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Pete Docter

Director • Born 1968

Pete Docter

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About

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.

Known for

Toy Story 5 posterToy Story 5Movie • 2026Inside Out 2 posterInside Out 2Movie • 2024Inside Out posterInside OutMovie • 2015Hoppers posterHoppersMovie • 2026Toy Story posterToy StoryMovie • 1995Toy Story 2 posterToy Story 2Movie • 1999Turning Red posterTurning RedMovie • 2022Monsters, Inc. posterMonsters, Inc.Movie • 2001Monsters at Work posterMonsters at WorkSeries • 2021WALL·E posterWALL·EMovie • 2008Monsters University posterMonsters UniversityMovie • 2013Up posterUpMovie • 2009Toy Story 4 posterToy Story 4Movie • 2019The Incredibles posterThe IncrediblesMovie • 2004Brave posterBraveMovie • 2012Soul posterSoulMovie • 2020Elemental posterElementalMovie • 2023Elio posterElioMovie • 2025Onward posterOnwardMovie • 2020Luca posterLucaMovie • 2021Carl's Date posterCarl's DateMovie • 2023Lightyear posterLightyearMovie • 2022Dug Days posterDug DaysSeries • 2021Dream Productions posterDream ProductionsSeries • 2024