---
name: "Pete Docter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pete-docter"
fi1m_id: "pete-docter"
imdb_id: "nm0230032"
tmdb_id: 12890
wikidata_id: "Q357627"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "9 October 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 90
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T02:11:18.378332+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."
---

# Pete Docter

## Identity

Pete Docter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pete-docter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pete-docter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0230032
- **TMDB ID:** 12890
- **Wikidata ID:** Q357627
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Docter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12890

Writer and producer. Born 9 October 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 9 October 1968, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Peter Docter, Peter Hans Docter, 彼特·道格特, پیت داکتر
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 18: 3 acting, 4 directing, 2 writing, 9 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonas Rivera](https://film.one/person/jonas-rivera.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 7 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 90 (2), 2000s 88 (4), 2010s 78 (4), 2020s 71 (8)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Docter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357627, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12890

## Coming up

- *Gatto* (2027-03-03), Executive Producer
- *Ghost Market* (2028-03-08), Executive Producer
- *Incredibles 3* (2028-06-14), Executive Producer
- *Coco 2* (2029-11-20), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) (92), [*Up*](https://film.one/film/up.md) (88), [*Inside Out*](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md) (87), [*Monsters, Inc.*](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md) (86), [*Soul*](https://film.one/film/soul.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Pete Docter

> Pete Docter builds animated worlds around feelings that children and adults struggle to explain. We rate him for the patient affection beneath the clever premises, especially in Sullivan’s care for Boo in *Monsters, Inc.*.

In *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), the creatures who earn their living frightening children are terrified of children themselves. Pete Docter builds a working society around that reversal, with enough everyday irritation for adults to recognise the place. His first feature as director is a funny, tender comedy whose central friendship, voiced by John Goodman and Billy Crystal, deserves our affection.

The surest evidence of Docter’s skill comes when Sullivan looks after Boo. We were moved more than we expected by his care for her, because Goodman’s gentler delivery makes the attention feel patient and particular. Mary Gibbs voices Boo, and Docter allows her presence to matter without making every encounter a lesson in how to behave. There is plenty of rushing about, but he gives their relationship enough time for us to stay interested in the child amid the commotion.

His later films put the feelings closer to the centre of the premise. *Up* (2009) combines adventure with grief and the possibility of beginning again late in life. *Inside Out* (2015) personifies emotions inside a child’s mind to examine memory, sadness and growing up. *Soul* (2020), co-directed with Kemp Powers, follows a jazz musician between realms to ask what makes a life worthwhile. The later premises ask increasingly direct questions about how people live and what they need.

The supporting characters in *Monsters, Inc.* are sometimes thinly drawn, which matters in a film that makes so much of its working society. A few more of those lives deserve the close attention given to Sullivan and Boo. Docter gets his strongest results here by giving Goodman room to make that care believable, rather than insisting on a lesson every time the pair meet. Start with *Monsters, Inc.* for the jokes, but do not hurry past the quieter exchanges.

## Biography

Pete Docter is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and animator. Born Peter Hans Docter on 9 October 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, he studied character animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1990 as its third animator and contributed to early films including *Toy Story* (1995) as story artist and supervising animator.

Docter made his directorial debut with *Monsters, Inc.* (2001). He later directed *Up* (2009), *Inside Out* (2015) and *Soul* (2020). Since 2018 he has served as Pixar’s chief creative officer. He has received three Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, for *Up*, *Inside Out* and *Soul*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pixar.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (18)

### Performed in (3)

- *Inside Out 2* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Dad's Anger (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *WALL·E* (2008), Fi1m 92, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), Fi1m 88, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)

### Directed (4)

- *Soul* (2020), Fi1m 80, Story, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Inside Out* (2015), Fi1m 87, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, as Campmaster Strauch (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Fi1m 89, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *Toy Story* (1995), Fi1m 92, Original Story, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)

### Produced (9)

- *Hoppers* (2026), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Fi1m 66, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Elemental* (2023), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *Luca* (2021), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/luca.md)
- *Onward* (2020), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *Coco 2* (2029), Executive Producer
- *Incredibles 3* (2028), Executive Producer
- *Ghost Market* (2028), Executive Producer
- *Gatto* (2027), Executive Producer
- *The X Protocol* (2026), series, Animation
- *Toy Story 5* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-5.md)
- *Hoppers* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Win or Lose* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Dream Productions* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Inside Out 2* (2024), as Dad's Anger (voice) · Executive Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out-2.md)
- *Carl's Date* (2023), Executive Producer, Characters
- *Elemental* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elemental.md)
- *Cars on the Road* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Lightyear* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Pete* (2022), Thanks
- *Turning Red* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special* (2021), Director
- *Ciao Alberto* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Pixar Remix: Monsters, Inc.* (2021), Original Story
- *Dug Days* (2021), series, Characters, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Monsters at Work* (2021), series, Thanks
- *Luca* (2021), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/luca.md)
- *22 vs. Earth* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Soul, Improvised* (2021), Actor
- *Pixar Remix: Up* (2021), Original Story
- *Soul* (2020), Screenplay, Director, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/soul.md)
- *Dory's Reef Cam* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Onward* (2020), Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/onward.md)
- *Lamp Life* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Forky Asks a Question* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Toy Story 4* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-4.md)
- *Kitbull* (2019), Thanks
- *Bao* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Lou* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Riley's First Date?* (2015), as Dad's Anger (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Lava* (2015), Thanks
- *Inside Out* (2015), as Additional Voices (voice) · Director, Screenplay, Original Story — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Party Central* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Monsters University* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md)
- *Brave* (2012), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/brave.md)
- *Dug's Special Mission* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Up* (2009), as Campmaster Strauch (voice) · Story, Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Partly Cloudy* (2009), Thanks
- *Up: Upisodes* (2009), series, Creator
- *Presto* (2008), Thanks
- *WALL·E* (2008), as Additional Voices (voice) · Original Story — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md)
- *Mr. Incredible and Pals* (2005), as Mr. Incredible (voice)
- *The Incredibles* (2004), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredibles.md)
- *Mike's New Car* (2002), Story, Director, Producer
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), as Additional Voices (voice) · Director, Original Story — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), Original Story — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *Geri's Game* (1997), Animation
- *Toy Story* (1995), Storyboard Artist, Supervising Animator, Original Story — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md)
- *Next Door* (1990), Director, Music, Animation
- *Palm Springs* (1989), as Sigmond Dinosaur (voice) · Director, Animation
- *Winter* (1988), as Voice (voice) · Director, Writer, Producer, Animation
- *Inside Out 3*, Executive Producer
- *Monsters, Inc. 3*, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Pixar Musical*, Executive Producer
- *Loving Dory*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Pete Docter](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-c32fa20c488c.jpg) Pete Docter — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Pete_Docter_cropped_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-f0398eddc527.jpg) Jonas Rivera, Bob Pauley, Bonnie Arnold, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Katherine Sarafian discussing "30 Years of Toy Story" at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan  (2024) — Coolcaesar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg/1280px-30_Years_of_Toy_Story_Panel_at_D23_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-e83dcef3c8f0.jpg) 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_Lion_d%27Or.jpg/1280px-66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_Lion_d%27Or.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A photo of Pete Docter (left), Jonas Rivera (right) with KUSI-TV's Phil Konstantin. Docter directed, and Rivera produced Up. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-d56045706196.jpg) A photo of Pete Docter (left), Jonas Rivera (right) with KUSI-TV's Phil Konstantin. Docter directed, and Rivera produced Up. (2009) — Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/DocterKonstantinRiversByPhilKonstantin.jpg/1280px-DocterKonstantinRiversByPhilKonstantin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pete Docter](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-8119c920ed9d.jpg) Pete Docter — Image via TMDB
- ![Pete Docter](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-1964500fde76.jpg) Pete Docter — Image via TMDB
- ![66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-8798e820dda2.jpg) 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) George Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar reçoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur car — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_-_Pixar_%2811%29.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_-_Pixar_%2811%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) Geaorges Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar receoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur ](https://film.one/media/person/97260/gallery-ece11df4f180.jpg) 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 5ème jour (06/09/2009) Geaorges Lucas et les réalisateurs de Pixar receoivent un Lion d'Or pour l'ensemble de leur  — nicolas genin from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Flickr_-_nicogenin_-_66%C3%A8me_Festival_de_Venise_%28Mostra%29_-_Pixar_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 7 nominated

- 2021: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Soul*
- 2016: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Inside Out*
- 2016: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Inside Out*
- 2010: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Up*
- 2010: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Up*
- 2009: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *WALL-E*
- 2003: Best Animated Short Film (nominated), for *Mike's New Car*
- 2002: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Monsters, Inc.*
- 1996: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated)

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hugo Awards 2009: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *WALL-E*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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