Comment on Colorado native part of Oscar winning Pixar animation team for “Coco”

Cody Lyon was sitting in Pixar Animation Studios’ theater on Sunday night watching a live-broadcast of the Oscars. He was clad in a “Coco” shirt and hat, feet propped on the seat in front of him, popcorn all over. But when he saw the clip shown for “Coco” was one that he animated, the Silt native sat straight up. “I thought, maybe I better clean myself up a little bit,” he said with a laugh. Related Articles Donald Trump jokes about low ratings for Oscars broadcast PHOTOS: Highlights of the 90th Academy Awards ceremony No dress code, but plenty of references to #MeToo at Oscars Kobe Bryant picks up Oscar for “Dear Basketball” and drops “shut up and dribble” reference Jimmy Kimmel’s Oscars monologue takes aim at Trump, Pence and Harvey Weinstein “Coco” won two Oscars for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song, and 24-year-old Lyon was part of it as an animator at Pixar. While in middle school at Riverside in New Castle, Lyon saw a documentary on Pixar and knew immediately animation was something he wanted to do.