Pete Docter

Pete Docter
Docter at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born
Peter Hans Docter

(1968-10-09) October 9, 1968 (age 56)
Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • animator
  • voice actor
Years active1985–present
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (1990–present)
SpouseAmanda Docter
Children2
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Up (2009)
Inside Out (2015)
Soul (2020)
Signature

Peter Hans Docter[1] (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator, who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018.[2][3] 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.[4] He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons".[3]

  1. ^ "Ancestry: MN Births 1935–2002". Search.ancestry.com. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference VarCCO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Awards for Peter Docter. Imdb.com Accessed June 8, 2009.