Lightyear Director and Producer Layoffs At Pixar

Galyn Susman, the Pixar producer who saved Toy Story 2, and Lightyear director Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman, the director and producer of Lightyea rwere among the 75 employees laid off by Pixar. Pixar has not been spared by the Walt Disney Company’s plan to eliminate 7,00 jobs as part of a broader cost-cutting effort.

The Emeryville, California studio has let go of 75 employees. The layoffs represent roughly 6% of the company’s staff, and are the most significant staff reduction at Pixar since 2013, when the studio laid off dozens of employees following production issues with The Good Dinosaur.

 Lightyear was one of last year’s biggest Hollywood flops, losing $106 million.