art consultant
- Monsters, Inc. (2001): production designer
- Cars (2006): production designer
- Mater and the Ghostlight (2006): production designer
- Mater's Tall Tales (2008-2012)
- Toy Story 3 (2010): production designer
- Toy Story Toons (2011-2012):
- Small Fry (2011): production designer
- Partysaurus Rex (2012): production designer
- Cars 2 (2011): characters design consultant
- Toy Story OF TERROR! (2013): production designer
- Inside Out (2015): development artist
- Cars 3 (2017): additional characters art director
- Toy Story 4 (2019): production designer
- Turning Red (2022): sets designer
- Self (2024): production designer