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Adrian Molina
American screenwriter

Adrian Molina

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American screenwriter
A.K.A.
Adrián Molina
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Yuba City, Sutter County, California, USA
Age
39 years
Education
California Institute of the Arts
Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, USA
Notable Works
Coco
 
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Biography

Adrian Molina (born August 23, 1985) is an American animator, storyboard artist and screenwriter who works for Pixar. He co-wrote the screenplay and story of Coco (2017), which he also co-directed.

Early life and education

Molina was born in Yuba City, California to a Mexican family, and raised in Grass Valley, and he graduated from Bear River High School in 2003, to subsequently attend and graduate from the California Institute of the Arts in 2007.

Career

Molina has joined at Pixar since 2007, where he started as a 2D animator on Ratatouille. He later moved on to be a storyboard artist, working on Toy Story 3 and Monsters University. Molina also illustrated the Little Golden Book for Toy Story 3. After writing for The Good Dinosaur, Molina started his first assignment as a screenwriter, for Coco, and later went on to co-direct the film. He also wrote several lyrics for the film.

Following the success of Coco and the D23 Expo announcement in September 2022, Molina was announced to direct the upcoming feature film Elio, set to release on June 13, 2025. However in August 2024, Molina left Elio to work on another original film with Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian directing instead. Nevertheless, he is reportedly retaining his director credit because of the amount of work he directed that is being kept in the film.

Personal life

Molina is gay. He has been married to Ryan Dooley since 2011.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutiveProducerStoryArtistOtherNotes
2007RatatouilleNoNoNoNoYesAnimator: End Titles
2010Toy Story 3NoNoNoYesNo
2013Monsters UniversityNoNoNoYesYesAdditional Screenplay Material
Opening Title Designer and Director
2015The Good DinosaurNoNoNoNoYesAdditional Screenplay Material
2017CocoCo-DirectorYesNoNoYesAdditional Voices, Songwriter
2019Toy Story 4NoNoNoNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team
2020OnwardNoNoNoNoYes
SoulNoNoNoNoYes
2021LucaNoNoNoNoYesAdditional Story Contributions
Pixar Senior Creative Team
2022Turning RedNoNoAssociateNoYesPixar Senior Creative Team
LightyearNoNoNoNoYes
2023ElementalNoNoNoNoYes
2024Inside Out 2NoNoNoNoYes
2025ElioYesNoNoNoYes

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryFilmResultRef.
Academy AwardsMarch 4, 2018Best Animated FeatureCocoWon
Annie AwardsFebruary 3, 2018Directing in an Animated Feature ProductionCocoWon
Music in an Animated Feature ProductionCocoWon
Writing in an Animated Feature ProductionCocoWon
Humanitas PrizeFebruary 16, 2018Feature – FamilyCocoNominated
Imagen AwardsAugust 25, 2018Best DirectorCocoWon
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