Bob Peterson

Bob Peterson Biography

Robert "Bob" Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor who works at Pixar Animation Studios. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on Toy Story. He made his directorial debut with Up, in which he also voiced the character Dug.

Early life

Peterson was born in Wooster, Ohio on January 18, 1961. His family moved to Dover, Ohio, where he graduated from Dover High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Northern University, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1986. While attending Purdue, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip Loco Motives for the Purdue Exponent. Prior to coming to Pixar, Peterson worked at Wavefront Technologies and Rezn8 Productions.

Career

Peterson has also voiced characters for Pixar films such as Geri in the short Geri's Game, Roz in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo and Dug in Up. His most recent vocal work was Roz in Monsters University.

He conceived Pixar's The Good Dinosaur and directed the film until August 2013, when it was announced that he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he is developing another project.

In August 2015, Peterson voiced a dog named Derby for an E:60 special on ESPN that chronicled the Trenton minor league baseball team's tradition of using bat dogs.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Toy Story
1997	Geri's Game	Geri	Short film
1998	A Bug's Life
1999	Toy Story 2
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Roz
2003	Finding Nemo	Mr. Ray
2003	Exploring the Reef		Documentary film
2004	The Incredibles	Additional voices
2006	Cars	Additional voices
2007	Ratatouille
2009	Up	Dug Alpha	Co-directed with Pete Docter
	Dug's Special Mission	Dug Alpha
	George & A.J.	Dug	Short film, special thanks
2010	Toy Story 3	Janitor
2013	Monsters University	Roz
2015	Inside Out		Additional screenplay material (with Bill Hader and Amy Poehler)
2015	The Good Dinosaur		original concept and development
2016	Finding Dory	Mr. Ray

This webpage uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bob_Peterson_%28filmmaker%29" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Reality TV World is not responsible for any errors or omissions the Wikipedia article may contain.

POPULAR TV SHOWS (100)

POPULAR PEOPLE (100)

Show Updates People News Spoiler News Entertainment News RealityTVDB POP Hollywood Reality TV News Wire
Features & Interviews Sexy Social Pics of the Day Things to Know Profiles Message Boards Shows Listing