Born on the Canary Islands and raised in Madrid, Carlos Baena came to the United States in 1994. He’s worked at Industrial Light & Magic and Pixar Animation Studios, on films such as Jurassic Park III, Star Wars: Episode II, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, Wall-E and Toy Story 3. For his work in the film Cars, Carlos received a 2007 Annie Award nomination for Best Character Animation. For Toy Story 3, he animated the Buzz Lightyear character in Spanish Mode (Spanish Buzz). Carlos also directed and released the acclaimed live-action short film Play by Play in 2010. Over the last 2 years Carlos was developing feature animation content at Paramount Pictures. He is also a co-founder of the online school Animation Mentor. Founded in 2005, Animation Mentor has over 500 students from 70 countries and helps bring animation education to students around the world, inspiring them to make films. Carlos currently lives in San Francisco, Calif., where he’s been independently working on personal projects during 2015. For more information, check out his Web site: http://www.carlosbaena.com