Bob Peterson | |
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 Peterson in 2015 | |
| Born | Robert Peterson January 18, 1961 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ohio Northern University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986 |
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| 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, 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
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Story Supervisor |
Story Artist |
Story Consultant |
Animator | Layout Artist |
Other | Voice Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Toy Story | No | No | No | No | No | Additional | Additional | No | ||
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Roz | Additional Story Material |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | No | Screenplay | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin | [4] |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices | |
| 2006 | Cars | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Wide Chick Pitty | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Material | |
| 2008 | WALL-E | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
| 2009 | Up | Co-Director | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Dug / Alpha | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Janitor | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2012 | Brave | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Roz | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Dialogue Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
| The Good Dinosaur | Removed | Story | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Original Concept and Development Additional Production Leadership Pixar Senior Creative Team | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Mr. Ray / Additional Voices | Additional Screenplay Material Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | No | Screenplay | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| Coco | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | |||
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Special Thanks Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
| Soul | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Contributions Pixar Senior Creative Team | ||
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Pixar Senior Creative Team | |
| Lightyear | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Geri's Game | No | No | Yes | Geri | |
| 2003 | Exploring the Reef | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2008 | Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices | Episodes 1-4 |
| 2009 | Dug's Special Mission | No | Yes | Yes | Alpha/Dug | |
| George and A.J. | No | No | Yes | Dug | Special Thanks | |
| 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2017 | Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool | No | No | Yes | Dr. Damage | |
| 2019-20 | Forky Asks a Question | Yes | Yes | Yes | Voice Over Announcer | Disney+ Original Short Films |
| 2021 | Dug Days | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dug | |
| 2023 | Carl's Date | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dug/Alpha |
Television
| Year | Title | Voice Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Monsters at Work | Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson[5] | Creative Consultant[6] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training | Roz |
| Monsters, Inc. Scream Team | ||
| 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Mr. Ray/Krill |
| 2009 | Up | Dug/Alpha/Newsreel Announcer |
| 2012 | Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure | Dug |
Other credits
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | For the Birds | Thanks |
| 2008 | Presto | Special Thanks |
| 2009 | Tracy | Terry Cane |
| 2011 | Toy Story Toons: Small Fry | Special Thanks |
| 2017 | Lou | |
| 2019 | Purl | Kristen Lester's Story Trust |
| 2020 | Lamp Life[7] | Special Thanks |
| Burrow |
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
- Bob Peterson at IMDb
- Bob Peterson at the TCM Movie Database