William "Bud" Luckey (born in 1934) is an American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, and composer. He is 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 is also beloved by generations of Sesame Street viewers for his numerous short animated films on that program.
Bud Luckey is the father of writer/producer An...
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William "Bud" Luckey (born in 1934) is an American cartoonist, animator, singer, musician, and composer. He is 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 is also beloved by generations of Sesame Street viewers for his numerous short animated films on that program.
Bud Luckey is the father of writer/producer Andy Luckey.
Luckey was born and raised in Billings, Montana. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He later served as a graphics specialist with the NATO Allied Occupation Forces in Europe and North Africa from 1953 to 1954 and, finally, with the Strategic Air Command from 1954-'57. He remained an Air Force reservist through the mid 1960's.
After leaving active Air Force duty, he attended Chouinard Art Institute (which later became California Institute of the Arts) from 1957 to 1960. He was a Disney scholar, and...
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