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For the Birds

2000 animated short film directed by Ralph Eggleston
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Summary

For the Birds is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: Ralph Eggleston[4]
  • Screenwriter: Ralph Eggleston[5]
  • Composer: Riders in the Sky[6]
  • Genre: comedy film[7], family film[8]
  • Producer: Karen Dufilho-Rosen[9], John Lasseter[10]
  • Production company: Pixar[11]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[12]
  • Commons category: For the Birds (film)[13]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: June 5, 2000[17], December 20, 2012[18]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[19], Disney+[20]
  • Official website: https://www.pixar.com/for-the-birds[21]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[22]
  • Executive producer: John Lasseter[23]
  • Title: For the Birds[24]
  • Duration: 3 minutes[25]
  • Fabrication method: computer animation[26]
  • NMHH film rating: Category I[27]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[28]
  • EIRIN film rating: G[29]
  • Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience[30]
  • P14449: 95858[31]

Why It Matters

For the Birds has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did For the Birds receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

John Lasseter Pixar United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . eirin.jp. Retrieved . eirin.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Danish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 25
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', '
    Ampas collections film id → W074114
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 58821
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  3. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fbw id → der_vogelschreck
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fbw id: der_vogelschreck, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/222942338|Der Vogelschreck (#222942338)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7250|FBW]]"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → computer animation
    Website → —
    Wikidata description → 2000 animated short film directed by Ralph Eggleston
    Executive producer → John Lasseter
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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