Joshua Cooley (born May 23, 1979) is an American animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor. He is best known for working on the 2015 Pixar animated film Inside Out and directing the short film Riley’s First Date? that was included in its home video release. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2019 with Toy Story 4, the fourth installment of the Toy Story franchise, which won him the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Josh Cooley Biography / Wiki
Name
Josh Cooley
Also Know
Gender
Male
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of Birth
1979-05-23
Age(as in 2022)
43
Deathday
Josh Cooley Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Bugged
Bug (voice)
2013-03-22
Red’s peaceful morning routine is interrupted by a pesky visitor….
Moon Mater
Roger Shuttle (voice)
2010-11-02
Mater is the first tow truck on the moon! When an auto-naut gets stranded on his lunar mission, it’s up to Mater to venture into space and tow him bac…
Mater Private Eye
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2010-11-02
Detective Mater is hot on the trail of a dastardly car-napping! When Tia’s sister goes missing, Mater is the only car she can turn to. With this tow t…
Riley’s First Date?
Dad’s Sadness (voice)
2015-11-03
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 d…
Hiccups
Additional Voice Talent (voice)
2013-03-22
When Lightning McQueen gets the hiccups, everyone in Radiator Springs thinks they have the cure….
Small Fry
Cashier / Lizard Wizard (voice)
2011-11-23
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor….
Up
Omega (voice)
2009-05-28
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 …
Inside Out
Jangles (voice)
2015-06-09
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francis…
We Bare Bears: The Movie
Painting Elephant / Additional Voices (voice)
2020-06-30
When Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear’s love of food trucks and viral videos get out of hand, the brothers are now chased away from their home and embark on…
Cars Toon Mater’s Tall Tales
Roger Shuttle
2008-10-27
Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories….
Toy Story of Terror!
Officer Phillips (voice)
2013-10-16
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one …
Josh Cooley Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
George and A.J.
Director
2009-11-10
George & A.J. is a short film created by Pixar which uses characters from the film Up to tell what Nurses George and A.J. did after Carl Fredricksen l…
Riley’s First Date?
Director
2015-11-03
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 d…
Toy Story 4
Director
2019-06-19
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when …
Untitled Animated Transformers Prequel
Director
2024-07-19
An origin story set on Cybertron, home of both the Autobots and the Decepticons. The film is said to focus on the relationship between Optimus Prime a…
Malamander
Director
Set in Eerie-on-Sea, a seaside town filled with oddball characters and mysteries as murky as its winter fog. A young boy named Herbert Lemon, who acts…
Little Monsters
Director
Plot kept under wraps…
The Spider and the Fly: The Movie
Co-Director
upcoming Pixar film…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Small Fry
Story
2011-11-23
A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor….
George and A.J.
Writer
2009-11-10
George & A.J. is a short film created by Pixar which uses characters from the film Up to tell what Nurses George and A.J. did after Carl Fredricksen l…
Inside Out
Screenplay
2015-06-09
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francis…
Mind Candy
Writer
2015-11-03
This short was released as an extra in the Blu-ray release of Disney Pixar’s INSIDE OUT. It’s a zany collection clips of the emotions and how they in…
Riley’s First Date?
Writer
2015-11-03
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 d…
Toy Story 4
Screenplay
2019-06-19
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when …
Toy Story 4
Story
2019-06-19
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when …
Malamander
Screenplay
Set in Eerie-on-Sea, a seaside town filled with oddball characters and mysteries as murky as its winter fog. A young boy named Herbert Lemon, who acts…
22 vs. Earth
Writer
2021-04-30
Set before the events of ‘Soul’, 22 refuses to go to Earth, enlisting a gang of 5 new souls in attempt of rebellion. However, 22’s subversive pl…
Tower of Terror
Writer
Five people in a posh hotel take an elevator and disappear after it is hit by lightning….
Other Info
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Cars
Additional Storyboarding
2006-06-08
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u…
Cars 2
Storyboard Artist
2011-06-11
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock…
Cars 2
Additional Script Supervisor
2011-06-11
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock…
The Good Dinosaur
Thanks
2015-11-14
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend….
