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Piper

2016 animated short film by Alan Barillaro
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Summary

Piper is an animated short film[1]. Piper ranks in the top 2% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,035 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: Alan Barillaro[4]
  • Screenwriter: Alan Barillaro[5]
  • Composer: Adrian Belew[6]
  • Genre: family film[7]
  • Producer: Marc Sondheimer[8]
  • Production company: Pixar[9], Walt Disney Pictures[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[11]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[12]
  • Review score: 8.3/10[13], 100%[14]
  • Color: color[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Publication date: June 17, 2016[17], June 16, 2016[18]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[19], Disney+[20]
  • Official website: https://www.pixar.com/piper[21]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[22]
  • Executive producer: John Lasseter[23]
  • Title: Piper[24]
  • Has characteristic: 3D film[25]
  • MPA film rating: G[26]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[27]
  • Duration: 6 minutes[28]
  • Fabrication method: computer animation[29]
  • Uses: RenderMan[30]
  • NMHH film rating: Category I[31]

Why It Matters

Piper has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Piper is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Piper receive?

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

Related Entities

Adrian Belew John Lasseter Pixar United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: 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.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . renderman.pixar.com. Retrieved . renderman.pixar.com. Provenance: 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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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 26
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hy', 'id', 'it', 'ja', '
    Ampas collections film id → W1286211
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 144916
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  3. 9w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 85160
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  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 50324
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → computer animation
    Website → —
    Executive producer → John Lasseter
    Aliases → —
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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