Bud Luckey (July 28, 1934 – February 24, 2018) was an American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, and composer. He was best known for his work at Pixar as a character designer for Toy Story, Boundin', Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille. He was also beloved by generations of Sesame Street viewers for his numerous short animated films on that program. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bud Luckey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 28, 1934
- February 24, 2018 (aged 83)
- Billings, Montana, USA
- Actor, composer, director and writer
- 14 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Bud Luckey's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 0 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Sheep in Boundin' (2003)
- Mentoras Jackalope in Boundin' (2003)
- Threshold guardianas Agent Rick Dicker in Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
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 Bud Luckey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (13).
- Toy Story (1995) · animation · character designer · storyboard artist
- Toy Story 3 (2010) · actor
- Ratatouille (2007) · additional effects development
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) · character designer · visual development
- The Incredibles (2004) · actor
- Toy Story 2 (1999) · character designer
- Incredibles 2 (2018) · in memory of
- Cars (2006) · additional storyboarding · character designer · concept artist
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005) · actor
- Winnie the Pooh (2011) · actor
- Toy Story Toons: Hawaiian Vacation (2011) · actor
- Boundin' (2003) · actor, director, writer, composer
- +1 more
Subscription and free streaming for Bud Luckey'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
16 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Incredibles 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Winnie the Pooh(2011)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Toy Story 3(2010)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Ratatouille(2007)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Mater and the Ghostlight(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Cars(2006)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Jack-Jack Attack(2005)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Incredibles(2004)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Boundin'(2003)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Midcredits score: 99th 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
The Mouse and His Child(1977)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Mad Magazine TV Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Career shape
Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 16 titles from 1974 to 2018; peak year 2004.
Biggest box office
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Highest rated
Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
Most popular right now
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Film career
Peak 2004 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Billing
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. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Bud Luckey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 92nd percentile, the median of all 14; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 14 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved8
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed1
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.
Who does Bud Luckey work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bud Luckey's MovieCove titles; John Lasseter shares the most, 3.
- John LasseterShared titles: Winnie the Pooh (2011), Jack-Jack Attack (2005), Boundin' (2003)See all 3 shared titles with John Lasseter
- Osnat ShurerShared titles: Jack-Jack Attack (2005), Boundin' (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Osnat Shurer
