Biography

Ralph Eggleston was born on October 18, 1965 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He was an art director, known for Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003) and Inside Out (2015). He died on August 28, 2022 in California, USA.

Was going to make his director debut by directing the feature film Haunted Holiday for Warner Bros. Animation, that was going to have Tim Curry as the voice of Baron Azuro and based on the famous ghost story "Bluebeard". But production was shut down by Warner Bros after the failure of Quest for Camelot (1998) and the poor box office performance of The Iron Giant (1999). After that, Ralph quit Warner Bros. Animation with Brad Bird to join Pixar.

Received the 2018 Winsor McCay award.