Pete Docter

57, from Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

Artwork for Inside Out 2Image of Pete Docter

Biography

Peter Hans "Pete" Docter is an American film director, animator, and screenwriter from Bloomington, Minnesota. He is best known for directing the films Monsters, Inc. and Up, and as a key figure and collaborator in Pixar Animation Studios. The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally successful". He has been nominated for eight Oscars (two wins thus far for Up & Inside Out -- Best Animated Feature), seven Annie Awards (winning five), a BAFTA Children's Film Award (which he won), and a Hochi Film Award (which he won). He has described himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons."

Timeline

2029Future projects

  • Poster for Coco 2

    Executive Producer

2028Future projects

  • Poster for Ghost Market

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Incredibles 3

    Executive Producer

2027Future projects

  • Poster for Gatto

    Executive Producer

2026Aged 58

  • Poster for Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20

    Self

  • Poster for Disney Worldbuilders

    Self

  • Poster for Hoppers

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Toy Story 5

    Executive Producer

2025Aged 57

  • Poster for Meet the Pickles: The Making of

    Self - Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

    Self

  • Poster for Elio

    Executive Producer

2024Aged 56

  • Poster for Inside Out 2

    Dad's Anger (voice)

2023Aged 55

  • Poster for Pencils vs Pixels

    Self

  • Poster for Elemental

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Carl's Date

    Executive Producer

2022Aged 54

  • Poster for Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear

    Self

  • Poster for Director by Night

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Turning Red

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Pete

    Thanks

  • Poster for Lightyear

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 53

  • Soul, Improvised

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Spark Story

    Self

  • Poster for The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World

    Self

  • Poster for Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special

    Self

  • Poster for Pixar Remix: Up

    Original Story

  • Poster for 22 vs. Earth

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Luca

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc.

    Original Story

  • Poster for Ciao Alberto

    Executive Producer

2020Aged 52

  • Poster for Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

    Self

  • Poster for Lamp Life

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Onward

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Dory's Reef Cam

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Soul

    Screenplay

2019Aged 51

  • Poster for Animation Outlaws

    Self

  • Poster for Kitbull

    Thanks

  • Poster for Toy Story 4

    Executive Producer

2018Aged 50

  • Poster for Bao

    Executive Producer

2017Aged 49

  • Poster for Lou

    Executive Producer

2015Aged 47

  • Poster for Inside Out

    Additional Voices (voice)

  • Poster for Riley's First Date?

    Dad's Anger (voice)

  • Poster for Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

    Self

  • Poster for Lava

    Thanks

2014Aged 46

  • Poster for Party Central

    Executive Producer

2013Aged 45

  • Poster for Monsters University

    Executive Producer

2012Aged 44

  • Poster for Brave

    Executive Producer

2009Aged 41

  • Poster for Up

    Campmaster Strauch (voice)

  • Poster for Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Partly Cloudy

    Thanks

  • Poster for Dug's Special Mission

    Executive Producer

2008Aged 40

  • Poster for Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Self

  • Poster for WALL·E

    Additional Voices (voice)

  • Poster for Presto

    Thanks

2007Aged 39

  • Poster for The Pixar Story

    Self

  • Poster for Fog City Mavericks

    Self

2005Aged 37

  • Poster for The Art of Mary Blair

    Self

  • Poster for Mr. Incredible and Pals

    Mr. Incredible (voice)

2004Aged 36

  • Poster for The Incredibles

    Additional Voices (voice)

2002Aged 34

  • Poster for Mike's New Car

    Story

2001Aged 33

  • Poster for Monsters, Inc.

    Additional Voices (voice)

1999Aged 31

  • Poster for Toy Story 2

    Original Story

1997Aged 29

  • Poster for Geri's Game

    Animation

1996Aged 28

  • Poster for The Story Behind 'Toy Story'

    Self

1995Aged 27

  • Poster for The Making of Toy Story

    Self

  • Poster for Toy Story

    Original Story

1990Aged 22

  • Poster for Next Door

    Animation

1989Aged 21

  • Poster for Palm Springs

    Sigmond Dinosaur (voice)

1988Aged 20

  • Poster for Winter

    Voice (voice)

Year unknown

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