Darla K. Anderson

Darla K. Anderson is a film producer for Pixar.^[1]

Her most recently released production was the 2010 film Toy Story 3,^[2][3] which was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture and which won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Previously, Anderson won a Golden Satellite Award for A Bug's Life, a BAFTA award for A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. and a Producer's Guild Award for Cars.^[4]

The 2008 Guinness Book of World Records lists Anderson as having the highest average movie gross for a producer: $221 million per movie,^[1] and in 2011 the Wall Street Journal listed a combined gross for the four movies she's produced of over $2 billion.^[5]

Anderson was born and raised in Glendale, California. She studied environmental design at San Diego State University. Before coming to Pixar in 1993,^[6] she worked as an executive producer at Angel Studios.^[4][7] The character Darla in Finding Nemo was created by the director and screenwriter Andrew Stanton to get back at her for playing practical jokes on him.^[4][7]

Filmography

• Toy Story (1995) (Digital Angel)
• It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998) (Executive Producer)
• Geri's Game (1997) (Special Thanks)
• A Bug's Life (1998) (Producer)^[8]
• Monsters, Inc. (2001) (Producer)^[8][9]
• Mike's New Car (2002) (Special Thanks)
• Exploring the Reef (2003) (Special Thanks)
• Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) (Executive Producer)
• Cars (2006) (Producer)^[8]
• The Road to Cars (2006) (Cast)
• Up (2009) (Special Thanks)
• Toy Story 3 (2010) (Producer)^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 2008 Guinness Book of World Records. Bantam Dell. 2007. p. 311. 
2. ^ Ryzik, Melena (10 February 2011). "THE CARPETBAGGER; Animation Advocacy, Pixar Style". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/movies/awardsseason/10bagger.html. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Most Powerful Women Of The 2011 Academy Awards". Forbes. 25 February 2011. http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/02/25/most-powerful-women-academy-awards-oscars-2011/22nd-annual-producers-guild-awards-show/#content. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Darla K. Anderson, Pixartalk.com, Retrieved February 26, 2010
5. ^ Kung, Michelle (5 November 2011). "Pixar Producer Darla K. Anderson on 'Toy Story 3'". Wall Street Journal. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/05/pixar-producer-darla-k-anderson-on-toy-story-3/. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
6. ^ Grady, Pam (13 June 2010). "It was love at first screening for Pixar producer". San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-06-13/entertainment/21907925_1_darla-k-anderson-animation-life-savers. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b c} Ben Fritz (Mon., Jul. 30, 2007). "Darla Anderson - Women's Impact Report 2007 - Variety". Variety (magazine). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969264.html?categoryid=2160&cs=1. Retrieved 2010-03-07. 
8. ^ ^{a b c} "Darla K. Anderson > Filmography". http://www.allmovie.com/artist/darla-k-anderson-265685/filmography. Retrieved 2010-03-07. 
9. ^ Nichols, Peter M. (2004-02-03). The New York times guide to the best 1,000 movies ever made. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 658–. ISBN 9780312326111. http://books.google.com/books?id=55qlWjbs14sC&pg=PA658. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 

External links

• Darla K. Anderson at the Internet Movie Database

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