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Pete Docter

Pete Docter

Director · Born October 9, 1968 · Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator who has served as Pixar's chief creative officer (CCO)  since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record-three-time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and Soul. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons". Description above from the Wikipedia article Pete Docter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 9

1990s

  1. 1990

    Next Door

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Palm Springs

    Director

  2. 1988

    Winter

    Director

Produced 34

1980s

  1. 1988

    Winter

    Producer

No release date

  1. Loving Dory

    Executive Producer

Wrote 13

2020s

  1. 2023

    Carl's Date

    Characters

    67
  2. 2021

    Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc.

    Original Story

  3. Dug Days

    Characters

    78

  4. Pixar Remix: Up

    Original Story

  5. 2020

    Soul

    Screenplay, Story

    84

1980s

  1. 1988

    Winter

    Writer

Acted in 11

1980s

  1. 1989

    Palm Springs

    Sigmond Dinosaur (voice)

  2. 1988

    Winter

    Voice (voice)

Visual effects 5

2020s

  1. 2026

    The X Protocol

    Animation

1990s

  1. 1997

    Geri's Game

    Animation

    77
  2. 1990

    Next Door

    Animation

1980s

  1. 1989

    Palm Springs

    Animation

  2. 1988

    Winter

    Animation

Created 2

2020s

  1. 2021

    Dug Days

    Creator

    78

2000s

  1. 2009

    Up: Upisodes

    Creator

Other crew 1

Art department 1

Sound 1

1990s

  1. 1990

    Next Door

    Music

Appearances21

2010s

  1. 2019

    Animation Outlaws

    Self

  2. 2015

    Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

    Self

  3. 2010

    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Self (archive footage)

    73

2000s

  1. 2008

    Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Self

  2. 2007

    Fog City Mavericks

    Self

  3. The Pixar Story

    Self

    79
  4. 2005

    The Art of Mary Blair

    Self

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    Self

  2. 1995

    The Making of Toy Story

    Self

Thanked in the credits6

2020s

  1. 2022

    Pete

    Thanks

  2. 2021

    Monsters at Work

    Thanks

    71

2010s

  1. 2019

    Kitbull

    Thanks

    80
  2. 2015

    Lava

    Thanks

    72