Piper is a 2016 computer-animated short movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was written and directed by Alan Barillaro, it was theatrically released alongside Pixar's "Finding Dory" on June 17, 2016. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards, becoming the first Pixar animated short to win the award since "For the Birds" in 2002.