Lee Unkrich

Born in August 8th, 1967

From Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

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Lee Unkrich Movies

Toy Story 4 Poster
June 11, 2019
Coco Poster
November 22, 2017
Dante's Lunch Poster
March 29, 2017
The Good Dinosaur Poster
November 25, 2015
Inside Out Poster
June 4, 2015
Lava Poster
October 10, 2014

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