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).
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 Peterson in 2015 | |
| Born | Robert Peterson January 18, 1961 |
| 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) |
Career
editPeterson 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. Unfortunately, he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he was developing another original feature film.[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
editFeature films
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Voice Actor | Pixar Senior Creative Team |
Other | Voice Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Toy Story | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Animation and Layout | |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | No | No | No | No | Yes | Story Artist | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Story Artist | |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Roz | Story Supervisor, Additional Story Material |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | No | Screenplay | Yes | No | No | Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin | [4] |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | Additional | No | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2006 | Cars | No | No | Additional | No | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Story Material | |
| 2008 | WALL-E | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2009 | Up | Co-Director | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Dug / Alpha | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | Additional | Yes | No | Janitor | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2012 | Brave | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Roz | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional Dialogue | |
| The Good Dinosaur | Removed | Story | No | Yes | Yes | Original Concept and Development, Additional Production Leadership | ||
| 2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mr. Ray / Additional Voices | Additional Screenplay Material |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | No | Screenplay | Yes | Yes | No | Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage | Taking Over Chick Hicks role from Michael Keaton |
| Coco | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Story Consultant | ||
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | Additional | Yes | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Special Thanks | |
| Soul | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional Story Contributions | ||
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| Lightyear | No | No | No | Yes | No | |||
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Short films
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Story Artist | Other | Voice Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Geri's Game | No | No | No | Yes | Geri |
| 2003 | Exploring the Reef | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2008 | Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales | No | No | No | Yes | Additional Voices |
| 2009 | Dug's Special Mission | No | Yes | No | Yes | Alpha and Dug |
| George and A.J. | No | No | No | Yes | Dug | |
| 2016 | Marine Life Interviews | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2017 | Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool | No | No | No | Yes | Dr. Damage |
| 2019-20 | Forky Asks a Question | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Voice Over Announcer |
| 2021-23 | Dug Days | Yes | Yes | Carl's Date | Yes | Dug and Alpha |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Voice Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2024 | Monsters at Work | Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson[5] | Creative Consultant (season 1)[6]
Special Thanks (season 2) |
Video games
edit| 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
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | For the Birds | Thanks |
| 2008 | Presto | Special Thanks |
| 2009 | Tracy | Terry Cane |
| George and A.J. | Special Thanks | |
| 2011 | Toy Story Toons: Small Fry | |
| 2017 | Lou | |
| 2019 | Purl | Kristen Lester's Story Trust |
| 2020 | Lamp Life[7] | Special Thanks |
| Burrow |
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Bob Peterson at IMDb
- Bob Peterson at the TCM Movie Database