Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich
Lee Unkrich in 2009
Born	(1967-08-08) August 8, 1967 Cleveland, Ohio
Alma mater	University of Southern California
Occupation	Director, Editor and Screenwriter
Years active	1990 - Present
Known for	Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3
Spouse(s)	Laura Century (3 children)^[1]

Lee Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American director, film editor and screenwriter. He is a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar, where he started in 1994 as a film editor. He later began directing, first as co-director of Toy Story 2. After co-directing Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo, Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2011.

A native of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Unkrich spent his youth acting at The Cleveland Play House. Unkrich graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1990.^[2] Before joining Pixar in 1994, Unkrich worked for several years in television as an editor and director. Unkrich is married to Laura Century and they have three children: Hannah, Alice, and Max.^[1]

Unkrich is the 2011 recipient of University of Southern California's Mary Pickford Distinguished Alumni Award recognizing alumni contributions to the cinematic arts.

Filmography

Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991) (TV) (production assistant
Silk Stalkings (1991) (TV Series) (assistant editor, editor, director)
Renegade (1993) (TV series) (assistant editor)
Betrayed by Love (1994) (TV) (assistant editor)
Separated by Murder (1995) (TV) (editor)
Toy Story (1995) (editor)
A Bug's Life (1998) (editor)
Toy Story 2 (1999) (co-director, editor, additional story material)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) (co-director, additional editor)
Finding Nemo (2003) (co-director, supervising editor)
Cars (2006) (additional editor)
Ratatouille (2007) (additional editor)
Toy Story 3 (2010) (director, story, additional voice) (BAFTA) (Academy Award)
Monsters University (2013) (executive producer)
Toy Story 4 (2017) (story)
Untitled Pixar Dia de los Muertos film (TBA) (director)^[3]^[4]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 O'Connor, Clint (June 12, 2010). "'Toy Story 3': Director Lee Unkrich, from Chagrin Falls, doesn't want to break Pixar's golden streak". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
↑ Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Accessed March 10, 2008.
↑ Dickey, Josh (April 24, 2012). "Pixar announces Latin-themed feature". Variety. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
↑ Graser, Marc (April 2, 2013). "‘Finding Nemo’ Sequel ‘Finding Dory’ Swims Thanksgiving 2015". Variety. Retrieved April 18, 2013.

External links

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Films directed by Lee Unkrich

Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) Toy Story 3 (2010)

Pixar

Feature films

Released	Toy Story (1995) A Bug's Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Ratatouille (2007) WALL-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Brave (2012) Monsters University (2013)

Forthcoming	Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Toy Story 4 (2017)

Short films

Luxo Jr. (1986) Red's Dream (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Knick Knack (1989) Geri's Game (1997) For the Birds (2000) Mike's New Car (2002) Boundin' (2003) One Man Band (2005) Jack-Jack Attack (2005) Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) Lifted (2006) Your Friend the Rat (2007) Presto (2008) Rescue Squad Mater (2008) Mater the Greater (2008) El Materdor (2008) BURN-E (2008) Tokyo Mater (2008) Partly Cloudy (2009) Dug's Special Mission (2009) George & A.J. (2009) Day & Night (2010) La Luna (2011) Hawaiian Vacation (2011) Small Fry (2011) Partysaurus Rex (2012) The Legend of Mor'du (2012) The Blue Umbrella (2013) Party Central (2013) Lava (2014) Sanjay's Super Team (2015)

Short series	Cars Toons (2008–) Toy Story Toons (2011–)

Compilations	Tiny Toy Stories (1996) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 (2007) Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2 (2012)

Other work	Beach Chair (1986) Light & Heavy (1990) Surprise (1991)

Television specials

Toy Story of Terror! (2013)
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)

Franchises

Toy Story (1995–)
Monsters, Inc. (2001–)
Finding Nemo (2003–)
The Incredibles (2004–)
Cars (2006–)

Associated
productions

The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
It's Tough to Be a Bug! (1998)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–01)
Exploring the Reef (2003)
Turtle Talk with Crush (2004)

Documentaries

The Pixar Story (2007)

Products

People

See also

Parent: The Walt Disney Studios

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Shrek – Aron Warner (2001)
Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton (2003)
The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005)
Happy Feet – George Miller (2006)
Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007)
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008)
Up – Pete Docter (2009)
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010)
Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011)
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman (2012)
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho (2013)
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli (2014)

Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production

John Lasseter (1996)
Ron Clements and John Musker (1997)
Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook (1998)
Brad Bird (1999)
John Lasseter, Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich (2000)
Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001)
Hayao Miyazaki (2002)
Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003)
Brad Bird (2004)
Nick Park and Steve Box (2005)
Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick (2006)
Brad Bird (2007)
Mark Osborne and John Stevenson (2008)
Pete Docter (2009)
Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (2010)
Jennifer Yuh Nelson (2011)
Rich Moore (2012)
Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013)
Dean DeBlois (2014)

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature

1998–2000	A Bug's Life – John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton / The Prince of Egypt – Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Hickner (1998) Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon (1999) Chicken Run – Peter Lord and Nick Park (2000)

2001–2010	Shrek – Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009) Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010)

2011–present	Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014)

Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film

Cars – John Lasseter (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter (2009) Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) The Adventures of Tintin – Steven Spielberg (2011) Brave – Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (2013) How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois (2014)

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