| Peter Sohn | |
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File:Peter Sohn.jpg Sohn at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival | |
| Born |
October 18, 1977 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Animator, film director, storyboard artist, voice actor |
| Employer | Pixar Animation Studios (2000-present) |
| Spouse | Anna Chambers |
Peter Sohn (born October 18, 1977) is a Korean-American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios.
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 and Osmosis Jones. 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. He also worked on The Incredibles, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Brave. 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.
Russell, the boy in Up, was based on Sohn. 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. 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.
Personal life[]
Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts.
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 | Additional Voices | |
| 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 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| Lightyear | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |||
| 2023 | Elemental | Yes | Story | 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 |