Lee Edward Unkrich is an American director, film editor, producer, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and occasional voice actor. He was a member of the creative team at Pixar Animation Studios. He served as an editor for the studios' early films, then later co-directed Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. (alongside David Silverman), and Finding Nemo. He made his solo director debut with 2010's Toy Story 3 and later directed 2017's Coco, for which he won an Academy Award.
On January 18, 2019, Unkrich announced he would leave the company after over twenty-four years of work.
In 2006, Lee Unkrich pitched to Bob Iger an idea for a film involving animals living in an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, that would have been a "Hitchcockian murder mystery". However, he put this project aside in order to direct Toy Story 3.[1]
After he leave the company, he is still credit in Pixar Senior Creative Team until Inside out 2 (2024).
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