Pete Docter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pete Docter
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 9, 1968(1968-10-09)
Age	56
Birthplace	Bloomington
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Libra

Pete Docter Biography

Pete Docter is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 9, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. Director and animator who produced director of the Disney film Monsters, Inc., Up as well as Inside Out.

He was the writer of early scripts of his Pixar movie Toy Story with the film’s director He wrote early treatments for the Pixar feature Toy Story with the film’s director John Lasseter…

He started at Pixar in 1990 at the age of 21 after Joe Ranft recommended him for John Lasseter, and began work the day after his college graduation as the tenth employee at the company’s animation group and its third animator. He first met owner Steve Jobs when Jobs came to lay off some older workers. Docter instantly felt at home in the tight-knit atmosphere of the company. He has said, “Growing up … a lot of us felt we were the only person in the world who had this weird obsession with animation. Coming to Pixar you feel like, ‘Oh! There are others!'”

He spent about a year at the University of Minnesota studying both philosophy and making art before transferring to the California Institute of the Arts, where he won a Student Academy Award for his production “Next Door” and graduated in 1990. Although Docter had planned to work for Walt Disney Animation Studios, his best offers came from Pixar and from the producers of The Simpsons. He did not think much of Pixar at that time, and later considered his choice to work there a strange and unusual one.

He had two kids, Nicholas and Elie, together with the wife Amanda. Elie, his daughter Elie is a character in the movie Up as well as being the source of inspiration of Riley In Inside Out.

Pete Docter Net Worth

Pete Docter is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pete Docter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While in The California Institute of the Arts at the California Institute of the Arts, he was awarded an Student Academy Award for his project “Next Door.”

He was appointed as the tenth employee at the animation firm Pixar at age 21.

Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015) and the upcoming Soul (2020), and as a key figure and collaborator at Pixar. He has been nominated for eight Oscars (two wins thus far for Up and Inside Out – Best Animated Feature), seven Annie Awards (winning five), 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”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pete Docter height 6 ft 4 in Pete weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Pete Docter Dating?

According to our records, Pete Docter married to Amanda Docter. As of December 1, 2023, Pete Docter’s is not dating anyone.

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Critical, public and commercial reception to films Docter has directed as of December 17, 2015.

Facts & Trivia

Pete Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Pete Docter celebrates birthday on October 9 of every year.