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On Pixar’s latest Oscar-contending feature Soul, writer/director Pete Docter grappled with worlds both real and imaginary, looking to bring each to life with the same level of care, thought and ...
Pixar executive Pete Docter has expressed his disappointment with the Disney+ release of the acclaimed animated movie Soul, which debuted in December 2020. The Jamie Foxx-led dramedy was ...
Though it may remind you of 2015's "Inside Out," which explored people's emotions, co-director Pete Docter tells Insider "Soul" is not a sequel to his previous film.
‘Soul’ Director Pete Docter on How Pixar ‘Thinks of Our Work as Indie Films’ Oscars 2021: Pixar’s creative head discusses bringing jazz to the masses and teases what original films lie ahead ...
Pete Docter often likes to tackle the Big Questions in his Pixar movies, including how to cope with life after loss in “Up,” and how to grapple with the essential stuff that makes up us, as ...
Soul (which will be on Disney + on December 25th) is the fourth Pixar movie Pete Docter has directed. Between his prior three Pixar films — Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out — there’s a ...
This morning, Soul director Pete Docter and producer Dana Murray were delighted to see their animated pic score three Oscar nominations, for Best Animated Feature, Best Original Score and Best Sound.
As Docter says, “Soul” is not concerned with religious dogma, but with being present and alive right now, which makes the highly improvisational art of jazz an appropriate theme.
Pixar’s jazz-infused Soul won the Academy Award for best animated feature, delivering a record third Oscar in the category to director Pete Docter, and the first Oscar to producer Dana Murray ...
Pete Docter Has ‘Soul’ for 2020: Originality Returns to Pixar Under His Leadership. The new Pixar head will emphasize original movies, beginning with his follow-up to "Inside Out" about cosmic ...
"Soul" co-directors Pete Docter and Kemp Powers explain the process of centering an animated fantasy around an authentically Black character.
On Pixar’s latest Oscar-contending feature Soul, writer/director Pete Docter grappled with worlds both real and imaginary, looking to bring each to life with the same level of care, thought and ...