Career
Born with several congenital heart defects, Wright received a heart transplant at the age of 12. A year after his transplant, he was a recipient of a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which was to visit Pixar Animation Studios. His animation credits included the line drawings at the end of the film Ratatouille (2007), the storyboards for WALL-East (2008) and the short film Presto (2008).
On the evening of Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Wright collapsed at Pixar and died instantly of a heart attack, just ten days after his 27th birthday.
WALL-East is dedicated in “loving memory” of him.