Director Pete Docter (1968)

Soul (2020), an American animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, follows the story of Joe Gardner, a New York City pianist. While he dreams of pursuing jazz professionally, he currently teaches part-time at a middle school. When offered a full-time teaching position, Joe’s mother Libba encourages him to accept despite his reluctance. However, Joe’s plans take an unexpected turn when he auditions for famous jazz musician Dorothea Williams and impresses her with his piano skills. As he excitedly heads to the night’s show, Joe falls down an open manhole into the sewer drain and finds himself in ...

A Pixar film, Inside Out (2015), tells the story of a young girl named Riley and her core emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger. Each night, Riley’s experiences turn into colored orbs that shape her long-term memories. These memories create five floating islands that represent her most important ‘core memories’. Joy is the leader of the emotions and strives to keep Sadness in check. However, she sees Fear, Disgust, and Anger as necessary parts of Riley’s life while viewing Sadness as a negative influence. At 11 years old, Riley moves from Minnesota to San Francisco due to her father’s job transfer. The move does not go ...

Up (2009) is a well-loved American animated comedy-drama adventure film from Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. Young Carl Fredricksen greatly admires famous explorer Charles Muntz, who was discredited after his discovery of a supposed giant bird skeleton from Paradise Falls in South America was deemed fraudulent. Despite this setback, Muntz remains determined to find a living specimen at the Falls and returns there soon after. ‘clubhouse’ (an abandoned home in their neighborhood) to a cliff near Paradise Falls. Eventually, Carl and Ellie get married and settle into the clubhouse, where they both work at the city zoo – Carl as a ...

In the comedic short film Mike’s New Car (2002), the main characters from Monsters, Inc., Mike Wazowski and James P. ‘Sulley’ Sullivan, star in a 2002 American computer-animated adventure. Mike proudly introduces Sulley to his new six-wheel drive vehicle, eager to take it for a spin. However, things quickly go awry as Mike encounters numerous mishaps while trying to get inside the car. From the seatbelt reminder chime to struggling with a stuck seatbelt, Mike’s excitement turns into frustration. As Sulley tries to help, he ends up accidentally locking Mike out of the car and then closing the hood on his fingers. Amidst the chaos, all Mike can ...

Monsters, Inc. (2001) is an animated comedy created by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. In this unique world where monsters reside, the city of Monstropolis relies on the screams of human children for their main source of energy. At Monsters, Incorporated, highly skilled ‘scarers’ venture into the human world through portals located in children’s bedroom closets to collect screams. This job is known to be perilous as humans are believed to be poisonous and even capable of killing a monster upon physical contact. However, energy production has been on the decline due to a decrease in fear among children. The ...