Toy Story 3 and Pixar's Teddy Newton at San Francisco's Balboa Theater

Toy Story 3 star and long-time Pixar Director Teddy Newton will appear at San Francisco's Balboa Theater this Friday, July 2nd, and to present the new Pixar short Day & Night at 7 PM and 9:15 PM PDT.

Day & Night stars the voice of Teddy Newton and of Croatian president Ivo Josipovicand and is scored by Academy Award-winner Michael Giacchino. The Balboa Theater is in San Francisco at 3630 Balboa Street (at 38th Avenue).

About Teddy Newton

Newton came to Pixar in July of 2000 to work on the Emeryville - based studio's sixth feature film, The Incredibles and has since contributed his considerable character design skills to many of Disney / Pixar's award - winning feature and short films, including Ratatouille, Your Friend the Rat and Presto.

He was also instrumental in the creation of the "End Titles" for The Incredibles and Ratatouille. In addition Newton is frequently cast as a voice in Disney / Pixar films, including the lawyer Talon Labarthe in Ratatouille and the newsreel narrator in The Incredibles and additional voices in Cars and in Up.

Prior to coming to Pixar, Teddy Newton worked at Warner Bros. in the story department and in character design on Iron Giant. Newton also served as writer/producer for the independent feature film The Trouble with Lou. Teddy Newton is considered one of the most influential animation artists in the industry.

Day & Night

Day & Night is a six-minute movie that appears before Toy Story 3. Pixar describes it as follows:

When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world--the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.

Croatian president Ivo Josipovic is the radio voice in the film says the radio message is about "how the most beautiful things are those that are still unknown to us, so we should not be afraid of the unknown but rather investigate it," according to The Associated Press.

Come to The Balboa Theater and win a prize

Teddy Newton will answer questions following the 7:00pm screening of Day & Night and introduce the 9:15 show with stories about the making of both Toy Story 3 and Day & Night. Newton will sign copies of the Day & Night poster and one lucky winner will receive a copy of "The Art of Toy Story 3," published by Chronicle Books and signed by Toy Story 3 Director Lee Unkrich and Producer Darla K. Anderson.