Lee Unkrich

Born: 1967-08-08

Lee Unkrich is an American director and film editor. 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 Feature 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 Playhouse. 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.


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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2001-11-01

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters,...

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as Red Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot (voice)
Released: 1999-10-30

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high...

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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2003-05-30

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to...

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as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2010-06-16

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to...

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as Ant #1 (voice)
Released: 1998-11-25

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior...

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The Pixar Story

as Self
Released: 2007-08-28

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and...

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A Celebration of the Music from Coco

as Self
Released: 2020-03-29

Remember and relive the songs that moved you from the movie Coco.

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Making 'Toy Story'

as Self
Released: 1995-12-02

Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.

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Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

as Self
Released: 2015-12-10

Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story.

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Making 'Nemo'

as Self - Co-Director
Released: 2003-12-04

A special documentary showing how producer John Lasseter, director Andrew Stanton and the rest...

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