Lee Unkrich

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1967-08-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also Known As 李·昂克里奇

Lee Unkrich

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2017
Coco

as Director

2017
Dante's Lunch

as Director

2010
Toy Story 3

as Director

2010
Groovin' with Ken

as Director

2003
Finding Nemo

as Co-Director

2001
Monsters, Inc.

as Co-Director

1999
Toy Story 2

as Co-Director

1991
Silk Stalkings

as Director

Editor

2017
Coco

as Editor

2006
Cars

as Other

2006
Cars

as Additional Editor

2003
Finding Nemo

as Supervising Film Editor

2001
Monsters, Inc.

as Additional Editing

1999
Toy Story 2

as Editor

1998
A Bug's Life

as Editor

1995
Toy Story

as Editor

1994
1994
Betrayed by Love

as Assistant Editor

1992
Renegade

as Assistant Editor

1991
Silk Stalkings

as Editor

Actor

2010
Toy Story 3

as Additional Voices (voice)

2007
The Pixar Story

as Himself

2003
Making 'Nemo'

as Self - Co-Director

2003
Finding Nemo

as Additional Voices (voice)

2001
Monsters, Inc.

as Additional Voices (voice)

1999
Toy Story 2

as Red Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot (voice)

1998
A Bug's Life

as Ant #1 (voice)

1995

Producer

2019
Toy Story 4

as Executive Producer

2015
The Good Dinosaur

as Executive Producer

2013
Monsters University

as Executive Producer

1991
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

as Production Assistant

Crew

2015
Inside Out

as Other

2014
Lava

as Thanks

2008
Presto

as Thanks

Writer

2017
Coco

as Story

2010
Toy Story 3

as Story