As per our current Database, Brian McLean is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Brian McLean is 39 years, 8 months and 25 days old. Brian McLean will celebrate 40rd birthday on a Friday 28th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Brian McLean upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Brian McLean |
| Occupation | Animation Department |
| Age | 39 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Pisces |
| Born | February 28, 1985 () |
| Birthday | February 28 |
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Brian McLean’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Brian McLean was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
The recipient of a Scientific And Engineering Award (Academy Plaque) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, BRIAN MCLEAN serves as Director of Rapid Prototype. His department unites the complex technological elements of 3D printing with animation at the studio.
In 2005, while working as a classically trained sculptor and model-maker in San Francisco, Brian was exposed to 3D printing. Shortly thereafter, he initiated the introduction of 3D printing on the studio's inaugural film Coraline.
Brian continues to be instrumental in the further groundbreaking developments and refinements of 3D printer technology for stop-motion at LAIKA and around the world. In 2009, Brian won an Annie Award for Special Achievement in Animation for his work on Coraline and, following the release of ParaNorman, was named by Variety as one of 2012's "Animation Elite.
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