Peter Lepeniotis

Peter Lepeniotis (born 1965) is a Canadian animator, film director, screenwriter and producer of Greek descent. He is probably best known for his 2005 animated short Surly Squirrel. He adapted the short into a full length feature film, The Nut Job, which Lepeniotis co-cwrote and directed. It was released theatrically on January 17, 2014 by Open Road Films and The Weinstein Company. Due to the film's success at the box office, Lepeniotis and the team at ToonBox Entertainment (the studio that produced Lepeniotis's feature film) greenlit a sequel, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, which was released on August 11, 2017. He again served as co-writer of the sequel, while Cal Brunker took his place as director.

Filmography

• Casper (1995) (animator)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (animator)
• Fantasia 2000 (1999) (assistant animator)
• Dinosaur (2000) (animator)
• Bless the Child (2000) (visual effects animator)
• Bait (2000) (animator)
• Surly Squirrel (2005, short film) (director, producer, writer)
• Everyone's Hero (2006) (supervising animator)
• Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008) (director)
• Bolts and Blip (2010, TV) (director)
• The Nut Job (2014) (director, co-writer, story)
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (2017) (co-writer, based on characters by)
• Gnome Alone (2018) (director)

References

• Peter Lepeniotis on IMDb