---
name: "Darla K. Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson"
fi1m_id: "darla-k-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm0026565"
tmdb_id: 7878
wikidata_id: "Q1992382"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.175279+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darla K. Anderson

## Identity

Darla K. Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darla-k-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026565
- **TMDB ID:** 7878
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1992382
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darla_K._Anderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1992382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7878

Producer. Born 22 October 1968 in Glendale.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 October 1968, Glendale
- **Active:** 1998–2017
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 producing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [John Lasseter](https://film.one/person/john-lasseter.md), [Lee Unkrich](https://film.one/person/lee-unkrich.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 80 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Comedy 3, Adventure 2, Fantasy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,825m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darla_K._Anderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1992382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026565/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7878

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 3*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md) (87), [*Monsters, Inc.*](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md) (86), [*Coco*](https://film.one/film/coco.md) (84), [*A Bug's Life*](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Darla K. Anderson is an American film producer. Born on 22 October 1968 in Glendale, California, she studied environmental design at San Diego State University. She joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1993 after working as an executive producer at Angel Studios and remained there until 2018, when she moved to Netflix under a multi-year development deal.

Anderson produced several Pixar features, including *A Bug's Life* (1998), *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), *Cars* (2006), *Toy Story 3* (2010) and *Coco* (2017). She has received awards including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for *Coco* and sits on the national board of directors of the Producers Guild of America. She is married to producer Kori Rae.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (4) — the average rests on these

- *Coco* (2017), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Finding Dory* (2016), Fi1m 68, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Sitara: Let Girls Dream* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Coco* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Cars 3* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Dante's Lunch* (2017), Producer
- *Finding Dory* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-dory.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Thanks
- *Brave* (2012), Thanks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Cars 2* (2011), Thanks
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Up* (2009), Thanks — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), as Other — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Geared-Up* (2006), Actor
- *Mater and the Ghostlight* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Cars* (2006), Producer
- *Exploring the Reef* (2003), Thanks
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2018: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Coco*
- 2011: Best Picture (nominated), for *Toy Story 3*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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