Victor Navone (born April 11, 1970) is an acclaimed American animator, director, and illustrator, widely recognized as a key creative force at Pixar Animation Studios. He first gained international attention in the late 1990s for his viral CGI short "Alien Song," which served as an early demonstration of the potential for character performance in digital animation. Since joining Pixar in 2000, he has contributed his talents to some of the most successful animated films in history, including Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), and Toy Story 3 (2010). His ability to infuse digital characters with nuanced, human-like emotion led to his advancement as a Supervising Animator on the Academy Award-winning Inside Out (2015) and Coco (2017).
