Happy 53rd Birthday, Lee Unkrich! Born today in 1967 as Lee Edward Unkrich, this American this American animator, film editor, screenwriter and director was a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar.
Unkrich spent his youth acting at The Cleveland Play House (CPH), a professional regional theater company in Ohio. He later graduated from the University of the Southern California of Cinematic Arts in 1990.
Unkrich started in 1994 as a film editor and later began directing, first as co-director. This was for John Lasseter's 1999 American computer-animated comedy family film 'Toy Story 2'.
After co-directing 'Toy Story 2', 'Monsters, Inc.' (2001) and 'Finding Nemo' (2003), Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with the 2010 American computer-animated comedy family film 'Toy Story 3'.
Like its predecessors, 'Toy Story 3' received critical acclaim upon release, with critics praising the vocal performances, screenplay, emotional depth, animation, and Randy Newman's musical score.
It became the second Pixar film (after 'Up') and third animated film overall (after 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Up') to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
The film received four more Oscar nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound Editing, Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, winning the latter two.
'Toy Story 3' was the first animated film to gross over $1 billion worldwide in ticket sales, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2010—both in North America and worldwide—and the fourth-highest grossing film at the time of its release, as well as the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
It is also one of the most expensive films of all time and Pixar's highest-grossing film, all records held at the time of its release.
In North America, 'Toy Story 3' is the 19th-highest-grossing film, unadjusted for inflation. Adjusted for ticket price inflation, though, it ranks 96th on the all-time chart.
It is also the highest-grossing film of 2010, the second-highest-grossing Pixar film (behind 'Finding Dory') the second-highest-grossing G-rated film (behind 'The Lion King'), the fourth-highest-grossing animated film, and the seventh-highest-grossing film distributed by Disney.
Outside of North America, 'Toy Story 3' is the 29th-highest-grossing film, the sixth-highest-grossing animated film, the third-highest-grossing film of 2010, the highest-grossing Pixar film, and the 11th-highest-grossing Disney film.
'Toy Story 3' was also the last feature film to star American film, television and voice actor, and Marine drill instructor R. Lee Ermy.
He had provided the voice of Sarge in the Toy Story series. Quentin Tarantino later placed 'Toy Story 3' at the top position in his list of favorite films of 2010.
Most recently, Unkrich directed the 2017 American 3D computer-animated fantasy family film 'Coco'.
Both 'Toy Story 3' and 'Coco' won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and also for Best Original Song. These both occurred at the 83rd Academy Awards in late February 2011 and at the 90th Academy Awards in early March 2018.
After working at the studio for twenty-five years, Unkrich left Pixar in February 2019 to spend time with his family
According to his personal life, Unkrich is married to Laura Century. They have three children: Hannah, Alice, and Max.
Unkrich had been active from 1990–2019.
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