From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ash Brannon (born 1969 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American animator, writer and director. He was a story artist and directing animator on Toy Story and co-director on Toy Story 2. Besides working at Pixar he has also worked with Dreamworks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surf's Up. Studying in CalArts Character Animation program, Brannon likewise practiced his skills in animation as a trainee for Disney's The Little Mermaid. From 1990-92. In the meantime, Brannon served as an animator for such projects as Nike's Hare Jordan Super Bowl ad in 1992 and the television series That's Warner Bros.!. He won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production on Toy Story 2. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2007 on Surf's Up. According to the Toy Story 2: Special Edition commentary Al McWhiggin's license plate reads "LZTYBRN," which is "Al's Toy Barn" minus the vowel letters. It is also the actual license plate of Ash Brannon. It was reported that Brannon is working as director on an upcoming film, Turkeys. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ash Brannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 19, 1969 (57)
- Columbus, Georgia, USA
- Writer and director
- 9 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Known for
What are Ash Brannon's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 4 · Charged 0 · Intense 0
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ash Brannon's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hulu (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Ash Brannon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
10 Lives(2024)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Arcane(2021)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Stoner Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Surf's Up 2: WaveMania(2016)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Rock Dog(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Surf's Up(2007)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Over the Hedge(2006)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Toy Story 2(1999)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Toy Story(1995)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
2 Stupid Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Tiny Toon Adventures(1990)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1990 to 2024.
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· Surf's Up
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ash Brannon's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 7; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ash Brannon's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ash Brannon work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ash Brannon's MovieCove titles; Christopher Jenkins shares the most, 2.
- Christopher JenkinsShared titles: 10 Lives (2024), Surf's Up (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Jenkins
- Ivan BilancioShared titles: Rock Dog (2016), Surf's Up (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Ivan Bilancio