Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
	Peterson in 2015
Born	Robert Peterson; January 18, 1961 (age 63); Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Ohio Northern University, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1983; Purdue University, Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, 1986
Occupations	Animator; director; screenwriter; storyboard supervisor; voice actor;
Years active	1994–present
Employer	Pixar Animation Studios (1994–present)

Robert Peterson (born January 18, 1961) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, storyboard supervisor, and voice actor who works at Pixar. He was hired at Pixar by Roger Gould in 1994 as an animator for commercials, before subsequently becoming an animator on Toy Story (1995). He was the co-director and co-writer for Up (2009), in which he also voiced the characters Dug and Alpha. His work as a writer for the films Up and Finding Nemo (2003) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He was also a co-writer on Cars 3 (2017) and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program for his work on Forky Asks A Question (2020).

Career

Peterson has also voiced characters for various Pixar projects such as Geri in the short Geri's Game (1997), Roz in Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013), Mr. Ray in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and Dug and Alpha in Up (2009). His most recent vocal work was Dug and Alpha in the short Carl's Date (2023). Peterson also voiced Chick Hicks in Cars 3 since Chick's original voice actor Michael Keaton was unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

He conceived Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (2015)^[1] and directed the film until August 2013. Unfortunately, he had been dismissed from the project due to story problems. Peterson remains at Pixar, where he is developing another project.^[2]

In August 2015, Peterson voiced a dog named Derby for an E:60 profile on ESPN that chronicled the Trenton Thunder's minor league baseball team's tradition of using bat dogs.^[3]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Story Supervisor	Story Artist	Story Consultant	Animator	Layout Artist	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1995	Toy Story	No	No	No	No	No	Additional	Additional	No
1998	A Bug's Life	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
1999	Toy Story 2	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2001	Monsters, Inc.	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Roz	Additional Story Material
2003	Finding Nemo	No	Screenplay	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin	^[4]
2004	The Incredibles	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices
2006	Cars	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Wide Chick Pitty
2007	Ratatouille	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Additional Story Material
2008	WALL-E	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Pixar Senior Creative Team
2009	Up	Co-Director	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Dug / Alpha
2010	Toy Story 3	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Janitor
2011	Cars 2	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2012	Brave	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2013	Monsters University	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Roz
2015	Inside Out	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Additional Dialogue Pixar Senior Creative Team
2015	The Good Dinosaur	Removed	Story	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Original Concept and Development Additional Production Leadership Pixar Senior Creative Team
2016	Finding Dory	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Mr. Ray / Additional Voices	Additional Screenplay Material Pixar Senior Creative Team
2017	Cars 3	No	Screenplay	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage	Pixar Senior Creative Team
2017	Coco	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
2018	Incredibles 2	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2019	Toy Story 4	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices
2020	Onward	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Special Thanks Pixar Senior Creative Team
2020	Soul	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Additional Story Contributions Pixar Senior Creative Team
2021	Luca	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Additional Story Contributions Pixar Senior Creative Team
2022	Turning Red	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Pixar Senior Creative Team
2022	Lightyear	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2023	Elemental	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Story Artist	Other	Voice Role
1997	Geri's Game	No	No	No	Yes	Geri
2003	Exploring the Reef	No	Yes	No	No
2008	Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices
2009	Dug's Special Mission	No	Yes	No	Yes	Alpha and Dug
2009	George and A.J.	No	No	No	Yes	Dug
2016	Marine Life Interviews	No	Yes	No	No
2017	Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool	No	No	No	Yes	Dr. Damage
2019-20	Forky Asks a Question	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Voice Over Announcer
2021-23	Dug Days	Yes	Yes	Carl's Date	Yes	Dug and Alpha

Television

Year	Title	Voice Role	Notes
2021-2024	Monsters at Work	Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson^[5]	Creative Consultant (season 1)^[6] Special Thanks (season 2)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice Role
2001	Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training	Roz
2001	Monsters, Inc. Scream Team
2002	Monsters, Inc.
2003	Finding Nemo	Mr. Ray/Krill
2009	Up	Dug/Alpha/Newsreel Announcer
2012	Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure	Dug

Other credits

Year	Title	Role
2000	For the Birds	Thanks
2008	Presto	Special Thanks
2009	Tracy	Terry Cane
2009	George and A.J.	Special Thanks
2011	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry
2017	Lou
2019	Purl	Kristen Lester's Story Trust
2020	Lamp Life^[7]	Special Thanks
	Burrow	Special Thanks