Peter Sohn
Peter Sohn (born January 23, 1977) is an American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios. Early life. Sohn was born in The Bronx, New York City, and raised in New York City. His parents were Korean immigrants. He graduated from high school in 1995. While attending CalArts, he landed a summer job working on Brad Bird's animated feature film "The Iron Giant". Career. After graduating from school, he worked at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. before coming to Pixar in the art and story departments for "Finding Nemo". He also  worked on "The Incredibles", "Ratatouille" and "WALL-E". 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 the feature "Monsters University". Sohn directed "The Good Dinosaur", which  was released in November 2015. He voiced its "Styracosaurus" character Forrest Woodbush. Sohn was set to voice the Marvel Comics character Ganke Lee in the Sony Pictures Animation feature film "", but his lines were ultimately deleted from the final film. In 2022, Sohn will provide the voice of Sox, a robotic kitten, in the Pixar film "Lightyear". Personal life. Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts.