Pete Docter

ABOUT PETE DOCTER

Animator and producer who directed the Disney films Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out. In 2020, he directed the Pixar film Soul . He has directed four films for the studio and multiple short films.

During his time at the California Institute of the Arts, he won a Student Academy Award for his project "Next Door."

He was hired as the tenth employee of the animation company Pixar at the age of 21. He is credited as a writer on the popular animated feature WALL-E .

He had two children, Nicholas and Elie, with his wife Amanda. His daughter Elie has a speaking part in Up; she was also the inspiration for Riley in Inside Out.

He wrote early treatments for the Pixar feature Toy Story with the film's director John Lasseter .