Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-11-16
Books mentioned on Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?” (Update)
He’s the chief creative officer of Pixar, and the Academy Award-winning director of Soul, Inside Out, Up, and Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter and Steve talk about Pixar’s scrappy beginnings, why wrong turns are essential, and the movie moment that changed Steve’s life.
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Paper Moon
“actually early on we looked at are you familiar with Peter bogdanovich film Paper Moon I'm not actually that's worth watching it's a great movie and it really inspired us a lot at the beginning of monsters”