Carlos Baena

Carlos Baena is a Spanish animator and director, born in Las Palmas and raised in Madrid, who moved to the United States in 1993 to study animation. He animated at Industrial Light & Magic and then at Pixar on films including Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille and WALL-E, earning a 2007 Annie nomination for Cars. He cofounded the online school Animation Mentor. As a director he made the shorts Play by Play, La Noria and Tranvía, and La Noria won Best Animation at the 2020 Webby Awards. He has also directed episodes of Wondla for Apple TV+ and Star Trek short films for Paramount.