Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn (born January 23, 1977) is a Korean-American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios.

Peter Sohn
Sohn at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born	January 23, 1977[1] The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Animator, film director, storyboard artist, voice actor
Employer	Pixar Animation Studios (2000-present)
Spouse(s)	Anna Chambers

Early life

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.

Career

Sohn started his career with Pixar in the art and story departments for Finding Nemo.[2] 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.[3]

Russell, the boy in Up, was based on Sohn.[4] 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.[5] Sohn was set to voice the Marvel Comics character Ganke Lee in the Sony Pictures Animation film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, though his lines were ultimately deleted from the final film.[6]

Personal life

Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts.[7]

Filmography

Feature Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Story Artist	Production Artist	Animator	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1999	The Iron Giant	No	No	No	No	Additional	Yes		Rough In-between-er Additional Animation
2001	Osmosis Jones	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
2003	Finding Nemo	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
2004	The Incredibles	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mugger
2007	Ratatouille	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Emile
2008	WALL-E	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
2009	Up	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Ponyo	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Director: English Dub US Version
2010	Toy Story 3	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2012	Brave	No	No	Additional	No	No	No
2013	Monsters University	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Squishy
2015	Inside Out	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
	The Good Dinosaur	Yes	Story	No	No	No	Yes	Pet Collector
2016	Finding Dory	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2017	Cars 3	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices
	Coco	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2018	Incredibles 2	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Story Consultant Senior Creative Team
2019	Toy Story 4	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Senior Creative Team
2020	Onward	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Soul	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2021	Luca[8]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2022	Turning Red[9]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Lightyear[10]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Short Films and TV Specials

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Production Artist	Cinematographer	Animator	Other	Voice Role	Notes
2005	One Man Band	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
2007	Violet	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
	Your Friend the Rat	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Emile	Song Performer: "Plan B"
2008	Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices	Episodes 1-4
2009	Trifles	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
	Leonardo	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Partly Cloudy	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
	George & A.J.	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Russell
2011	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Recycle Ben	Special Thanks
2013	A Monsters University Short: Party Central	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Squishy
	Toy Story of Terror!	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Transitron	TV Special

Other Credits

Year	Title	Role
2009	Tracy	Blog Creator
2015	Borrowed Time	Thanks
2018	Bao	Special Thanks
2019	Purl
	Smash and Grab	Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust
	Kitbull	Rosana Sullivan's Story Trust
	Wind	Story Trust
2020	Out

References

1. Truitt, Brian (September 14, 2015). "TIFF: 'Good Dinosaur' stars friends, frontier". USA Today. Retrieved September 15, 2015. ...says Sohn, 38.
2. Corrado, E. (November 4, 2009). "Q & A with Pixar's Ronnie del Carmen and Pete Sohn - Part 1". One Movie, Five Views Archive. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
3. Murray, Rebecca. "'Ponyo' Movie Credits". About.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
4. Lee, Patrick (March 2, 2009). "Up director Pete Docter on talking dogs, youth scouts and adventure". Blastr. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
5. Keegan, Rebecca (September 18, 2013). "'The Good Dinosaur' moved to 2015, leaving Pixar with no 2014 film". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
6. Sciretta, Peter (February 26, 2019). "Pixar Director Pete Sohn Originally Voiced Ganke in 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'". /Film. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
7. Robertson, Barbara (April 9, 2009). "Peter Sohn". CGSociety. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2014. Sohn’s wife Anna Chambers, who he met at CalArts, is also an artist, and both create artwork at home.
8. Desowitz, Bill (July 30, 2020). "Pixar Sets Summer 2021 Release for Italian Coming-of-Age 'Luca' Feature". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
9. Julie & T.J. (December 11, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Turning Red' Directed by Domee Shi - Coming Spring 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
10. Julie & T.J. (December 10, 2020). "Pixar Announces 'Lightyear' – An Origin Story of the Human Buzz Lightyear – Coming Summer 2022". Pixar Post. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

External links

• Peter Sohn at IMDb