Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn
File:Peter Sohn.jpg Sohn at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born	1977 The Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
Occupation	Animator, film director, storyboard artist, voice actor
Spouse(s)	Anna Chambers

Peter Sohn (born 1977) is an American animator, director, voice actor, and storyboard artist at Pixar Animation Studios.

Life and career

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. After school he worked at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. before coming to Pixar.

Sohn started his career with 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 Monsters University.

Sohn directed The Good Dinosaur, which was released in November 2015. He also voiced the character Forrest Woodbush.

Personal life

Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts.

Filmography

• The Iron Giant (1999): Additional Animator, Rough Inbetweener
• Osmosis Jones (2001): Animator
• Finding Nemo (2003): Story Artist, Production Artist
• The Incredibles (2004): Story Artist, Production Artist, Animator, additional voices
• One Man Band (2005): Production Art
• Ratatouille (2007): Story Artist, Animator, voice of Emile
• Your Friend the Rat (2007): voice of Emile
• WALL-E (2008): Story Artist
• Cars Toons (2008): Additional Voices ("Tokyo Mater")
• Ponyo (2009): Director (U.S. Production)
• Up (2009): Storyboard Artist
• Partly Cloudy (2009): Director, Writer
• George & A.J. (2009): Voice of Russell
• Toy Story 3 (2010): Additional Production Artist
• Small Fry (2011): Voice of Recycle Ben
• Monsters University (2013): Voice of Scott "Squishy" Squibbles
• The Good Dinosaur (2015): Director, voice of Forrest Woodbush

External links

• Peter Sohn at the Internet Movie Database