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Pete Docter
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American animator and film director
Film & TV
Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
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…
Known for
- Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self2026
- Disney Worldbuilders — Self2026
- Meet the Pickles: The Making of "Win or Lose" — Self - Executive Producer2025
- The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland — Self2025
- Inside Out 2 — Dad's Anger (voice)2024
- Pencils vs Pixels — Self2023
- Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear — Self2022
- Director by Night — Self (archive footage)2022
- A Spark Story — Self2021
- The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World — Self2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter Hans Docter , ( 1968-10-09 ) October 9, 1968 (age 57) , Bloomington, Minnesota , U.S.
- Alma mater
- California Institute of the Arts ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer animator voice actor
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Employer
- Pixar Animation Studios (1990–present)
- Known for
- Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015) , Soul (2020)
- Spouse
- Amanda Docter
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bloomington
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Pete Docter cropped 2009.jpg
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- Pete Docter
- date of birth
- 1968-10-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Pete Docter
- social media followers
- 15204
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator. He has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar 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".
Early life
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