Pete Docter
{{short description|American filmmaker (born 1968)}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pete Docter
| image = Pete Docter cropped 2009.jpg
| caption = Docter at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
| birth_name = Peter Hans Docter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|9}}
| birth_place = Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
| othername =
| alma_mater = California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Film director
- screenwriter
- producer
- animator
- voice actor
}}
| employer = Pixar Animation Studios (1990–present)
| years_active = 1985–present
| spouse = Amanda Docter
| children = 2
| website =
| signature = Pete Docter signature.svg
| awards = Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Up (2009)
Inside Out (2015)
Soul (2020)
}}
Peter Hans Docter{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=mnbirth&rank=1&new=1&so=3&tid=&tpid=&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsfn=Peter&gsln=Docter&_81004010=&rg_81004010__date=&rs_81004010__date=&msbpn=&msbpn__ftp=&msbpn__ftp_x=&_8000C000=&_80008000=&gskw=&ne=2 |title=Ancestry: MN Births 1935–2002 |publisher=Search.ancestry.com |access-date=October 10, 2012}} (born October 9, 1968) is an American filmmaker and animator, who has served as chief creative officer (CCO) of Pixar since 2018. He has directed the company's animated films Monsters, Inc. (2001), Up (2009), Inside Out (2015), and Soul (2020). From his nine Academy Award nominations, he is a record three-time recipient of Best Animated Feature for Up, Inside Out and Soul. Docter has also won six Annie Awards from nine nominations, a BAFTA Children's Film Award and a Hochi Film Award.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230032/awards Awards for Peter Docter]. Imdb.com Accessed June 8, 2009. He describes himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons".
Early life
Docter was born on October 9, 1968, in Bloomington, Minnesota, the son of Rita Margaret (Kanne) and David Reinhardt Docter.{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCDR-NXF|title=Person Details for Peter Hans Docter, "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002" — FamilySearch.org|work=familysearch.org}} His mother's family is Danish American.{{cite web|url=http://interviewly.com/i/pete-docter-dec-2012-reddit|title=Pete Docter:reddit AMA - December 2012|work=Interviewly|access-date=July 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710165327/http://interviewly.com/i/pete-docter-dec-2012-reddit|archive-date=July 10, 2015|url-status=dead}} He grew up introverted and socially isolated, preferring to work alone and having to remind himself to connect with others. He often played in the creek beside his house, pretending to be Indiana Jones and acting out scenes. A junior-high classmate later described him as "this kid who was really tall, but who was kind of awkward, maybe getting picked on by the school bullies because his voice change at puberty was very rough."
Both his parents worked in education: his mother, Rita, taught music and his father, Dave, was a choral director at Normandale Community College. Docter and his two sisters took music lessons at the MacPhail Center for Music, where they were taught the violin and viola in the Suzuki method. Unlike his two sisters, Kirsten Docter, who was the violist and a founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, and Kari Docter, a cellist with the Metropolitan Opera, Docter was not particularly interested in music as he didn't like to practice the violin, although he learned to play the double bass and played with the orchestras for the soundtracks of Monsters, Inc.{{cite news|title=Fun Factory|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727218/Fun-factory.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727218/Fun-factory.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=December 31, 2001}}{{cbignore}} and Up.Up Blu-Ray extra features
Docter attended Nine Mile Elementary School, Oak Grove Junior High, and John F. Kennedy High School in Bloomington. He taught himself cartooning, making flip books and homemade animated shorts with a family movie camera.{{cite web |last1=Covert |first1=Colin |title=Pete Docter: The Wizard of Up |url=http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/45765562.html?elr=KArksDyycyUtyycyUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU |website=Star Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095807/http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/45765562.html?elr=KArksDyycyUtyycyUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |date=May 27, 2009}} He later described his interest in animation as a way to "play God", making up nearly living characters. Cartoon director Chuck Jones, producer Walt Disney, and cartoonist Jack Davis were major inspirations.
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 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.{{cite web|last1=Worden|first1=Leon|title=CalArts Grad Pete Docter Takes Home 2nd Oscar|url=http://scvnews.com/2016/02/29/calarts-grad-pete-docter-takes-home-2nd-oscar/ |date=February 29, 2016 |website=SCVNews.com}} 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.
Career
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Before joining Pixar, Docter had created three non-computer animations, Next Door, Palm Springs, and Winter.{{cite web|last1=Simon|first1=Ben|title=Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2|url=http://animatedviews.com/2012/pixar-short-films-collection-volume-2/|publisher=Animated Views|access-date=February 26, 2017|date=December 27, 2012}} All three shorts were later preserved by the Academy Film Archive.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=docter&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}} He was a fan of the company's early short films, but he knew nothing about them otherwise. He commented in an October 2009 interview, "Looking back, I kind of go, what was I thinking?"[https://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/pete-docter-all-pixar-movies-are-lousy-%E2%80%A6-some-point-9319?page=1 Pixar Movies Are Lousy ... at First]. The Wrap
He started at Pixar in 1990 at the age of 21 after John Lasseter asked his former classmate the late Joe Ranft, who was one of Docter's teachers at CalArts, to recommend any students who would be a good fit for the company.{{cite web |last1=Chaudoin |first1=Kim |title=Pixar's Pete Docter shares experiences with animation students |url=https://www.lipscomb.edu/news/pixars-pete-docter-shares-experiences-animation-students |publisher=Lipscomb University |access-date=April 25, 2021 |date=March 26, 2021}}{{cite news |title=Q&A: Pete Docter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/qampa-pete-docter-83783 |access-date=April 25, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 12, 2009 |language=en}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=-UHNCgAAQBAJ&dq=Lasseter+consultet+old+friend+Joe+Ranft+CalArts+Pete+Docter+student&pg=PA67 To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios] Deciding to follow his instincts and what "felt right" at the time, he accepted the job offer from then obscure Pixar and began work there the day after his college graduation as the tenth employee at the company's animation group and its third animator.[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/28/docter/ Going 'Up' with Minnesotan Pete Docter]. By Euan Kerr. Minnesota Public Radio. Published May 29, 2009. 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!'"
Docter had been brought in with limited responsibilities, but Lasseter quickly assigned him larger and larger roles in writing, animation, sound recording, and orchestra scoring. He was one of the three key screenwriters behind the concept of Toy Story, and partially based the character of Buzz Lightyear on himself. He had a mirror on his desk and made faces with it as he conceptualized the character.
Docter's fascination with character development was further influenced by a viewing of Paper Moon, he told journalist Robert K. Elder in an interview for The Film That Changed My Life.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1556528256/ref=nosim/wwwrobelderco-20 |title=The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark: Robert K. Elder: 9781556528255: Amazon.com: Books |website=Amazon |date=January 1, 2011 |access-date=October 10, 2012}}
I like the more character-driven stuff, and Paper Moon brought that home to me in a way that I had not seen in live action, really focusing on the whole story just about characters. It was almost theatrical in the same way you might see a stage show because you're locked in a room. It's got to be about characters, and yet it was so cinematic, a film that couldn't be done in any other medium. It just kind of blew my socks off.Docter, Pete. Interview by Robert K. Elder. The Film That Changed My Life. By Robert K. Elder. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011. N. p171. Print.
Docter has been an integral part of some of Pixar's most seminal works, including Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc., all of which received critical acclaim and honors. He contributed to these animated films as a co-author to the scripts, and worked with CGI stalwarts such as Lasseter, Ronnie del Carmen, Bob Peterson, Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, and Joe Ranft. Docter has referred to his colleagues at Pixar as a bunch of "wild stallions".[https://www.avclub.com/pete-docter-1798216800 Pete Docter]. by Tasha Robinson. The A.V. Club. Published May 28, 2009. He is also one of the five founding members of the Pixar Braintrust, which came together during the making of Toy Story (the other four being Lasseter, Stanton, Ranft and Unkrich).[https://www.fastcompany.com/3027135/inside-the-pixar-braintrust Inside The Pixar Braintrust - Fast Company]
Docter made his directorial debut with Monsters, Inc.—the first Pixar film not directed by Lasseter—which occurred right after the birth of his first child, Nick. Docter has said that the abrupt move from a complete, single-minded devotion to his career to parenting drove him "upside down" and formed the inspiration for the storyline.{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/docter-keeps-pixar-magic-on-the-up-1903757.html | work=Irish Independent | first=Aine | last=O'Connor | title=Docter keeps Pixar magic on the Up | date=October 4, 2009}} In 2004, he was asked by Lasseter to direct the English translation of Howl's Moving Castle. Docter then directed the 2009 film Up, released on May 29, 2009. He based the protagonist of Up partially on himself, based on his frequent feelings of social awkwardness and his desire to get away from crowds to contemplate.[http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/2009/petedocter.html What's Up, Doc(ter)?] By Mark Moring. Christianity Today. Published May 26, 2009. Following the success of Up, Docter and fellow Pixar veterans Lasseter, Stanton and Lee Unkrich as well as long-time collaborator and director Brad Bird were honored with the Golden Lion Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 66th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news|title=Disney/Pixar to Receive Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival|url=http://blog.calarts.edu/2009/08/24/disneypixar-to-receive-golden-lion-at-the-venice-film-festival/|publisher=California Institute of the Arts|date=August 24, 2009}}{{cite web|title=66th Venice International Film Festival – Press Kit|date = November 23, 2020|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/archive/festival/66/countries/countries.html?back=true|publisher=Venice Film Festival}} Docter directed the 2015 film Inside Out to critical acclaim.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/467338375/its-all-in-your-head-director-pete-docter-gets-emotional-in-inside-out|title=It's All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In 'Inside Out'|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|date=February 19, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2020}} His next film, Soul, was released on Disney+ on December 25, 2020, to critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/soul-pixar-pete-docter-kemp-powers-dana-murray-interview/|title='Soul' Director Pete Docter on Charting Pixar's Cosmic Voyage and Landing Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross|first=Drew|last=Taylor|website=Collider|date=October 9, 2020|access-date=December 9, 2020}}{{Citation|title=Soul (2020)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/soul_2020|language=en|access-date=December 26, 2020}}
Docter appeared at Comic-Con 2008 and the 2009 WonderCon.{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/27/is-pixar-going-to-make-monsters-inc-2/ |title=Is Pixar Going to Make Monsters Inc 2? | /Film |publisher=Slashfilm.com |date=February 27, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628231859/http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/27/is-pixar-going-to-make-monsters-inc-2/ |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
In May 2009, Docter remarked retrospectively to Christianity Today that he had lived "a blessed life" so far. The A.V. Club has called him "almost universally successful". He has been nominated for eight Oscars (winning three), three Annie Awards (winning two), four BAFTA Film Awards (winning two), a British Academy Children's Award (which he won), and a Hochi Film Award (which he won). Accepting his first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, he said, "Never did I dream that making a flip book out of my third-grade math book would lead to this."[https://web.archive.org/web/20100312010456/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ip73CgseI0SXDS0jjK0WjEABUK9wD9EA9KE81 Notable quotes from the 82nd annual Academy Awards] The Associated Press, March 9, 2010. Docter served as Vice-President of Creativity at Pixar Animation Studios through June 2018, and following Lasseter stepping down from the role, became the studio's chief creative officer.{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Brent |title=Jennifer Lee, Pete Docter to Run Disney Animation, Pixar |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jennifer-lee-pete-docter-head-disney-animation-pixar-1202851411/ |access-date=June 19, 2018 |work=Variety |date=June 19, 2018}}{{cite web | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/pete-docter-jennifer-lee-lead-pixar-disney-animation-1121432 | title = Pete Docter, Jennifer Lee to Lead Pixar, Disney Animation | first = Borys | last = Kit | date = June 19, 2018 | access-date = June 19, 2018 | work = The Hollywood Reporter }} TheWrap reported that Docter planned to complete the film he began working on in 2016, which ultimately became Soul.{{cite news |title=End of an Era: Inside Pixar on the Eve of John Lasseter's Departure |url=https://www.thewrap.com/as-lasseters-departure-looms/ |work=TheWrap |date=June 22, 2018}}
Docter received the Winsor McCay Award at the 2023 Annie Awards ceremony along with fellow animators Craig McCracken and Evelyn Lambart, for his "unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation".{{Cite web |url=https://annieawards.org/nominations |title=Annie Awards - Nominations |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Annie Awards |publisher=ASIFA-Hollywood}}
Personal life
Docter is married to Amanda Docter and has two children, Nicholas and Elie. Elie has a speaking part in Up and was the inspiration for the character of Riley in Inside Out.{{cite news|last1=Flores|first1=Terry|title='Inside Out' Director Pete Docter Talks About Animation Influences, Pixar at LAFF Master Class|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/inside-out-pete-docter-animation-pixar-1201516389/|access-date=May 22, 2017|work=Variety|date=June 10, 2015}}
Docter is a fan of anime, particularly the work of Hayao Miyazaki. Docter has said that Miyazaki's animation has "beautifully observed little moments of truth that you just recognize and respond to".[http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/may/29/interview-director-peter-docter/ Interview with Up Director Peter Docter]. By Beth Accomando. KPBS. Published May 29, 2009. He is also a fan of the filmography of Pixar competitor DreamWorks. Referring to the competitive environment, he has said: "I think it's a much healthier environment when there is more diversity".
During an interview in 2009, Docter confirmed that he is a Christian and said that it influences his work. However, he went on to say that he did not envision himself ever creating a Christian film.{{cite journal|url=http://www.radixmagazine.com/page1PeterDocter.html|author=Sharon Gallagher|title=Interview with Pete Docter|journal=Radix|volume=26|year=1999|issue=1 |access-date=April 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415132133/http://www.radixmagazine.com/page1PeterDocter.html|archive-date=April 15, 2009}} About the relationship between his faith and his filmmaking, Docter has said:{{blockquote|I don't think people in any way, shape, or form like to be lectured to. When people go to a movie, they want to see some sort of experience of themselves on the screen. They don't come to be taught. So in that sense, and in terms of any sort of beliefs, I don't want to feel as though I'm ever lecturing or putting an agenda forth.}}
Filmography
=Films=
= Shorts and series =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title !Other ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| Behind the Scenes at Camelot | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Himself |
| 1988
| Winter | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes|Producer}} | {{No}} | |
| rowspan=2 | 1989
| Palm Springs | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Sigmond Dinosaur |
| Cranium Command
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | |
| 1990
| {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Old Man | Composer |
| 1997
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | |
| 2002
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | | Original Story |
| 2005
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Mr. Incredible | |
| rowspan=3 | 2009
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| George and A.J.
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| Let's Pollute
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | Musician: Bass |
| 2013
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| 2015
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Dad's Anger | |
| 2017
| | Lou | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| 2018
| | Bao | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| 2019–20
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | |
| rowspan=3 | 2020
| Loop | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | | Story Trust |
| Lamp Life (film)|Lamp Life''
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | {{cite news|last1=Prudom|first1=Laura|title=Disney Plus' Lamp Life Sneak Peek: What Happened to Bo Peep Between Toy Story 2 and 4? - IGN|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/lamp-life-disney-plus-bo-peep-pixar-release-date-short-film|access-date=March 14, 2021|work=IGN|date=January 29, 2020}} |
| Dory's Reef Cam
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |
| rowspan=2 | 2021
| Pixar Popcorn | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |
| 22 vs. Earth
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | | {{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Haring|title=Disney/Pixar Spins Off Animated Hit 'Soul' With '22 Vs. Earth' Short Bowing On Disney+|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/disney-pixar-spins-off-animated-hit-soul-with-22-vs-earth-short-bowing-on-disney-1234741493/|date=April 21, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=April 25, 2021}} |
| 2021-23
| Dug Days | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | |
| 2024
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | | rowspan=2 | Pixar Senior Creative Team{{cite news|last=Shanfeld|first=Ethan|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/inside-out-spinoff-dream-productions-disney-release-date-1236154852/|title='Inside Out' Spinoff Series 'Dream Productions' and Pixar's 'Win or Lose' Set Disney+ Release Dates and Unveil New Footage|website=variety.com|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024}} |
| 2025
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |
= Other credits =
Reception
Critical, public and commercial reception to films Docter has directed as of January 9, 2021. Soul was released directly to Disney+ in 2020 primarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which was a contributing factor to its box office earnings. Soul would later have a limited theatrical run in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pixars-soul-bypasses-theaters-sets-disney-christmas-debut|title=Pixar's Soul Bypasses Theaters, Sets Disney+ Christmas Debut|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 8, 2020|access-date=March 12, 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Pixar's 'Soul,' 'Turning Red' and 'Luca' Coming to Theaters After Disney+ Debuts During Pandemic |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/pixar-soul-turning-red-luca-theaters-1235822031/ |access-date=March 12, 2025 |website=Variety}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||||
| Film
! Rotten Tomatoes{{cite web |title = Pete Docter|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/528361194/|website = Rotten Tomatoes|access-date = January 13, 2021}} ! Metacritic{{cite web | title=Pete Docter |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/pete-docter | website=Metacritic |date=October 30, 2001 |access-date=January 13, 2021}} ! CinemaScore{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemascore.com/ | title=CinemaScore | work=cinemascore.com | access-date=May 30, 2015}} ! Budget | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters, Inc. | 96% (196 reviews) | 79 (35 reviews) | A+ | $115 million | $577.4 million |
| Up | 98% (295 reviews) | 88 (37 reviews) | A+ | $175 million | $735.1 million |
| Inside Out | 98% (369 reviews) | 94 (55 reviews) | A | $175 million | $857.6 million |
| Soul | 95% (309 reviews) | 83 (55 reviews) | N/A | $150 million | $120.9 million |
Awards and nominations
=Academy Awards=
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1995
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|title=1996|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2001
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002|title=2002|date=December 4, 2015 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003|title=2003|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2008
| WALL-E
| rowspan="1"| Best Original Screenplay
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2009|title=2009|date=October 7, 2014 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2009
| rowspan="2"| Up
| rowspan="1"| Best Animated Feature
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2010|title=2010|date=December 4, 2015 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| Best Original Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2015
| rowspan="2"| Inside Out
| rowspan="1"| Best Animated Feature
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016|title=2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"| 2020
| Soul
| Best Animated Feature
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021|title=2021|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=March 10, 2016}}
|}
=Annie Awards=
{{awards table}}
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| 1996
| Best Individual Achievement in Animation
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2000
| Outstanding Achievement in Writing
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! scope="row"| 2002
| Directing in a Feature Production
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2010
| rowspan="2" | Up
| Directing in a Feature Production
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Writing in a Feature Production
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| Inside Out
| Directing in a Feature Production
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Writing in a Feature Production
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 2021
| rowspan="2"| Soul
| Directing in a Feature Production
| {{Nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| Writing in a Feature Production
| {{Won}}
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}
=Other awards=
Collaborators (actors)
Pete Docter has cast certain actors and crew members in multiple of the films he has directed.
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.pixar.com/ Pixar Animation Studios website]
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120822067 Radio interview] on Fresh Air (21 mins, 2009)
- Peter Docter is interviewed by Diana Seyb and shows one of his early cartoons just as he was heading out to California to work in the animation industry, [https://reflections.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll38:263#/kaltura_video Northern Lights TV Series #135 (1990)]
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{{Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay}}
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{{Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film}}
{{Nebula Award for Best Script/Bradbury Award}}
{{Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay}}
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