Lee Unkrich

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Lee Unkrich

Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American film director, editor and writer. He is best known for his work with the animation studio Pixar, which he joined in 1994 as an editor before being credited as a co-director on Toy Story 2 (1999). Following the film's success, Unkrich served a similar role for the films Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003) before making his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3 (2010). The film and the second he directed, Coco (2017), won two Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. After 25 years at the company, Unkrich retired in January 2019 to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Unkrich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Place of Birth

Directing8 August 1967 (age 57)Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Filmography

Poster image for Monsters, Inc.
Poster image for Making 'Nemo'
Poster image for Finding Nemo
Poster image for The Pixar Story
Poster image for Toy Story 2
Poster image for Toy Story 3
Poster image for A Bug's Life
Poster image for A Celebration of the Music from Coco
Poster image for Making 'Toy Story'
Poster image for Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Poster image for Coco