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  Re: Inside Out: Collaborative Creativity and the Pixar Braintrust

  The Braintrust Brand?

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  Christopher Holliday King's College London

  Friday, May 9, 2014 — 4:36 pm

  I absolutely agree, Eric. In response to your comments, the congratulatory rhetoric surrounding the Pixar Braintrust (as you say, seemingly a touchstone for all publications around the studio itself) certainly maintains desired elements of the Pixar brand ...
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  Re: Inside Out: Collaborative Creativity and the Pixar Braintrust

  Disney/Pixar or Pixar/Disney?

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  Christopher Holliday King's College London

  Friday, May 9, 2014 — 5:02 pm

  Thanks Alla! I agree that the collaborative impetus attributed to the Braintrust is nothing new, particularly given the shift towards animation as an industry in the U.S. around the Golden Age period, whereby generally-speaking large-scale collaborative l ...
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  Re: Inside Out: Collaborative Creativity and the Pixar Braintrust

  The 'Braintrust' label

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  Christopher Holliday King's College London

  Tuesday, August 26, 2014 — 11:58 am

  Thanks for your comment Morgan! Petersen, Lewis, Chapman and Pinkava probably have a less-than-favorable perspective on the Braintrust given the manner in which they were ousted, but while some have their directorial duties rescinded and ultimately leave ...
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  Re: Inside Out: Collaborative Creativity and the Pixar Braintrust

  The Future of the Braintrust

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  Christopher Holliday King's College London

  Tuesday, April 22, 2014 — 1:15 pm

  Hi Ethan, and thank you for your response to the post! There is little doubt that the Pixar Braintrust has offered an effective and highly productive working culture for the studio, yielding particularly strong results in the case of Ratatouille (winning ...