About The Event

Our Journey into Insanity: From concept to completion, Pete, Bob and Jerome will discuss the in-depth process of creating, writing and designing a film at Pixar. Featuring behind-the-scenes photos and drawings, these three will discuss their work from the perspectives of director, production designer, and sculptor.

Pete Doctor – co-writer and director for “Inside Out” and “Up”, both of which won Academy Awards, story and supervising animator for “Toy Story”, story treatments for both “Toy Story 2” and “Wall-E”, and director of “Monsters, Inc.” He has been as artist at Pixar since 1990.

Bob Pauley – production designer for “Toy Story 3”, “Cars”, “Monsters, Inc”, artist for “Inside Out”, character designer for “A Bug’s Life” and “Toy Story”. He has been an artist at Pixar since 1993.

Jermoe Ranfit – sculptor for “Inside Out”, “Brave”, “Ratatouille”, “Cars”, “Finding Nemo”, “Monsters, Inc.”, “Toy Story 2” and “A Bug’s Life”. He has been a sculptor at Pixar since 1997.

Sharon Sussman, 734-9382, ssussman@hawaii.edu