Peter Lepeniotis Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Sheridan College's classical animation and computer animation programs in 1993
• While working as an animator at Pixar, he worked on "Toy Story 2․"
• Spent four years working for Disney, where he worked on animating "Fantasia 2000" and "Dinosaur․"
• Worked at Industrial Light and Magic, a division of LucasFilm Ltd․, directly after graduating from college
• Quote: "[on "The Nut Job"] "The studio kept saying they wanted to make a feature out of it, but I didn't think anything would come out of it․ The next thing I knew, I had to write a script․""
• Quote: "[on Sheridan College] "It really blossomed for me and opened up a new world․ It worked out quite well for me․""
• Best known for co-writing and directing the animated film "The Nut Job․"
• After working at such Toronto studios as Cookie Jar, he joined Toonbox Entertainment, where he would start to make his own mark in the world of animated film
• Helped animate "Casper," the first feature-length film to star a computer-generated image character
• Took his whole family, including his them 5-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son, to walk the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Nut Job․"