Pixar's First Female Director

Pixar has announced it's first female director Brenda Chapman. She will be directing the movie Brave, due in June 2012. Reese Witherspoon, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters are all expected to provide voices for the film. The story follows Merida, a Scottish princess with a love of archery. The film is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. When I went to the Edinburgh Film Festival to see Toy Story 3, the animators spoke about the film.

Chapman was the first American woman to direct an animated film. The film was The Prince of Egypt (1998).

She's also been a writer for major Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast (1991) and the Lion King (1994).