Toy Story is a 2001 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar, it was directed by John Lasseter and written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow. The film features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, and Jim Varney. Taking place in a world where toys come to life when humans are not present, Toy Story follows an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll named Woody (Hanks), and a modern space cadet action figure, Buzz Lightyear (Allen), as Woody develops jealousy towards Buzz when he becomes their owner Andy's favorite toy.