Bob Peterson (animator)

Bob Peterson
Born	Robert Peterson (1961-01-18) January 18, 1961 (age 51) Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Animation Director, Writer, Voice Actor, Storyboard Supervisor.
Years active	1994–present

Robert "Bob" Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor who works at Pixar Animation Studios. He made his directorial debut on Up in which he voiced the character Dug^[1]. He was hired by Roger Gould in 1994 and started as an animator for commercials. He then became an animator on Toy Story.

Peterson was born in Wooster, Ohio, his family moved to Dover, Ohio, where he graduated from Dover High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University, and a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1986. While attending Purdue, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Loco Motives for the Purdue Exponent. Prior to coming to Pixar, Peterson worked at Wavefront Technologies and Rezn8 Productions.

Peterson has also voiced characters for Pixar films such as Geri in Geri's Game, Roz in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo and Dug in Up. His most recent vocal work is on the Janitor at Sunnyside Daycare Center in Toy Story 3 in which he also voices Chuckles the clown in the flashback sequence.

He is currently directing an untitled Pixar movie about dinosaurs, which is described as "What if that life-changing asteroid missed Earth? Director Bob Peterson's hilarious tale depicts a world where dinosaurs never went extinct."^[2]

Filmography

• The Good Dinosaur (director, co-writer)^[3]
• Toy Story 3 (voice of the Janitor)
• George & A.J. (voice of Dug)
• Dug's Special Mission (voices of Dug and Alpha)
• Partly Cloudy (story advisor)
• Up (story, screenplay, co-director, voices of Dug and Alpha)
• Ratatouille (additional story material)
• The Incredibles (additional voices)
• Exploring the Reef (writer, voice of Mr. Ray)
• Finding Nemo (screenplay, Voice of Mr. Ray and additional Voices)
• Monsters, Inc. (story supervisor, additional story material and voice of Roz)
• Toy Story 2 (story artist)
• A Bug's Life (story artist)
• Geri's Game (voice of Geri)
• Toy Story (additional animator, additional layout artist)
• 8 Seconds (end montage contributors)

References

External links

• Bob Peterson at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Pixar Feature films Released Toy Story (1995) A Bug's Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Upcoming Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013) The Good Dinosaur (2014) Untitled Pixar Movie that Takes You Inside the Mind (2015) Dia de los Muertos themed movie (2015) Shorts Original Luxo Jr. (1986) Red's Dream (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Knick Knack (1989) Geri's Game (1997) For the Birds (2000) Boundin' (2003) One Man Band (2005) Lifted (2006) Presto (2008) Partly Cloudy (2009) Day & Night (2010) La Luna (2011) Feature-related Mike's New Car (2002) Jack-Jack Attack (2005) Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) Your Friend the Rat (2007) BURN-E (2008) Dug's Special Mission (2009) Hawaiian Vacation (2011) Small Fry (2011) Short series Cars Toons (2008–) Toy Story Toons (2011–) Franchises Toy Story (1995–) Cars (2006–) Associated productions The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984) 1906 (TBA) Compilations Tiny Toy Stories (1996) Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1 (2007) Documentaries The Pixar Story (2007) Products Pixar Image Computer RenderMan Marionette People John Lasseter Edwin Catmull Steve Jobs Alvy Ray Smith Jim Morris Pete Docter Andrew Stanton Brad Bird Lee Unkrich Gary Rydstrom Brenda Chapman Brad Lewis Bob Peterson Joe Ranft Mark Andrews Doug Sweetland Ronnie del Carmen Dan Scanlon See also List of Pixar characters List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films shorts) List of Pixar film references Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (The Adventure Begins) Lucasfilm Animation Circle 7 Animation A Computer Animated Hand

v t e Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production (1996–2010) Andrew Stanton, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (1996) Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Raymond Singer and Eugenia Bostwick-Singer (1998) Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies (1999) John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb (2000) Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman (2001) Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds (2003) Brad Bird (2004) Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton (2005) Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies (2006) Brad Bird (2007) Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (2008) Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009) Chris Sanders, Will Davies or Dean DeBlois (2010) Complete list (1996–2010) (2011–present)

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Name	Peterson, Bob
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Date of birth	January 18, 1961
Place of birth	Wooster, Ohio
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