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Home/People/Pete Docter
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Born
Oct 9, 1968
Age 57
Place of Birth
Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

29
Movies
1
TV Shows
9
Directed
Also Known As
Peter Docter
Peter Hans Docter
彼特·道格特
پیت داکتر
IMDb Profile

Pete Docter

Directing

Biography
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 nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record-three-time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and Soul. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons". Description above from the Wikipedia article Pete Docter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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