Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

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 on Up and Finding Nemo (2003) have 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).

Bob Peterson
Peterson in 2015
Born	Robert Peterson (1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 62) Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Ohio Northern University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
Occupations	Animator director screenwriter storyboard supervisor voice actor
Years active	1994–present
Employer	Pixar Animation Studios (1994–present)

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. His most recent vocal work was Dug in the short-form series Dug Days.

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

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

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

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. 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.
5. "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
6. Sarto, Dan (July 7, 2021). "Disney Television Turns Scares into Laughs in 'Monsters at Work'". awn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
7. 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.

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