Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director 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).

Bob Peterson
Peterson in 2015
Born	Robert Peterson (1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 Wooster, Ohio, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Animator, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, director, voice actor
Years active	1994–present
Employer	Pixar Animation Studios (1994–present)

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	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
1999	Toy Story 2				Yes
2001	Monsters, Inc.				Yes	Yes	Roz
2003	Finding Nemo		Yes			Yes	Mr. Ray, Additional voices	Credits
	Exploring the Reef		Yes					Documentary film
2004	The Incredibles					Yes	Additional voices
2006	Cars					Yes
2007	Ratatouille				Yes
2009	Up	Co-director	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	Additional voices
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
2019	Purl							Kristen Lester's Story Trust
	Toy Story 4					Yes	Additional voices
	Forky Asks A Question[7]	Yes	Yes			Yes	Opening narrator	Short series
2021	Monsters at Work					Yes	Roz, Roze[8]	Television Series

References

1. "BREAKING NEWS: Pixar announces two new movies". The Pixar Blog. August 20, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
2. Keegan, Rebecca (August 30, 2013). "Pixar Animation yanks director Bob Peterson off 'The Good Dinosaur'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
3. 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.
4. "CinemaCon: Pixar Sets 3 Original Toons; Disney Makes 'Muppets 2′". Deadline. April 24, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
5. 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.
6. http://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/03/10/cars-3-drops-new-poster-announces-voice-cast/
7. "'Forky Asks A Question': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and everything you need to know about the Disney+ show from 'Toy Story'". Meaww.com. October 20, 2019.
8. "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

External links

• Bob Peterson on IMDb
• Bob Peterson at the TCM Movie Database