Ralph Eggleston Children: Did Ralph Eggleston Have Kids?

Ralph Eggleston, a veteran Pixar animator, art director and production designer who won an Oscar for his much-loved short film For the Birds, has died.

According to The Pixar Post, Eggleston died on Aug. 28 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Did Ralph Eggleston have kids? Eggleston was believed to have been unmarried and without kids at time of death.

Eggleston was hired by Pixar in 1992 during the development of the first computer-animated feature that was to become Toy Story, beginning what was to become a long and hugely successful career at the animation studio.

He worked as an art director on Toy Story, which was released to universal acclaim and great box office success in 1995. Eggleston went on to win his first Annie Award, a gong for Best Art Direction for his work on the film.

Eggleston was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1956. He attended Sam Houston High School in Lake Charles.

He began his animation career at Bill Kroyer’s Kroyer Films working on projects such as the TV pilot Computer Warriors (1990) and the feature FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992).