Peter Sohn

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	StoryArtist	ProductionArtist	Animator	Other	Voice Role 	Notes
1999	The Iron Giant 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Rough In-between-erAdditional Animation
2001	Osmosis Jones 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2003	Finding Nemo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2004	The Incredibles 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Additional Voices	
2007	Ratatouille 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Emile 	
2008	WALL-E 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	Up 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	Ponyo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Director: English DubUS Version
2010	Toy Story 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2012	Brave 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2013	Monsters University	 	 	 	 	 	 	Squishy 	
2015	Inside Out 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2015	The Good Dinosaur 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Pet Collector 	Senior Creative Team
2016	Finding Dory 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2017	Cars 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Additional Voices	Senior Creative Team
2017	Coco 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2018	Incredibles 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Story ConsultantSenior Creative Team
2019	Toy Story 4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2020	Onward 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2020	Soul 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2021	Luca 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2022	Turning Red 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2022	Lightyear 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
2023	Elemental 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Senior Creative Team
====Short Films and TV Specials====
Year	Title 	Director	Writer	ProductionArtist	Cinematographer	Animator	Other	Voice Role 	Notes
2005	One Man Band 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2007	Violet 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2007	Your Friend the Rat 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Emile 	Song Performer: "Plan B"
2008	Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Additional Voices	Episodes 1-4
2009	Trifles 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	Leonardo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	Partly Cloudy 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009	George & A.J. 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Russell 	
2011	Toy Story Toons: Small Fry 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Recycle Ben 	Special Thanks
2013	A Monsters University Short: Party Central	 	 	 	 	 	 	Squishy 	
2013	Toy Story of Terror! 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Transitron 	TV Special
====Other Credits====
Year	Title 	Role
2009	Tracy 	Blog Creator
2015	Borrowed Time 	Thanks
2018	Bao 	Special Thanks
2019	Purl 	Special Thanks
2019	Smash and Grab	Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust
2019	Kitbull 	Rosana Sullivan's Story Trust
2019	Wind 	Story Trust
2020	Out 	Story Trust
Category:American animated film directors
Category:1977 births
Category:Animators from New York (state)
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American storyboard artists
Category:American people of Korean descent
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:Living people
Category:People from the Bronx
Category:Pixar people
Category:Animation screenwriters
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
Category:Film directors
Category:Screenwriters
Category:Animation Directors
Category:Animators
Category:Cinematographers
Category:Voice Actors
Category:Storyboard Artists
Category:Executive Producers