Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn (born October 18, 1977) is an American filmmaker, animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is best known for his work at Pixar, including directing the short film Partly Cloudy and the feature films The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023), the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also voiced Emile in Ratatouille (2007), Squishy in Monsters University (2013), Ciccio in Luca (2021), and Sox in Lightyear (2022).

Early life Sohn was born on October 18, 1977, in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Korean immigrants Yung Tahk Sohn and Hea Ja Sohn. He has a younger brother. He was raised in New York.

While studying at California Institute of Arts, he got a summer job working on Brad Bird's animated feature film, The Iron Giant (1999).

Career After graduating from school, he worked at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. before coming to Pixar in the art and story departments for Finding Nemo (2003). He also worked on The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007) and WALL-E (2008). Sohn performed the voice of Emile in Ratatouille. He made his directorial debut with the short film Partly Cloudy in 2009 which he also wrote. Partly Cloudy was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2009. Sohn co-directed the English-language version of Ponyo in 2009 with fellow Pixar employees John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. Russell, from Up (2009), was based on Sohn's appearance. He voiced Russell in the corresponding short, George & A.J. (2009), and Squishy in the feature film Monsters University (2013).

Sohn directed the feature film The Good Dinosaur, which was released in November 2015. He voiced its Styracosaurus character Forrest Woodbush. The film was Pixar's first box office failure.

Sohn was set to voice the Marvel Comics character Ganke Lee in the 2018 Sony Pictures Animation feature film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but his lines were ultimately deleted from the final film. However, he voiced Ganke in the 2023 sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Additionally, Sohn provided the voices of Ciccio and Sox in the Pixar films Luca (2021) and Lightyear (2022), respectively.

The second feature film that Sohn directed at Pixar, Elemental, is based on his experience growing up in New York. The film debuted out of competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was released on June 16, 2023. Though it underperformed on its opening weekend, the film's performance improved in the following weeks and received positive word-of-mouth that led it to become a sleeper hit. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

In June 2025, it was revealed that Sohn would direct Incredibles 3 for Pixar, having been chosen by franchise creator Brad Bird and Pixar CCO Pete Docter to helm the film due to Bird's commitments to the film Ray Gunn.

Personal life

Sohn is married to artist Anna Chambers, whom he met at CalArts. During the production of The Good Dinosaur, they had two children.

Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Story ExecutiveProducer StoryArtist ProductionArtist Animator StoryConsultant Other Voice Role Notes 1999 The Iron Giant Rough In-between-er 2001 Osmosis Jones 2003 Finding Nemo 2004 The Incredibles Mugger 2007 Ratatouille Emile 2008 WALL-E 2009 Up Ponyo Director: English Dub, US Version 2010 Toy Story 3 2012 Brave 2013 Monsters University Squishy 2015 Inside Out Pixar Senior Creative Team The Good Dinosaur Forrest Woodbush 2016 Finding Dory 2017 Cars 3 Additional Voices Coco 2018 Incredibles 2 2019 Toy Story 4 2020 Onward Soul 2021 Luca Ciccio 2022 Turning Red Lightyear Sox 2023 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Ganke Lee Elemental Pixar Senior Creative Team 2024 Inside Out 2 2025 Elio 2026 Hoppers Toy Story 5 2027 2028

Short films and TV specials Year Title Director Writer ProductionArtist Cinematographer Animator Other Voice Role Notes 2005 One Man Band 2007 Violet Your Friend the Rat Emile Song Performer: "Plan B" 2008 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales Additional Voices Episodes 1-4 2009 Trifles Leonardo Partly Cloudy George & A.J. Russell 2011 Toy Story Toons: Small Fry Recycle Ben Special Thanks 2013 Toy Story of Terror! Transitron TV special Party Central Squishy

Video games Year Title Voice Role 2007 Ratatouille Emile 2012 Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure 2013 Disney Infinity Squishy

Other credits Year Title Role 2009 Tracy Blog Creator 2015 Borrowed Time Thanks 2018 Bao Special Thanks 2019 Purl Smash and Grab Brian Larsen's Story Brain Trust Kitbull Rosana Sullivan's Story Trust Wind Story Trust 2020 Out 2022 Cars on the Road Special Thanks, Pixar Senior Creative Team 2023 Good Chemistry: The Story of 'Elemental''' Himself, Special Thanks 2024

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