PETE DOCTER

BIO

Pete Docter is an animator, director, producer, screenwriter, and the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar. He was born on October 9, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota and grew up creating flipbooks and animated shorts. After transferring from the University of Minnesota to California Institute of the Arts, Docter won a Student Academy Award before graduating in 1990. At the age of 21 he began working at Pixar, the day after his college graduation, under the recommendation of Joe Ranft, co-director of Cars. He was one of the most influential screenwriters behind Toy Story, and went on to direct Monsters Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and now Soul (2020).

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FILMOGRAPHY

Winter (1988) – Director
Palm Springs (1989) – Director / Voice of Sigmund Dinosaur
Cranium Command (1989) – Animator
Next Door (1990) – Director
Toy Story (1995) – Story / Head Animator
Geri's Game (1997) – Animator
A Bug's Life (1998) – Additional Storyboard Artist
Toy Story 2 (1999) – Story
Monsters, Inc. (2001) – Director / Story / Additional Voices
Mike's New Car (2002) – Director / Story
Boundin' (2003) – Special Thanks
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) – English Dub Director / Executive Producer (U.S. production)
The Incredibles (2004) – Additional Voices
Presto (2008) – Special Thanks
WALL-E (2008) – Story / Voice of Lifeguard Bot / Senior Creative Team
Partly Cloudy (2009) – Special Thanks
Up (2009) – Director / Story / Writer / Voice of Kevin and Campmaster Strauch
Dug's Special Mission (2009) – Executive Producer
George and A.J. (2009) – Executive Producer
Let's Pollute (2010) — Bassist
Toy Story 3 (2010) – Senior Creative Team
La Luna (2011) – Special Thanks

The Muppets (2011) – Creative consultant
Brave (2012) – Executive Producer / Senior Creative Team
The Blue Umbrella (2013) – Special Thanks
Monsters University (2013) – Executive Producer / Senior Creative Team
Party Central (2013) – Executive Producer
Lava (2014) – Special Thanks
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014) – Special Thanks
Inside Out (2015) – Director / Story / Writer / Voice of Father's Anger / Additional Voices
Riley's First Date? (2015) – Executive Producer / Voice of Father's Anger
Sanjay's Super Team (2015) – Special Thanks
Lou (2017) – Executive Producer
Bao (2018) – Executive Producer
Purl (2019) – Special Thanks
Kitbull (2019) – Special Thanks
Toy Story 4 (2019) – Executive Producer / Story treatment input
Frozen II (2019) – Special Thanks
Onward (2020) – Executive Producer
Soul (2020) – Director / Executive Producer / Screenwriter / Story

AWARDS

ACADEMY AWARDS

2009 Up- Best Animated Feature
2015 Inside Out- Best Animated Feature

OTHER AWARDS

1996 Toy Story Annie Awards - Best Individual Achievement in Animation
2000 Toy Story 2 Annie Awards - Outstanding Achievement in Writing
2008 WALL-E Nebula Award for Best Script
2008 WALL-E Hugo Awards - Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
2009 Up Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Best Animated Feature
2009 Up Golden Globe Awards - Best Animated Feature Film
2009 Up British Academy Film Awards - Best Animated Film
2010 Up Annie Awards - Directing in a Feature Production
2015 Inside Out Golden Globe Awards - Best Animated Feature Film
2015 Inside Out Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Best Animated Feature
2015 Inside Out British Academy Film Awards - Best Animated Film
2015 Inside Out Satellite Awards - Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature
2016 Inside Out Annie Awards - Directing in a Feature Production
2016 Inside Out Annie Awards - Writing in a Feature Production

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