Lee Unkrich Biography, Age, Family, Education, Net Worth, Movies & More

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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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Lee Unkrich Biography / Wiki

NameLee Unkrich
Also Know
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of BirthAugust 08, 1967
Age(as in 2023 Feb)55
Deathday

Lee Unkrich Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Making ‘Nemo’Self – Co-Director2003-12-04A special documentary showing how producer John Lasseter, director Andrew Stanton and the rest of the creative team met the many production challenges…
A Celebration of the Music from CocoSelf2020-03-29Remember and relive the songs that moved you from the movie Coco….
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and BeyondSelf2015-12-10Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story….
The Pixar StorySelf2007-08-28A 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 it…
Making ‘Toy Story’Self1995-12-02Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie….
Toy Story 2Red Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot (voice)1999-10-30Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, …
Toy Story 3Additional Voices (voice)2010-06-16Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s toys haven’t been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le…
Monsters, Inc.Additional Voices (voice)2001-11-01James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more af…
A Bug’s LifeAnt #1 (voice)1998-11-25On behalf of “oppressed bugs everywhere,” an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre…
Finding NemoAdditional Voices (voice)2003-05-30Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to his worrisome …
CocoAdditional voices (voice)2017-10-27Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. De…

Lee Unkrich Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Toy Story 3Director2010-06-16Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s toys haven’t been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le…
CocoDirector2017-10-27Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. De…
Dante’s LunchDirector2017-03-29Every dog has his day, but poor Dante can’t seem to catch a break….
Toy Story 2Co-Director1999-10-30Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, …
Monsters, Inc.Co-Director2001-11-01James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more af…
Finding NemoCo-Director2003-05-30Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to his worrisome …
Groovin’ with KenDirector2010-05-28An interview with Ken, one of the coolest modern icons of the past 5 decades, in his injection molded mansion….
DirectorSilk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion a…

Lee Unkrich Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Monsters UniversityExecutive Producer2013-06-19A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren’t necessarily the best of friends….
The Good DinosaurExecutive Producer2015-11-14An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend….
Toy Story 4Executive Producer2019-06-19Woody 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 …
Prison Stories: Women on the InsideProduction Assistant1991-01-26Three novels – three dramatic stories in the walls of the women’s prison. The first story – a brand new, first went to prison inmates. The second – ab…

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
CocoStory2017-10-27Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. De…
Toy Story 3Story2010-06-16Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy’s toys haven’t been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le…

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
PrestoThanks2008-06-27Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit one t…
Inside OutOther2015-06-09Growing 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…
LavaThanks2014-10-10Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, Lava is a musical love story that takes place over mi…
Monsters, Inc.Additional Editing2001-11-01James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more af…
Toy StoryEditor1995-10-30Led by Woody, Andy’s toys live happily in his room until Andy’s birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy’s he…
Toy Story 2Editor1999-10-30Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, …
A Bug’s LifeEditor1998-11-25On behalf of “oppressed bugs everywhere,” an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre…
Finding NemoSupervising Film Editor2003-05-30Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to his worrisome …
CocoEditor2017-10-27Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. De…
CarsOther2006-06-08Lightning 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…
Betrayed by LoveAssistant Editor1994-01-17An FBI agent and his pretty informant become lovers, which leads to tragedy….
Separated by MurderEditor1994-04-12Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty’s wealthy husband. These …
CarsAdditional Editor2006-06-08Lightning 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…
Assistant EditorFramed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he…
EditorSilk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion a…

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