---
name: "Mark Gustafson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-gustafson"
fi1m_id: "mark-gustafson"
imdb_id: "nm0348993"
tmdb_id: 1245934
wikidata_id: "Q116764227"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "19 September 1959"
died: "1 February 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:08:06.567609+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."
---

# Mark Gustafson

## Identity

Mark Gustafson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-gustafson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-gustafson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0348993
- **TMDB ID:** 1245934
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116764227
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gustafson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116764227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245934

Director. Born 19 September 1959 in Portland, Oregon, U.S.. Died 1 February 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 19 September 1959, Portland, Oregon, U.S.
- **Died:** 1 February 2024
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gustafson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116764227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245934

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Mark Gustafson (1959–2024) was an American animator and film director. He began his stop-motion career in the 1980s at Will Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, contributing to projects including the California Raisins commercials and directing episodes of the series *The PJs* (1999).

Gustafson served as animation director on Wes Anderson’s *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009). He co-directed *Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio* (2022) with Guillermo del Toro; the film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which Gustafson shared with del Toro, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley. He also received BAFTA and Annie awards for the film.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio* (2022), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio* (2022), Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio.md)
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Animation Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *Joe Blow* (2004), Director, Writer
- *Ananda* (2003), Director
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Director
- *Bride of Resistor* (1997), Writer, Director
- *Mr. Resistor* (1994), Animation, Writer, Director
- *Will Vinton's Claymation Easter* (1992), Screenplay, Animation, Director
- *Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors* (1991), Screenplay
- *Meet the Raisins!* (1988), Story
- *Arnold Escapes from Church* (1988), as Congregation (voice)
- *The Adventures of Mark Twain* (1985), as Calaveras Miner (voice) · Animation

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2023: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio*

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

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