---
name: "Bob Pauley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-pauley"
fi1m_id: "bob-pauley"
imdb_id: "nm0667108"
tmdb_id: 7889
wikidata_id: "Q55455310"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "29 September 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:46.539774+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Pauley

## Identity

Bob Pauley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-pauley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-pauley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0667108
- **TMDB ID:** 7889
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55455310
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55455310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7889

Production designer. Born 29 September 1961 in Scottsdale.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 29 September 1961, Scottsdale
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [Darla K. Anderson](https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson.md), [Tim Allen](https://film.one/person/tim-allen.md), [Tom Hanks](https://film.one/person/tom-hanks.md), [Joan Cusack](https://film.one/person/joan-cusack.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Comedy 5, Family 5, Adventure 3, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,221m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55455310, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667108/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7889

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Toy Story 3*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md) (87), [*Monsters, Inc.*](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md) (86), [*Toy Story 4*](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bob Pauley is a production designer at Pixar Animation Studios. He joined the studio in 1993 as a character designer on *Toy Story*, contributing the design of Buzz Lightyear. He has served as production designer on *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), *Cars* (2006), *Toy Story 3* (2010), *Toy Story 4* (2019) and *Toy Story 5* (2026).

Pauley previously worked in the art department on Tim Burton’s *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993). He studied graphic design at San Jose State University and has collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering on projects including the design of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure.

*Sources: imdb.com, uniqlo.com, pixar.fandom.com, abc7.com, vfxvoice.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Fi1m 66, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Fi1m 87, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Fi1m 73, Character Designer, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Elio* (2025), as Visual Development — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Self* (2024), Production Design
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Toy Story 3* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-3.md)
- *Mater and the Ghostlight* (2006), Production Design
- *Cars* (2006), Production Design
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *A Bug's Life* (1998), Character Designer, Art Direction — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-bugs-life.md)

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