Peter Hans "
Pete"
Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American
film director,
animator,
screenwriter,
producer and
voice actor from
Bloomington, Minnesota. He is best known for directing the animated feature films
Monsters, Inc. (2001),
Up (2009) and
Inside Out (2015) and as a key figure and collaborator in
Pixar Animation Studios.
The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally successful". He has been nominated for six
Oscars (one win thus far for
Up –
Best Animated Feature), three
Annie Awards (winning two), a BAFTA Children's Film Award (which he won), and a
Hochi Film Award (which he won). He has described himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons."