Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

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Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director and voice actor who works at Pixar.

Career[change | change source]

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).


Filmography[change | change source]

Feature Films[change | change source]

Year Title Director Writer Story
Supervisor
Story Artist Other Voice Role Notes
1995 Toy Story No No No No Yes Additional Layout, Additional Animation
1998 A Bug's Life No No No Yes No
1999 Toy Story 2 No No No Yes No
2001 Monsters, Inc. No No Yes No Yes Roz Additional Story Material
2003 Finding Nemo No Screenplay No No Yes Mr. Ray/Additional Voices
2004 The Incredibles No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie No No No No Yes Karen Disney release
2006 Cars No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2007 Ratatouille No No No No Yes Additional Story Material
2008 WALL-E No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team
2009 Up Co-Director Yes No No Yes Dug/Alpha
2010 Toy Story 3 No No No No Yes Janitor
2011 Cars 2 No No No No Yes
2012 Brave No No No No Yes
2013 Monsters University No No No No Yes Roz
2015 Inside Out No No No No Yes Additional Dialogue
Senior Creative Team
The Good Dinosaur No Story No No Yes Original Concept and Development
Additional Production Leadership
Senior Creative Team
2016 Finding Dory No No No No Yes Mr. Ray/Additional Voices Additional Screenplay Material
Senior Creative Team
2017 Cars 3 No Screenplay No No Yes Chick Hicks/Dr. Damage Senior Creative Team
Coco No No No No Yes Story Consultant
Senior Creative Team
2018 Incredibles 2 No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team
2019 Toy Story 4 No No No No Yes Additional Voices
2020 Onward No No No No Yes
Soul No No No No Yes Additional Story Contributions
Senior Creative Team
2021 Luca[1] No No No No Yes Senior Creative Team
2022 Turning Red[2] No No No No Yes
Lightyear[3] No No No No Yes

Short Films[change | change source]

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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
2021 Dug Days[4] Yes Yes Yes Dug

Television[change | change source]

Year Title Voice Role
2021 Monsters at Work Roz, Roze[5]

Other Credits[change | change source]

Year Title Role
2000 For the Birds Thanks
2008 Presto Special Thanks
2009 Tracy Terry Cane
2011 Toy Story Toons: Small Fry Special Thanks
2019 Purl Kristen Lester's Story Trust
2020 Lamp Life Special Thanks
Onward

References[change | change source]

  1. Desowitz, Bill (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Sets Summer 2021 Release for Italian Coming-of-Age 'Luca' Feature". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. Julie & T.J. (December 11, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi - Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  3. Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. Holloway, Daniel (December 10, 2020). "'Moana,' 'Cars,' 'Princess and the Frog' Spinoff Series Set for Disney Plus". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  5. "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

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