Education
James Ford Murphy has been an animator on “A Bug’s Life,” “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters Inc.,” and the Academy Award-winning features, “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” and “Ratatouille.” He was also the Supervising Animator on the Academy Award-winning short film, “For the Birds,” and a Directing Animator on the Golden Globe-winning feature film “Cars.” Those are just some of his contributions since he joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1996. Jim Murphy attended Marquette University and graduated from the Diederich College of Communication in 1986. When he was in Milwaukee, he stopped by the college to share his career journey and advice with students. Rome Gandelsman, a senior majoring in journalism has Murphy's story.