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My Take
Alan Barillaro earns my deep respect because his Oscar for the Pixar short Piper was clearly no overnight miracle. Born in Winnipeg and trained at Sheridan College, he spent years as an animator before stepping up as a director, and you can feel that patience in how tenderly that little sandpiper comes to life. What impresses me most is his range: in 2023 he published a middle-grade novel, proving he can tell stories with words as well as with frames. Artists who move fluidly between mediums fascinate me, and Barillaro strikes me as a true craftsman whose imagination simply refuses to be boxed in.
Overview
Nicolas Alan Barillaro is a Canadian director, animator and writer at Pixar best known for his work on the animated short film Piper, that earned him widespread acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film which he shared with the film's producer Marc Sondheimer. Barillaro also attended Sheridan College in Oakville. In 2023 Barillaro published the middle grade novel Where the Water Takes Us.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alan Barillaro
- Name (Japanese)
- アラン・バリラーロ
- Reading
- あらん・ばりらーろ
- Born
- May 28, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Snake
- Origin
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- director / film director / writer / animator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sheridan College
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Director — see all → · Film director — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.