Andrew Coats (director)

{{Short description|American director, writer and animator}}

Andrew Coats is an American director, writer and animator at Pixar. He received critical appraisal and recognition with 2016 animated-short film Borrowed Time which he co-directed, wrote and released independently as a part of Pixar Co-op Program, which allow their animators to use Pixar sources to make independent films.{{cite web|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/interviews/andrew-coats-lou-hamou-lhadj-made-independent-short-inside-pixar-141937.html|title=How Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj Made The Independent Short 'Borrowed Time' Inside Pixar|first=Ian|last=Failes|accessdate=July 29, 2016|date=January 24, 2017|work=Cartoon Brew}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-pixar-animators-borrowed-time-short-20161017-snap-htmlstory.html|title=Two Pixar animators explore the depths of grief and guilt in 'Borrowed Time'|first=Libby|last=Hill|accessdate=October 17, 2016|date=January 29, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/10/borrowed-time-pixar-animators-western-short-1201739586/|title='Borrowed Time': How Two Pixar Animators Made a Daring, Off-Brand Western Short|first=Bill|last=Desowitz|accessdate=October 24, 2016|date=January 29, 2017|work=Indiewire}} Coats received an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nomination at the 89th Academy Awards, shared with Lou Hamou-Lhadj.{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: The Complete List - 89th Academy Awards |url=http://oscar.go.com/nominees |publisher=Oscars.com |date=January 24, 2017 |accessdate=January 25, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219195852/http://oscar.go.com/nominees |archivedate=February 19, 2017 }}{{cite web|title=Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/01/oscar-nominations-2017-full-list|publisher=Vanity Fair|date=January 24, 2017|accessdate=January 25, 2017}}