# Bob Peterson (filmmaker)

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. He helped work on part of The Good Dinosaur (2015), before being cut from it. 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) 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 was developing another original feature film. He created, wrote, and directed two short-form series: Forky Asks a Question (2019–20) and Dug Days (2021–23).
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.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Voice Actor | Pixar Senior Creative Team | Other | Voice Role | Notes |
| 1995 | Toy Story | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Additional Animation and Layout |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Story Artist |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Story Artist |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Roz | Story Supervisor, Additional Story Material |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | No | Screenplay | Yes | No | No | Mr. Ray / Pelican / Dolphin | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | No | No | Additional | No | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2006 | Cars | No | No | Additional | No | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Additional Story Material |
| 2008 | WALL-E | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2009 | Up | Co-Director | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Dug / Alpha | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | No | No | Additional | Yes | No | Janitor | |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2012 | Brave | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2013 | Monsters University | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Roz | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Additional Dialogue |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Removed | Story | No | Yes | Yes | | Original Concept and Development, Additional Production Leadership |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Mr. Ray / Additional Voices | Additional Screenplay Material |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | No | Screenplay | Yes | Yes | No | Chick Hicks / Dr. Damage | Replacing Michael Keaton |
| 2017 | Coco | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Story Consultant |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | No | No | Additional | Yes | No | Additional Voices | |
| 2020 | Onward | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Special Thanks |
| 2020 | Soul | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Additional Story Contributions |
| 2021 | Luca | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | | Additional Story Contributions |
| 2022 | Turning Red | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2022 | Lightyear | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2023 | Elemental | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | | |

### 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 (all episodes) and Alpha (Carl's Date) |

### Television

| Year | Title | Voice Role | Notes |
| 2021–24 | Monsters at Work | Roz, Roze, Bob "Dentures" Peterson | Creative Consultant (season 1) Special Thanks (season 2) |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice Role |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training | Roz |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. Scream Team | Roz |
| 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | Roz |
| 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 | Special Thanks |
| 2017 | Lou | Special Thanks |
| 2019 | Purl | Kristen Lester's Story Trust |
| 2020 | Lamp Life | Special Thanks |
| 2020 | Burrow | Special Thanks |