Pete Docter’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Pete Docter has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Soul.
Recurring themes

I Know That Voice
2014
Documentary

Back in Time
2015
Documentary

Rubius X
2022
Documentary

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
2022
Documentary

Inside the Mind of a Cat
2022
Documentary

Bears
2014
Documentary

Expedition Happiness
2017
Documentary

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
2010
Documentary

Soul
2020 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 3%Disney+ · Included

Up
2009 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 4%Disney+ · Included

Inside Out
2015 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 5%Disney+ · Included

Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Movie · Director
Top 7%Disney+ · Included

The Pixar Story
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Disney+ · Included

Mike's New Car
2002 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 69%Disney+ · Included

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Dir. Pete Docter · With Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
Dir. Pete Docter · With Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.
Dir. Pete Docter · With Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
Dir. Pete Docter · With John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Dir. Leslie Iwerks · With Stacy Keach, Edwin Catmull, Steve Jobs

as Dad's Anger (voice) · Voice
Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first "date."
Dir. Josh Cooley · With Kaitlyn Dias, Ben Cox, Kyle MacLachlan

as Self
Explore the evolution of Buzz Lightyear from toy to human in the making of Pixar’s Lightyear. Dive into the origin and cultural impact of everyone’s favorite Space Ranger, the art of designing a new “human Buzz,” and the challenges faced by the Lightyear crew along the way.
Dir. Tony Kaplan · With Angus MacLane, Pete Docter, Jeff Pidgeon

Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't last long enough, however, as Sulley jump-starts an ill-fated road test that teaches Mike the true meaning of buyer's remorse.
Dir. Pete Docter, Roger Gould · With Billy Crystal, John Goodman

A series of shorts that follows the humorous misadventures of Dug, the lovable dog from Disney and Pixar’s “Up.” Each short features everyday events that occur in Dug's backyard, all through the exciting (and slightly distorted) eyes of our favorite talking dog.
Dir. Bob Peterson, Pete Docter · With Bob Peterson, Ed Asner