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American animator, director and writer
Bob Peterson
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Peterson in 2015
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Born
| Robert Peterson
(
1961-01-09
)
January 9, 1961
(age 63)
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Nationality
| American
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Education
| Ohio Northern University
, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
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Occupations
| - Animator
- director
- screenwriter
- storyboard supervisor
- voice actor
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Years active
| 1994?present
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Employer
| Pixar Animation Studios
(1994?present)
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Robert Peterson
(born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor 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 for the films
Up
and
Finding Nemo
(2003) 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
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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
(2009). His most recent vocal work was Dug and Alpha in the short
Carl's Date
(2023). Peterson also voiced
Chick Hicks
in
Cars 3
since Chick's original voice actor
Michael Keaton
was unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts with
Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017).
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
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Feature films
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Year
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Title
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Director
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Writer
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Story
Supervisor
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Story
Artist
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Story
Consultant
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Animator
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Layout
Artist
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Other
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Voice Role
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Notes
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1995
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Toy Story
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Additional
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Additional
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No
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1998
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A Bug's Life
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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1999
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Toy Story 2
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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2001
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Monsters, Inc.
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
Roz
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Additional Story Material
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2003
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Finding Nemo
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No
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Screenplay
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin
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[4]
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2004
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The Incredibles
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Additional Voices
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2006
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Cars
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
Wide Chick Pitty
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2007
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Ratatouille
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Additional Story Material
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2008
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WALL-E
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
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Pixar Senior Creative Team
|
2009
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Up
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Co-Director
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Yes
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
Dug / Alpha
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2010
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Toy Story 3
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Janitor
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2011
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Cars 2
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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2012
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Brave
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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2013
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Monsters University
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Roz
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2015
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Inside Out
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Additional Dialogue
Pixar Senior Creative Team
|
The Good Dinosaur
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Removed
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Story
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Original Concept and Development
Additional Production Leadership
Pixar Senior Creative Team
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2016
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Finding Dory
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Mr. Ray / Additional Voices
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Additional Screenplay Material
Pixar Senior Creative Team
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2017
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Cars 3
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No
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Screenplay
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
|
Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage
|
Pixar Senior Creative Team
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Coco
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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2018
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Incredibles 2
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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2019
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Toy Story 4
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Additional Voices
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2020
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Onward
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Special Thanks
Pixar Senior Creative Team
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Soul
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Additional Story Contributions
Pixar Senior Creative Team
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2021
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Luca
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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2022
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Turning Red
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Pixar Senior Creative Team
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Lightyear
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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2023
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Elemental
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Short films
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Television
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Video games
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Other credits
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References
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- ^
"BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies"
.
The Pixar Blog
. August 20, 2011
. Retrieved
August 20,
2011
.
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Keegan, Rebecca (August 30, 2013).
"Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur'
"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
August 30,
2013
.
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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
.
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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
.
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"
'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
. 9 April 2019
. Retrieved
2019-04-09
.
- ^
Sarto, Dan (July 7, 2021).
"Disney Television Turns Scares into Laughs in 'Monsters at Work'
"
.
awn.com
. Retrieved
August 15,
2021
.
- ^
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
.
External links
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Awards for Bob Peterson
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- Brenda Chapman
(1994)
- Andrew Stanton
,
Joss Whedon
,
Joel Cohen
and
Alec Sokolow
(1996)
- Rita Hsiao,
Chris Sanders
,
Philip LaZebnik
, Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998)
- Brad Bird
and
Tim McCanlies
(1999)
- John Lasseter
,
Pete Docter
,
Ash Brannon
,
Andrew Stanton
, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000)
- Ted Elliott
,
Terry Rossio
,
Joe Stillman
and
Roger S. H. Schulman
(2001)
- Hayao Miyazaki
(2002)
- Andrew Stanton
,
Bob Peterson
and David Reynolds (2003)
- Brad Bird
(2004)
- Steve Box
,
Nick Park
and
Mark Burton
(2005)
- Dick Clement
,
Ian La Frenais
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Christopher Lloyd
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Joe Keenan
and
William Davies
(2006)
- Brad Bird
(2007)
- Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger
(2008)
- Wes Anderson
and
Noah Baumbach
(2009)
- Chris Sanders
,
Will Davies
and
Dean DeBlois
(2010)
- James Ward Byrkit,
John Logan
and
Gore Verbinski
(2011)
- Phil Johnston
and
Jennifer Lee
(2012)
- Hayao Miyazaki
(2013)
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
(2014)
- Pete Docter
,
Meg LeFauve
and
Josh Cooley
(2015)
- Jared Bush
and
Phil Johnston
(2016)
- Adrian Molina
and Matthew Aldrich (2017)
- Phil Lord
and
Rodney Rothman
(2018)
- Jeremy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant (2019)
- Pete Docter
,
Mike Jones
and
Kemp Powers
(2020)
- Mike Rianda
and
Jeff Rowe
(2021)
- Dean Fleischer Camp
,
Jenny Slate
, Nick Paley and
Elisabeth Holm
(2022)
- Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor (2023)
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