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In this video, David Smith of gamecareers.biz interviews Andrew Dayton, Technical Director in at Pixar Animation Studios. Andrew, who has worked at Pixar since 2002, directs environmental modeling in the sets department, which means he constructs and animates anything architecture or prop based. He has worked on Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, and Brave, which Pixar will release in 2012.

For a step by step description of how an animated movie is made, visit Pixar Animation Studio's Web page.

For a description of other technical careers in animation, visit the Walt Disney Animation Studios page