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Lee Unkrich is a Actor, Director, Original Story, Executive Producer, Co-Director, Editor and Other American born on 8 august 1967 at Cleveland (USA)

Lee Unkrich

Lee Unkrich
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Birth name Lee Edward Unkrich
Nationality USA
Birth 8 august 1967 (56 years) at Cleveland (USA)
Awards Annie Award

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. Unkrich is the 2011 recipient of University of Southern California's Mary Pickford Distinguished Alumni Award recognizing alumni contributions to the cinematic arts. With the award, Unkrich joins a list of distinguished USC alumni including Robert Zemeckis, Walter Murch, Jon Landau, Gary Rydstrom and Jay Roach.

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. 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.

Biography

Originaire du quartier de Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Lee Unkrich a passé la majeure partie de son enfance sur la scène de la Cleveland Playhouse comme jeune comédien. Plus tard, en 1990, il est diplômé de l'école de cinéma de l'Université de Californie du Sud et travaille ensuite plusieurs années pour la télévision comme réalisateur et monteur. En 1994, il rejoint finalement les studios Pixar. Avec la collaboration d'autres réalisateurs, Lee Unkrich travaillera notamment sur Toy Story 2 (1999), Monstres et C (2001) ou encore Le Monde de Nemo (2003). En 2010, il est enfin seul derrière la caméra pour Toy Story 3. Le film est un grand succès au box-office et il remporte même l'Oscar du meilleur film d'animation en 2011. Lee Unkrich déclarera lors de la cérémonie : « Pixar est le plus bel endroit sur Terre pour faire des films ». En 2018, Lee Unkrich obtient son second oscar avec Coco.

Le 18 janvier 2019, il annonce sur Twitter son départ de Pixar après 25 ans.

Best films

Toy Story 4 (2019)
(Original Story)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
(Director)
Finding Nemo (2003)
(Director)
Inside Out (2015)
(Other)
Coco (2017)
(Director)
Monsters University (2013)
(Executive Producer)

Usually with

Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton
(14 films)
John Lasseter
John Lasseter
(15 films)
Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson
(9 films)
Jeff Pidgeon
Jeff Pidgeon
(8 films)
Frank Welker
Frank Welker
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lee Unkrich (15 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2019Toy Story 4Original Story, Executive Producer
2017CocoActor, Director, Original Story, EditorAdditional Voices (voice)
2015The Good DinosaurExecutive Producer
2015Inside OutOther
2014LavaThanks
2013Monsters UniversityExecutive Producer
2010Toy Story 3Actor, Director, Story, EditorAdditional Voices (voice)
2008PrestoThanks
2007The Pixar StoryActorSelf
2006CarsAdditional Editor
2003Finding NemoActor, Director, Co-Director, Supervising Film EditorAdditional Voices (voice)
2001Monsters, Inc.Actor, Director, Co-Director, Additional EditingAdditional Voices (voice)
1999Toy Story 2Actor, Director, Co-Director, EditorRed Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot (voice)
1998A Bug's LifeActor, EditorAnt #1 (voice)
1995Toy StoryEditor