Peter Docter

A bespoke artwork of a select Pixar character(s) by Peter Docter.

Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, and Soul, and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. Most recently, he served as the Executive Producer for Pixar’s original feature films, Elemental and Inside Out 2.

Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the studio’s third animator, Docter collaborated and helped develop the story and characters for Toy Story, Pixar’s first full-length animated feature film, for which he also was a supervising animator. He served as a storyboard artist on “A Bug’s Life,” and wrote initial story treatments for both Toy Story 2 and WALL•E. Aside from directing his four films, Docter also executive produced Monsters University and the Academy Award®-winning Brave.

Docter’s interest in animation began at the age of eight when he created his first flipbook. He studied character animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Valencia, California, where he produced a variety of short films, one of which won a Student Academy Award®. Those films have since been shown in animation festivals worldwide and are featured on the "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2." Upon joining Pixar, he animated and directed several commercials, and has been nominated for nine Academy Awards® including Best Animated Feature-winners Up, Inside Out and Soul, and nominee Monsters, Inc., and Best Original Screenplay for Up, Inside Out and WALL•E. In 2010, Up also was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

Donor may choose a character from any film Pete has directed: Monsters, Inc, Up, Inside Out, Soul or Toy Story.

Medium will be a mixed—digital and colored pencil, dimensions per request within standard paper range.

The (non-iterative) artwork will be completed within 3 months of request. All communication will be handled via email with the artist's assistant.

Experience must be claimed within 12 months of the auction.