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Status
Released
Release
2025
Runtime
29m
Available options inUS
Discover how Pixar brought its first long-form original series to life. This behind-the-scenes documentary introduces the scrappy filmmaking team that drew from personal experiences to create this ambitious and stylistically unique series that follows a middle-school softball team, the Pickles, in the week leading up to the big championship game.
16 Cast Members
Pete Docter
Self - Executive Producer
Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Self - Art Director
David Lally
Self - Producer and Executive Producer
Max Sachar
Self - Production Manager
Carrie Hobson
Self - Writer, Director and Executive Producer
Michael Yates
Self - Writer, Director and Executive Producer
Robert Moyer
Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
Yu Nira Liu
Self - Lead Story Artist
Tom Law
Self - Lead Story Artist
Ariela Fedorov
Self - Dailies Supervisor
Andrew Stanton
Self - Executive Producer
Mark C. Harris
Self - Supervising Animator
Noah Klocek
Self - Production Designer
Anna-Christine Lykkegaard
Self - Character Modeling & Articulation
Ana Lacaze
Self - Assets Shading Lead
Patrick Lin
Self - Director of Photography
