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.
Lee Unkrich Biography / Wiki
Name
Lee Unkrich
Also Know
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of Birth
August 08, 1967
Age(as in 2023 Feb)
55
Deathday
Lee Unkrich Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Making ‘Nemo’
Self – Co-Director
2003-12-04
A 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 Coco
Self
2020-03-29
Remember and relive the songs that moved you from the movie Coco….
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
2015-12-10
Retrospective looking at the revolutionary computer-animated feature film Toy Story….
The Pixar Story
Self
2007-08-28
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 it…
Making ‘Toy Story’
Self
1995-12-02
Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie….
Toy Story 2
Red Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot (voice)
1999-10-30
Andy 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 3
Additional Voices (voice)
2010-06-16
Woody, 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)
2001-11-01
James 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 Life
Ant #1 (voice)
1998-11-25
On 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 Nemo
Additional Voices (voice)
2003-05-30
Nemo, 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 …
Coco
Additional voices (voice)
2017-10-27
Despite 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 Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Toy Story 3
Director
2010-06-16
Woody, 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…
Coco
Director
2017-10-27
Despite 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 Lunch
Director
2017-03-29
Every dog has his day, but poor Dante can’t seem to catch a break….
Toy Story 2
Co-Director
1999-10-30
Andy 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-Director
2001-11-01
James 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 Nemo
Co-Director
2003-05-30
Nemo, 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 Ken
Director
2010-05-28
An interview with Ken, one of the coolest modern icons of the past 5 decades, in his injection molded mansion….
Director
Silk 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 Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Monsters University
Executive Producer
2013-06-19
A 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 Dinosaur
Executive Producer
2015-11-14
An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend….
Toy Story 4
Executive Producer
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 …
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
Production Assistant
1991-01-26
Three 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 Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Coco
Story
2017-10-27
Despite 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 3
Story
2010-06-16
Woody, 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 Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Presto
Thanks
2008-06-27
Dignity. 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 Out
Other
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…
Lava
Thanks
2014-10-10
Inspired 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 Editing
2001-11-01
James 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 Story
Editor
1995-10-30
Led 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 2
Editor
1999-10-30
Andy 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 Life
Editor
1998-11-25
On 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 Nemo
Supervising Film Editor
2003-05-30
Nemo, 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 …
Coco
Editor
2017-10-27
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. De…
Cars
Other
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…
Betrayed by Love
Assistant Editor
1994-01-17
An FBI agent and his pretty informant become lovers, which leads to tragedy….
Separated by Murder
Editor
1994-04-12
Inseparable Alabama twin sisters, Betty Gay Wilson and Peggy Joy Lowe, are arrested and tried for conspiring to murder Betty’s wealthy husband. These …
Cars
Additional Editor
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…
Assistant Editor
Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he…
Editor
Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion a…