Pete Docter

Peter Hans "Pete" Docter is an American film director, animator, screenwriter, producer and voice actor from Bloomington, Minnesota. He is best known for directing the films Monsters, Inc. and Up, and as a key figure and collaborator in Pixar Animation Studios. The A. V. Club has called him "almost universally successful". He has been nominated for six Oscars , three Annie Awards , a BAFTA Children's Film Award , and a Hochi Film Award . He has described himself as a "geeky kid from Minnesota who likes to draw cartoons."