Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn (born October 18, 1977) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor, best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios. He directed the short film Partly Cloudy (2009) and the feature films The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Elemental (2023). He has also been the voice of Emile in Ratatouille (2007), Squishy in Monsters University (2013), and Sox in Lightyear (2022). Early life Sohn was born in The Bronx, New York City, the son of Korean immigrants Yung Tahk Sohn and Hea Ja Sohn. He has one brother. He was raised in New York. While studying at CalArts, he landed a summer job working on Brad Bird's animated feature film, The Iron Giant. Career After graduating from school, he worked at The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. before coming to Pixar in the art and story departments for Finding Nemo. He also worked on The Incredibles, Ratatouille and WALL-E. Sohn performed the voice of Remy's brother, Emile in Ratatouille. He made his directorial debut with the short film Partly Cloudy in 2009 which he also wrote. Partly Cloudy was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2009. Sohn co-directed the English-language version of Ponyo in 2009 with John Lasseter and Brad Lewis (fellow Pixar workers). Russell, the boy in Up, was based on Sohn's appearance. He voiced Russell in the corresponding short, George & A.J., and Squishy in the feature Monsters University.