Teddy Newton’s unique sense of humor mixed with his ability to whip out characters with only a few strokes of a pen gave rise to his career in the animation field. Teddy has contributed as a designer and story artist to many of the top animated films in the industry, including The Iron Giant, The Incredibles 1 and 2, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3  as well as many Pixar short films including Presto, Jack-Jack Attack, Your Friend the Rat, Partly Cloudy, and Day and Night, which he also wrote and directed. Day and Night played theatrically with Toy Story 3 and was nominated for an Academy Award.  It won both a VES and an ANNIE award for outstanding short film of 2010. In December his animated short film “Snow Day” for the popular mobile game Clash of Clans was released and has earned over 27 million views on YouTube. Teddy is currently designing for Brad Bird’s next animated feature and in Development on multiple animated projects.