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Peter Sohn (born October 18, 1977) is an American filmmaker, animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated films The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Peter Sohn is a Pixar veteran who worked on films like Finding Nemo, WALL.E, Ratatouille and The Good Dinosaur. He also voiced characters like Emile, Squishy and SOX, and directed his own feature film Elemental.
26 Feb 2024 · Learn how the Bronx-born animator drew inspiration from his Korean heritage, his wife, and his parents to create a story of fire and water in the Elemental City. Discover how he made fire and water look adorable and how he coped with his father's death during production.
16 Jun 2023 · Peter Sohn, the director of 'Elemental', shares how his personal story and his parents' journey from Korea to New York inspired the film. He also reveals the challenges and joys of creating characters based on the periodic table and the elements.
18 Jun 2023 · Disney’s newest Pixar film, Elemental, is an original concept co-written and directed by Peter Sohn (The Good Dinosaur). The story centers on two young adults, Ember Lumen (Leah Lewis) and Wade...
14 Feb 2024 · Peter Sohn helped draw Wall-E’s eyes and Up’s talking dog, and put his decades of Pixar experience—and a very personal family story—into his first Oscar nominee, Elemental.
15 Jun 2023 · 'Elemental' is a heartfelt comedy that is deeply personal for Pixar's Peter Sohn In science class, Sohn saw the periodic table as an apartment building. The son of Korean immigrants, he felt...
