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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-10-09 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

Pete Docter

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".

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

Inside Out 2 as Dad's Anger (voice)

2023

2022

Director by Night as Self (archive footage)

2021

2020

2019

2015

Riley's First Date? as Dad's Anger (voice)
Inside Out as Additional Voices (voice)

2009

Up as Campmaster Strauch (voice)
Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)

2008

WALL·E as Additional Voices (voice)

2007

The Pixar Story as Himself

2005

Mr. Incredible and Pals as Mr. Incredible (voice)

2004

The Incredibles as Additional Voices (voice)

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Additional Voices (voice)

1996

1995

1989

Palm Springs as Sigmond Dinosaur (voice)

1988

Winter as Voice (voice)

1953

The Oscars as Self

Directing

2020

Soul as Director

2015

Inside Out as Director

2009

Up as Director

2002

Mike's New Car as Director

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Director

1990

Next Door as Director

1989

Palm Springs as Director

1988

Winter as Director

Production

2026

Toy Story 5 as Executive Producer
Hoppers as Executive Producer

2025

Elio as Executive Producer
Win or Lose as Executive Producer

2024

Inside Out 2 as Executive Producer
Dream Productions as Executive Producer

2023

Elemental as Executive Producer
Carl's Date as Executive Producer

2022

Turning Red as Executive Producer
Lightyear as Executive Producer
Cars on the Road as Executive Producer

2021

22 vs. Earth as Executive Producer
Ciao Alberto as Executive Producer
Luca as Executive Producer
Dug Days as Executive Producer

2020

Onward as Executive Producer
Lamp Life as Executive Producer
Dory's Reef Cam as Executive Producer

2019

Toy Story 4 as Executive Producer

2018

Bao as Executive Producer

2017

Lou as Executive Producer

2015

Riley's First Date? as Executive Producer

2014

Party Central as Executive Producer

2013

Monsters University as Executive Producer

2012

Brave as Executive Producer

2009

Dug's Special Mission as Executive Producer

2002

Mike's New Car as Producer

1988

Winter as Producer

-

Incredibles 3 as Executive Producer
Coco 2 as Executive Producer
Inside Out 3 as Executive Producer

Writing

2023

Carl's Date as Characters

2021

Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc. as Original Story
Pixar Remix: Up as Original Story
Dug Days as Characters

2020

Soul as Screenplay
Soul as Story

2015

Inside Out as Story
Inside Out as Screenplay

2009

Up as Story
Up as Screenplay

2008

WALL·E as Story

2002

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Original Story

1999

Toy Story 2 as Original Story

1995

Toy Story as Original Story

1988

Winter as Writer

Art

1995

Toy Story as Storyboard Artist

Visual Effects

1997

Geri's Game as Animation

1990

Next Door as Animation

1989

Palm Springs as Animation

1988

Winter as Animation

Crew

2022

Pete as Thanks

2021

2019

Kitbull as Thanks

2014

Lava as Thanks

2009

Partly Cloudy as Thanks

2008

Presto as Thanks

1995

Toy Story as Supervising Animator

Sound

1990

Next Door as Music

Creator

2021

Dug Days as Creator