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Jun 4, 2023 · Galyn Susman, who saved Toy Story 2 from a disastrous data loss in 1998, was among the 75 Pixar employees fired by Disney last week. The article recounts the story of how she rescued the film with her backups and the challenges she faced afterwards.
Galyn Susman is a producer and animator who has worked on Pixar films such as Lightyear, Brave and Ratatouille. She was born in 1964 in Illinois, USA, and is married to Dan Levin.
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Galyn Susman was a producer at Pixar. She is perhaps best known for being the individual who saved Toy Story 2 during production after it was accidentally deleted from Pixar's servers by having a copy at home. She was laid off from Pixar on May 23, 2023.
•Toy Story (1995): lighting supervisor / modeling artist
•A Bug's Life (1998): modeling artist
•Toy Story 2 (1999): supervising technical director
•Monsters, Inc. (2001): simulation & effects supervisor
•Finding Nemo (2003): studio tools r&d lead
•Ratatouille (2007): associate producer
1.https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/pixar-animation-executive-layoffs.html
Jun 4, 2023 · Galyn Susman, producer of "Lightyear," also departed. Susman had been at Pixar since the release of the original “Toy Story” movie in 1995. MacLane and Susman could not be reached for comment.
- Dawn Chmielewski
Jun 20, 2022 · Galyn Susman is a producer of Lightyear, a sci-fi epic inspired by the Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear. She shares her love of space, her experience working with NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, and her message for the audience.
- Kari Koeppel
Apr 21, 2022 · Galyn Susman is a producer of Lightyear, a Disney and Pixar animated sci-fi action-adventure film about Buzz Lightyear's origin story. She talks about the challenges of making the film during COVID, the diversity of the characters, and the evolution of Sox, the robot cat.
Jun 23, 2022 · In conversation with A.frame, MacLane and producer Galyn Susman (who was a lighting supervisor and modeling artist on the original Toy Story) discuss the lasting legacy of the franchise and the future beyond Lightyear.
