Did the French Short Film Above then Beyond Inspire Pixar’s Up?
Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 by Peter Sciretta
In 2005, students of the French academy ESRA (Ecole Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle) started production on a computer animated short film called Above then Beyond. The film was completed a year later. In 2009, Pixar released their tenth computer animated feature film Up. A year later, people have begun to notice the similarities between the two films. Was Pixar inspired by this French short film, or is it all just a coincidence?
