Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.
As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Lee joined Pixar in 1994, and has played a variety of key creative roles on nearly every animated feature film made at the studio. Before co-directing the Oscar-winning "Finding Nemo," he was co-director of "Monsters, Inc." and the Golden Globe-winning "Toy Story 2."
He began his Pixar career as a film editor on "Toy Story" and was supervising film editor on "A Bug's Life." Lee also contributed his editing skills to numerous Pixar films, including his role as supervising film editor on "Finding Nemo".
In 2009 Lee and his fellow directors at Pixar were honored at the 66th Venice International Film Festival with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
Prior to joining Pixar, Lee worked in television as an editor and director. He graduated from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema/Television in 1991.
He grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
The George Lucas Talk Show(2020)
Coco(2017)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game(2010)
Toy Story 3(2010)
Toy Story 3 in Real Life(2020)
Dante's Lunch(2017)
Disney Pixar LeapFrog Collection(2010)
Monsters, Inc.(2001)as Josh Rivera
Toy Story 2(1999)as Red Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot
A Bug's Life(1998)as Ant #1
Hoppers(2026)
Toy Story 4(2019)
The Good Dinosaur(2015)
Monsters University(2013)
Toy Story(1995)
Separated by Murder(1994)
Onward(2020)
Cars(2006)
Finding Nemo(2003)
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside(1991)
Elio(2025)
Win or Lose(2025)
Elemental(2023)
Cars on the Road(2022)
Her Name Was Moviola(2024)
Luca(2021)
Pixar Popcorn(2021)
Soul(2020)
La Noria(2018)
All Ears(2008)as Self
Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast(2018)as Self
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of(2020)as Self - Guest
Beau geste(2023)as Self
