Main article: wikipedia:Pete Docter
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Peter Hans Docter[1] October 9, 1968 Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Amanda Docter (2 children) |
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Peter Hans "Pete" Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor from Bloomington.[2] He is best known for directing the animated feature films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009) and Inside Out (2015) and as a key figure and collaborator in Pixar Animation Studios. The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally successful".[3] He has been nominated for six Oscars (one win thus far for Up – Best Animated Feature), three Annie Awards (winning two), a BAFTA Children's Film Award (which he won), and a Hochi Film Award (which he won).[4] He has described himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons."[2]
His latest feature, Inside Out, has been released to universal acclaim from critics.[5]
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- ↑ "Ancestry: MN Births 1935–2002". Search.ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=mnbirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&tid=&tpid=&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsfn=Peter&gsln=Docter&_81004010=&rg_81004010__date=&rs_81004010__date=&msbpn=&msbpn__ftp=&msbpn__ftp_x=&_8000C000=&_80008000=&gskw=&ne=2. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Wizard of Up. By Colin Covert. Star Tribune. Published May 27, 2009.
- ↑ Pete Docter. by Tasha Robinson. A.V. Club. Published May 28, 2009.
- ↑ Awards for Peter Docter. IMDb.com Accessed June 8, 2009.
- ↑ Bastoli, Mike. "BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies", August 20, 2011. Retrieved on August 20, 2011.