‘Elemental’: How Director Peter Sohn’s Experience on ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Informed His New Pixar Film The long-awaited movie will premiere at Cannes later this month and open in June ...

But for director Peter Sohn (“The Good Dinosaur”), it’s a very personal story about paying tribute to his parents, who emigrated from Korea to the Bronx in the early ’70s, opened a grocery ...

When director Peter Sohn and producer Denise Ream began working on Elemental, they started with the idea of elements coming to life. This led to the creation of Element City, a sprawling ...

And “Elemental” feels like Sohn’s first true movie, especially after he was given “The Good Dinosaur” after the original director was removed and the storyline heavily reworked (for a ...

Ironically the key story change Sohn said he made was to return to Peterson’s own simple, original pitch, a twist on the boy-and-his-dog story, which had been subsumed by several subplots about ...

Concept art for Disney and Pixar's Elemental by the director Peter Sohn. (Pixar) Sohn is one of Pixar's MVPs. He joined the company in 2000, working in the art and story departments.

Director Peter Sohn has done almost every job imaginable at Pixar during his 23 years with the company. His latest credit is as the director of Elemental, in theaters now.

With Elemental, Director Peter Sohn Honors His Immigrant Parents’ Sacrifice Pixar once again turns a personal story into an out-of-this-world animated film. by Carlos Aguilar Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 ...

Director Peter Sohn based the story in part on his own upbringing in New York City, where both his parents moved from Korea, knowing no one. He grew up in the Bronx amid various ethnic cultures ...

As Peter Sohn bursts into a conference room at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, he is noticeably, and unsurprisingly, short of breath. For the past few months, the director of “The Good ...

Pixar’s latest first-timer, A Good Dinosaur ‘s Peter Sohn leveled with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday about taking over the wheel after Bob Peterson’s removal from the director seat, a ...