Disney•Pixar invite you to learn more about how their latest animated movie, The Good Dinosaur, was created in this special behind the scenes presentation with artist Matt Nolte. Matt joined Pixar Animation Studios in July 2004 and started as an animator on the Golden Globe®-winning feature, "Cars." He went on to work on the Academy Award®-winner, "Ratatouille," as a character designer and continued on as a character art director on the Academy Award®-winning featuer film "Brave." He is currently serving as the character art directors for Disney•Pixar's upcoming original feature film "The Good Dinosaur," set to release November 25, 2015.
As a character director, Nolte helps to design the film's characters and take them from an image on paper to a 3D model in the computer.
Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Nolte attended Ricks Junior College in Rexburg, ID and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. Nolte currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife and their two children.
See the trailer for The Good Dinosaur here.