Keynote
– Bob
Peterson

Bob Peterson is an Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter, and director at Pixar Animation Studios as well as the voice of several of the studio’s memorable characters.

Peterson has been a key player at Pixar since 1994. His first assignment was as a layout artist and animator on Toy Story. He went on to work as a story artist on A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2, and as story supervisor for Monsters, Inc. 

Peterson made his directorial debut as co-director of the Academy Award-winning 2009 feature Up, and was nominated with Director Pete Docter and Writer Thomas McCarthy for “Best Original Screenplay.”

In addition he has voiced many of Pixar’s memorable characters on films such as Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and Up.