Ricky Nierva

Ricky Nierva

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Ricky Vega Nierva is an American animator, storyboard artist, and character designer at Pixar Animation Studios. He started at Pixar in the story department on Toy Story 2 in 1997. Since then he has worked on Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and led the production design on Up. Nierva was born in San Diego.

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Up 2009 (7.958)

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
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Finding Nemo 2003 (7.817)

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
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Monsters University 2013 (7.041)

A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.