Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

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Bob Peterson
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Peterson in 2015
Born
Robert Peterson

(1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 60)
Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationOhio Northern University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
OccupationAnimator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director, voice actor
Years active1994–present
EmployerPixar Animation Studios (1994–present)

Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director and voice actor who works at Pixar. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on Toy Story (1995). He was the co-director and co-writer for Up (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. His work as a writer on Up and Finding Nemo (2003) have earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was also a co-writer on Cars 3 (2017) and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for his work on Forky Asks A Question (2020).

Career[]

Peterson has also voiced characters for various Pixar projects such as Geri in the short Geri's Game (1997), Roz in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013), Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and Dug and Alpha in Up. His most recent vocal work was Roz and Roze in the series Monsters at Work.

He conceived Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (2015)[1] and directed the film until August 2013, when it was announced that he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he is developing another project.[2]

In August 2015, Peterson voiced a dog named Derby for an E:60 profile on ESPN that chronicled the Trenton Thunder's minor league baseball team's tradition of using bat dogs.[3]

Filmography[]

Feature films[]

Year Title Director Writer Story
Supervisor 		Story
Artist 		Story
Consultant 		Layout
Artist 		Animator Other Voice Role Notes
1995 Toy Story No No No No No Additional Additional No
1998 A Bug's Life No No No Yes No No No No
1999 Toy Story 2 No No No Yes No No No No
2001 Monsters, Inc. No No Yes No No No No Yes Roz Additional Story Material
2003 Finding Nemo No Screenplay No No No No No Yes Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin [4]
2004 The Incredibles No No No No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2006 Cars No No No No No No No Yes
2007 Ratatouille No No No No No No No Yes Additional Story Material
2008 WALL-E No No No No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team
2009 Up Co-Director Yes No No No No No Yes Dug/Alpha
2010 Toy Story 3 No No No No No No No Yes Janitor
2011 Cars 2 No No No No No No No Yes
2012 Brave No No No No No No No Yes
2013 Monsters University No No No No No No No Yes Roz
2015 Inside Out No No No No No No No Yes Additional Dialogue
Senior Creative Team
The Good Dinosaur No Story No No No No No Yes Original Concept and Development
Additional Production Leadership
Senior Creative Team
2016 Finding Dory No No No No No No No Yes Mr. Ray / Additional Voices Additional Screenplay Material
Senior Creative Team
2017 Cars 3 No Screenplay No No No No No Yes Chick Hicks/Dr. Damage Senior Creative Team
Coco No No No No Yes No No Yes
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No No No No No Yes
2019 Toy Story 4 No No No No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2020 Onward No No No No No No No Yes
Soul No No No No No No No Yes Additional Story Contributions
Senior Creative Team
2021 Luca No No No No No No No Yes
2022 Turning Red[5] No No No No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team
Lightyear[6] No No No No No No No Yes

Short films[]

Year Title Director Writer Other Voice Role Notes
1997 Geri's Game No No Yes Geri
2003 Exploring the Reef No Yes No
2008 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales No No Yes Additional Voices Episodes 1-4
2009 Dug's Special Mission No Yes Yes Alpha/Dug
George and A.J. No No Yes Dug Special Thanks
2016 Marine Life Interviews No Yes No
2017 Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool No No Yes Dr. Damage
2019-20 Forky Asks a Question Yes Yes Yes Voice Over Announcer Disney+ Original Short Films
2021 Dug Days[7] Yes Yes Yes Dug
2022 Untitled Cars Series No No Yes [8]

Television[]

Year Title Voice Role Notes
2021 Monsters at Work Roz, Roze, Bob Peterson[9] Creative Consultant[10]

Video games[]

Year Title Voice Role
2001 Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training Roz
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
2002 Monsters, Inc.
2003 Finding Nemo Mr. Ray/Krill
2009 Up Dug/Alpha/Newsreel Announcer
2012 Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Dug

Other credits[]

Year Title Role
2000 For the Birds Thanks
2008 Presto Special Thanks
2009 Tracy Terry Cane
2011 Toy Story Toons: Small Fry Special Thanks
2017 Lou
2019 Purl Kristen Lester's Story Trust
2020 Lamp Life[11] Special Thanks
Onward
Burrow

References[]

  1. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies". The Pixar Blog. August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. ^ Keegan, Rebecca (August 30, 2013). "Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Kreiswirth, Carrie (August 12, 2015). "On deck: E:60 profiles family circle of baseball team's 'bat dogs'". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Bahr, Sarah (July 28, 2021). "In 'Monsters at Work,' a Roz by Another Name Is Just as Sour". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Julie & T.J. (December 11, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi - Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  6. ^ Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Holloway, Daniel (December 10, 2020). "'Moana,' 'Cars,' 'Princess and the Frog' Spinoff Series Set for Disney Plus". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Skyler, Shuler (June 1, 2021). "'Planes' Characters Will Appear in The Disney+ 'Cars' Series". The DisInsider. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  10. ^ Sarto, Dan (July 7, 2021). "Disney Television Turns Scares into Laughs in 'Monsters at Work'". awn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Prudom, Laura (January 29, 2020). "Disney Plus' Lamp Life Sneak Peek: What Happened to Bo Peep Between Toy Story 2 and 4? - IGN". IGN. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

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