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Name
  
Peter Sohn

Role
  
Animator

Spouse
  
Anna Sohn


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Born
  
1977
The Bronx, New York, U.S.

Occupation
  
Animator, film director, storyboard artist, voice actor

Education
  
California Institute of the Arts

Movies
  
The Good Dinosaur, Monsters University, Partly Cloudy, Ratatouille, The Incredibles

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Peter Sohn (born 1977) is an American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios.

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Life and career

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Sohn was born in The Bronx and raised in New York City. His parents were Korean immigrants. He attended CalArts and while there got a summer job working on Brad Bird's The Iron Giant. After graduating from school he worked at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. before coming to Pixar. He graduated from High School in 1995.

Sohn started his career with Pixar in the art and story departments for Finding Nemo. He also worked on The Incredibles, Ratatouille and WALL-E. Sohn also performed the voice of Emile in Ratatouille. He made his directorial debut with the short film Partly Cloudy in 2009 which he also wrote. Partly Cloudy was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2009. Sohn co-directed the English-language version of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea in 2009 with John Lasseter and Brad Lewis.

Russell, the boy in Up, was based on Sohn. He voiced Russell in the corresponding short, George & A.J., and "Squishy" in Monsters University.

Sohn directed The Good Dinosaur, which was released in November 2015. He also voiced the Styracosaurus character Forrest Woodbush.

Personal life

Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts.

Filmography

  • The Iron Giant (1999): Additional Animator, Rough Inbetweener
  • Osmosis Jones (2001): Animator
  • Finding Nemo (2003): Story Artist, Production Artist
  • The Incredibles (2004): Story Artist, Production Artist, Animator, additional voices
  • One Man Band (2005): Production Art
  • Ratatouille (2007): Story Artist, Animator, voice of Emile
  • Your Friend the Rat (2007): voice of Emile
  • WALL-E (2008): Story Artist
  • Cars Toons (2008): Additional Voices ("Tokyo Mater")
  • Ponyo (2009): Director (U.S. Production)
  • Up (2009): Storyboard Artist
  • Partly Cloudy (2009): Director, Writer
  • George & A.J. (2009): Voice of Russell
  • Toy Story 3 (2010): Additional Production Artist
  • Small Fry (2011): Voice of Recycle Ben
  • Monsters University (2013): Voice of Scott "Squishy" Squibbles
  • Party Central (2014): Voice of Scott "Squishy" Squibbles
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015): Director, voice of Forrest Woodbush
  • Borrowed Time (2016): Special thanks

    • References

    Peter Sohn Wikipedia
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