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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-08-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Lee Unkrich

Biography:

Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American film director, editor and writer. He is best known for his work with the animation studio Pixar, which he joined in 1994 as an editor before being credited as a co-director on Toy Story 2 (1999).

Following the film's success, Unkrich served a similar role for the films Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003) before making his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3 (2010). The film and the second he directed, Coco (2017), won two Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.

After 25 years at the company, Unkrich retired in January 2019 to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests.

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Known For

Acting

2020

2017

Coco as Additional Voices (voice)

2015

2010

Toy Story 3 as Additional Voices (voice)

2007

The Pixar Story as Himself

2003

Making 'Nemo' as Self - Co-Director
Finding Nemo as Additional Voices (voice)

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Additional Voices (voice)

1999

Toy Story 2 as Additional Voices (voice)

1998

A Bug's Life as Additional Voices (voice)

1995

Editing

2017

Coco as Editor

2006

Cars as Other
Cars as Additional Editor

2003

Finding Nemo as Supervising Film Editor

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Additional Editing

1999

Toy Story 2 as Editor

1998

A Bug's Life as Editor

1995

Toy Story as Editor

1994

Betrayed by Love as Assistant Editor

1992

Renegade as Assistant Editor

1991

Silk Stalkings as Editor

Directing

2017

Coco as Director
Dante's Lunch as Director

2010

Toy Story 3 as Director
Groovin' with Ken as Director

2003

Finding Nemo as Co-Director

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Co-Director

1999

Toy Story 2 as Co-Director

1991

Silk Stalkings as Director

-

Coco 2 as Director

Production

2019

Toy Story 4 as Executive Producer

2015

The Good Dinosaur as Executive Producer

2013

Monsters University as Executive Producer

1991

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside as Production Assistant

Crew

2015

Inside Out as Other

2014

Lava as Thanks

2008

Presto as Thanks

Writing

2017

Coco as Story

2010

Toy Story 3 as Story