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Pete Docter
Director 57 years old

Pete Docter

Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator who has served as Pixar's chief creative officer (CCO)  since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his... Read full bio →

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Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2

Kelsey Mann 2024 1h 37m 6.5

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.

Pencils vs Pixels

Pencils vs Pixels

Bay Dariz, Phil Earnest 2023 1h 12m 6.0

A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives

John Gleim 2020 1h 7.0

Explore the rich history of the Walt Disney Archives as legendary producer and host Don Hahn tours rarely seen areas of the department's vast collections along with beloved Disney locations through an engaging, historical lens.

Inside Out

Inside Out

Pete Docter 2015 1h 35m 7.5

After a young girl is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions conflict on how best to navigate her new reality.

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Don Hahn 2009 1h 26m 7.3

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over.

Up

Up

Pete Docter 2009 1h 36m 8.0

By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey. Russell, an 8 year old wilderness explorer, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the adventure.

WALL•E

WALL•E

Andrew Stanton 2008 1h 38m 8.6

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans.

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

Brad Bird 2004 1h 55m 8.1

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

Pete Docter 2001 1h 32m 8.2

Two monsters whose job is to make human children scream accidentally let a little girl into their world and must now protect her from their own kind to return her home unscathed.

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