Biography
Pete Doctor since childhood was fond of creating cartoons, which helped him make a brilliant career and become a creative director of Pixar Animation Studios. The celebrity filmography has many sensational projects that have made an unforgettable impression on both children and adults.Childhood and youth
Peter (Pete) Docter was born on October 9, 1968 in the American city of Bloomington. He was a senior child in the family of musicians. Celebrity's mother worked as a music teacher, and his father led the chorus in the Norman Public College. Both cinematographer sisters went in footsteps of parents, Kirsten became an altist, and Kari is a cellolist.
But Peter in the early years of the biography realized that the music did not attract him. The boy tried to play a double bass, but he received much more pleasure from drawing and writing stories. When the family moved to Denmark, this hobby became the fact that he helped the Doter to cope with loneliness. He was a closed child who kept away from peers and devoted time to creating his own worlds. The future multiplier mastered the craft of the cartoonist and learned to make short films.
After graduation, Pete entered the University of Minnesota, where he studied philosophy and art. A year later, he continued his education in the California Institute, and awarded awards to the Student Academy for the short film "Neighborhood". This is a story about the old grill and a merry neighboring girl, which takes it out of himself. Later, a similar idea was based on the animation film "Up".
Doctor received a diploma in 1990, after which it settled in Pixar. Initially, the multiplier dreamed of cooperating with Walt Disney Animation Studios, because there was a long-time fan of Walt Disney's creativity, which was inspired by childhood. But the proposals from the company did not do, so he joined the team then a little-known studio, where John Lasser became his mentor.
Films
Peter immediately penetrated the atmosphere of cohesion, reigned in Pixar, and was happy to find like-minded people. The first large-scale project on which he worked as a screenwriter, became the "story of toys", which brought the studio success and the love of viewers. In subsequent years, the multiplier has repeatedly returned to work on the continuation of the cartoon. In addition, he was attracted to the creation of "flick adventures".In 2001, a comedy "Monsters Corporation" was published, for which Pete not only wrote a scenario, but also made his debut as a director. In this project, Pixar staff for the first time used a special technology for detailing fur on the body of the chief hero. It costs a lot of effort, but caused admiration for the audience and made the cartoon discussed. Years, the premiere of the premiere was held under the name "University of Monsters", whose team did the Doctor acted as an executive producer.
The next sensational work of the director became the "Vall-" melodrama, which he created with Andrew Stanton. The idea appeared thanks to the observations of the machines, unworked trash in the landfill. After that, the creators of the project thought about what would happen to a small robot, years and even centuries performing a routine work, and where he would end up. Then the labor-intensive process of grinding the plot followed, the result of which became the victims of the audience.
Already a year later, in 2009, Pete presented his new director's work - "Up", the script for her he wrote with Bob Pieterson. The cartoon was based on the personal experiences of the multiplier, which in the past experienced a sense of social awkwardness and dreamed of finding a place where you can hide from the crowd. The result of the celebrities was appreciated by critics for dignity, and the drama was awarded the Oscar premium.
Soon after that, the Doctor began working on a scenario for his next cartoon, in parallel participating in the creation of projects of his colleagues in the studio. Watching the adultery of the daughter, the director wondered how the influence of emotions would have a person. After that, he began to consult with psychologists and psychiatrists and allocated 5 emotions that were "puzzle" characters.
Work on the cartoon lasted 5 years, and the plot was repeatedly complemented and subjected to change. In the course, Peter was constantly consulted with his colleagues in the studio - Andrew Stanton, John Lasser, Brad Berd. He showed them a film every 4 months. The first young spectators of the "puzzle" were the children of the company's employees who were delighted with the idea. According to the memoirs of the multiplier, one boy after watching the fear fear jump from the tower, because he ordered the fear inside himself to retreat.
In 2018, a turning point happened in the career of celebrities, because he received the place of Creative Director Pixar after the dismissal of Lasser. But, despite the leadership position, the Doctor did not refuse to develop a new cartoon called the "soul", the scenario for which he wrote with Mike Jones and Kemp Powers. The basis for the drama was the reflection of the creators about the meaning of life.
Because of the coronavirus infection, the studio staff had to finish working on the "soul" remotely, but, according to the director, they were lucky much more than the creators of the game movie. A more depressing Pete called the fact that due to quarantine restrictions, the audience could not see the cartoon premiere in the cinema, which happened for the first time in all the years of the Pixar existence. It became available on the Disney + service in December 2020.
Personal life
The personal life of the multiplier has developed successfully, in 1992 he married Amanda Schmidt, who gave him two children - Nicholas and Eli. Celebrity daughter voiced young Ellie in the cartoon "Up".
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Pete Doctor Now
In early 2021, Peter gave an interview and stated that he plans to abandon directing work to focus on performing the responsibilities of the Creative Studio Director Pixar. On January 21 of the same year, the long-awaited premiere of "Souls" took place in Russia, which found many admirers among the audience. The project was awarded the Golden Globe as the best animated film.Filmography
- 1995 - "Toy Story"
- 1999 - "Toy History 2"
- 2001 - "Monsters Corporation"
- 2008 - "Vall-and"
- 2009 - "Up"
- 2015 - "Puzzle"
- 2020 - "Soul"