Biography
Lee Unkrich is an American film director and editor. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1994 as an editor on Toy Story (1995) after working in television as an editor and director. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1990.
Unkrich served as co-director on Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003). He made his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3 (2010) and later directed Coco (2017). Both films won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He retired from Pixar in 2019 after 25 years.
