Spend a Day Learning from Pixar Director Trevor Jimenez

Drawing from his experience as a director and story artist, Trevor will examine how personal memories, observation, and instinct can be transformed into stories that feel authentic and emotionally resonant. Through presentations, conversation, and examples from his work, participants will gain insight into developing ideas, shaping character, and finding the emotional core of a story.

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Trevor Jimenez
Director // Pixar Animation Studios
(Win or Lose, Soul, Coco, Luca)

Trevor Jimenez is a director at Pixar Animation Studios, where he is currently directing an upcoming feature film slated for 2028. He also directed “Mixed Signals,” episode six of Pixar’s Win or Lose.

Trevor previously spent more than 10 years in Pixar’s story department, contributing to Finding Dory, Coco, Luca, and Soul, the latter as Story Supervisor. His short film Weekends was nominated for an Academy Award, won the 2019 Annie Award for Best Animated Short, and received both the Jury Award and Audience Award at Annecy in 2018.

Before joining Pixar, Trevor worked as a story artist at several studios, including Blue Sky, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Illumination, and Henry Selick’s Cinderbiter Studios. Originally from Hamilton, Canada, he now lives in Berkeley, California, USA.