Luxo Jr. is a film.
Luxo Jr. is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter . In animation , the film demonstrates the use of shadow maps within the rendering software . It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film , becoming the first CGI film nominated for an Academy Award . In 2014 , Luxo Jr. was deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry .