Peter Docter

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Peter Docter was born on August 10, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. He is a film director, best known for Monsters, Inc., a Pixar film. He graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minnesota. He is also a former member of the Mentor Connection.

Before joining Pixar, Pete Docter created three non-computer animations, Next Door, Palm Springs, and Winter.

Peter Docter has been an integral part of some of the most seminal works of Pixar Studios, notably Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bugs Life and Monsters, Inc.. He contributed to these animated films as a co-author to the scripts, and worked alongside CGI stalwarts like John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft. He also voiced Mr. Incredible in the Mr. Incredible and Pals short cartoon released on the special features disc on the DVD of The Incredibles. All of these films received mass acclaim and top honors.

In 2004, he was asked to direct the English translation of Howl's Moving Castle by John Lasseter, who declined the project because he was busy helping making the movie, Cars.

Docter is currently directing Up, set for release June 12, 2009.

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Pixar Animation Studios
Feature films
Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010)  • newt (2011)  • The Bear and the Bow (2011)  • Cars 2 (2012)
Short films
Luxo Jr. (1986) • Red's Dream (1987) • Tin Toy (1988) • Knick Knack (1989) • Geri's Game (1997) • For the Birds (2000) • Mike's New Car (2002) • Boundin' (2003) • Jack-Jack Attack (2005) • One Man Band (2005) • Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) • Lifted (2006) • Your Friend the Rat (2007) • Presto (2008)
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