Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

Bob Peterson
Peterson in 2015
Born	Robert Peterson (1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 64) Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
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)

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. He helped work on part of The Good Dinosaur (2015), before being cut from it. 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).

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 (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] He created, wrote, and directed two short-form series: Forky Asks a Question (2019–20) ^{[3] [4]} and Dug Days (2021–23). ^[5]

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. ^[6]

Filmography

Feature films

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	[7]
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	Replacing 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

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 (all episodes) and Alpha (Carl's Date)

Television

Year	Title	Voice Role	Notes
2021–24	Monsters at Work	Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson [8]	Creative Consultant (season 1) [9] Special Thanks (season 2)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice Role
2001	Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training	Roz
	Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
2002	Monsters, Inc.: The Video Game
2003	Finding Nemo: The Video Game	Mr. Ray/Krill
2009	Up: The Video Game	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
	George and A.J.	Special Thanks
2011	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2017	Lou
2019	Purl	Kristen Lester's Story Trust
2020	Lamp Life [10]	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. "'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.
4. "Toy Story 4 Producer Reveals How Disney+ Will Continue The Franchise". CinemaBlend. October 3, 2019.
5. Bill Desowitz (September 1, 2021). ""Dug Days": Pixar's Disney+ Shorts Reunite Carl with His Lovable Golden Retriever from "Up"". IndieWire .
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
9. Sarto, Dan (July 7, 2021). "Disney Television Turns Scares into Laughs in 'Monsters at Work'". awn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
10. 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

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