This image released by Pixar Animation Studios shows a scene from the animated short film "Out," featuring a gay protagonist, the first in Pixar's 25-year history.
But there were scenes he never expected to animate until he began working on his short, Out.Hunter wrote and directed the nine-minute Pixar film, which recently debuted on Disney+.
While frantically trying to hide evidence of his boyfriend, Manuel, Greg discovers the courage to reveal his sexual orientation to his parents.
Greg, whos loosely based on Hunter, is Pixars first LGBTQ protagonist.
To animate it, Hunter approached Wendell Lee, the only other gay animator still at Pixar from Hunters early days with the company.