Bob Peterson (filmmaker)
| Bob Peterson | |
|---|---|
 Peterson in 2015 | |
| Born |
Robert Peterson January 18, 1961 Wooster, Ohio, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Robert Peterson is an American animator, 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 for Up (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. He was a co-writer on Finding Nemo (2003) and Cars 3 (2017).
Career
Peterson has also voiced characters for Pixar films 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 Dr. Damage in the Cars short film Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool (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
| Year | Title | Co-director | Writer | Animator | Storyboard artist | Actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Toy Story | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 1997 | Geri's Game | Yes | Geri | Short film | ||||
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Yes | Yes | |||||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Yes | Yes | Roz | ||||
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Yes | Yes | Mr. Ray | ||||
| Exploring the Reef | Yes | Documentary film | ||||||
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Yes | Additional voices | |||||
| 2006 | Cars | Yes | ||||||
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Yes | ||||||
| 2009 | Up | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dug Alpha | ||
| Dug's Special Mission | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| George & A.J. | Yes | Dug | Short film, special thanks | |||||
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Yes | Mr. Tony (janitor) | |||||
| 2013 | Monsters University | Yes | Roz | |||||
| 2015 | Inside Out | Yes | Additional screenplay material (with Bill Hader and Amy Poehler) | |||||
| The Good Dinosaur[4] | Yes | original concept and development | ||||||
| 2016 | Finding Dory[5] | Yes | Yes | Mr. Ray | Additional screenplay material / Additional Voices | |||
| 2017 | Cars 3[6] | Yes | Yes | Chick Hicks | Screenplay / Taking over role from Michael Keaton | |||
| Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool | Yes | Dr. Damage | Short film | |||||
| Coco | Story Consultant |
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.
- ↑ "CinemaCon: Pixar Sets 3 Original Toons; Disney Makes 'Muppets 2′". Deadline. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
- ↑ Teodorczuk, Tom (October 23, 2015). "The Good Dinosaur: Peter Sohn on taking over as director from Bob Peterson and changing the entire story". The Independent. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/03/10/cars-3-drops-new-poster-announces-voice-cast/
External links
- Bob Peterson on IMDb
- Bob Peterson at the TCM Movie Database
