Pixar Coco Animation Presentation

Q&A WITH WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALUM CHRIS BERNARDI

CHRIS BERNARDI (Sets Supervisor) joined Pixar Animation Studios in November 2000 as a shading technical director on “Finding Nemo.” He subsequently served in a variety of roles, including sets shading supervisor on “Cars,” senior shading artist on the Academy Award®-winning “WALL•E,” sets shading technical director on the Academy Award-winning “Toy Story 3,” set shading lead on “Monsters University,” and set shading technical director on the Academy Award-winning “Inside Out.”

As a sets supervisor, Bernardi works with other supervisors, directors of photography and the production designer, leading a a team of artists and programmers to create the environment for the film.

Prior to joining the studio, Bernardi worked as a composer, musician and teacher of Electronic Music Composition and Sound Design. Raised in St. Louis, Mo., and Edwardsville, Ill., he studied biology and physics at Washington University in St Louis. Bernardi resides in Alameda, Calif.