Bob Peterson (filmmaker)
American animator, director and writer (born 1961)
Bob Peterson
Peterson in 2015
Born Robert Peterson
(1961-01-18 ) January 18, 1961 (age 63) Education Ohio Northern University , Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986Occupations Animator director screenwriter storyboard supervisor voice actor Years active 1994–present Employer Pixar Animation Studios (1994–present)
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
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. Unfortunately, he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he is developing another original feature film.[ 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
Voice Actor
Pixar Senior Creative Team
Other
Voice Role
Notes
1995
Toy Story
No
No
No
No
Yes
Additional Animation and Layout
1998
A Bug's Life
No
No
No
No
Yes
Story Artist
1999
Toy Story 2
No
No
No
No
Yes
Story Artist
2001
Monsters, Inc.
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Roz
Story Supervisor, Additional Story Material
2003
Finding Nemo
No
Screenplay
Yes
No
No
Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin
[ 4]
2004
The Incredibles
No
No
Additional
No
No
Additional Voices
2006
Cars
No
No
Additional
No
No
Additional Voices
2007
Ratatouille
No
No
No
No
Yes
Additional Story Material
2008
WALL-E
No
No
No
Yes
No
2009
Up
Co-Director
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Dug / Alpha
2010
Toy Story 3
No
No
Additional
Yes
No
Janitor
2011
Cars 2
No
No
No
Yes
No
2012
Brave
No
No
No
Yes
No
2013
Monsters University
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Roz
2015
Inside Out
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Additional Dialogue
The Good Dinosaur
Removed
Story
No
Yes
Yes
Original Concept and Development, Additional Production Leadership
2016
Finding Dory
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mr. Ray / Additional Voices
Additional Screenplay Material
2017
Cars 3
No
Screenplay
Yes
Yes
No
Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage
Coco
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Story Consultant
2018
Incredibles 2
No
No
No
Yes
No
2019
Toy Story 4
No
No
Additional
Yes
No
Additional Voices
2020
Onward
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Special Thanks
Soul
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Additional Story Contributions
2021
Luca
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
2022
Turning Red
No
No
No
Yes
No
Lightyear
No
No
No
Yes
No
2023
Elemental
No
No
No
Yes
No
2024
Inside Out 2
No
No
No
Yes
No
Short films
Television
Video games
Other credits
References
^ "BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies" . The Pixar Blog . August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011 .
^ Keegan, Rebecca (August 30, 2013). "Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur' " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 30, 2013 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ " '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
Awards for Bob Peterson
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 , Christopher Lloyd , 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)
Jérémy 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)
International National Artists Other