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Lee Unkrich

1967 (59 years old)Directing

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Statistics

Total Movies
9
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Total Box Office
$7.20B
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Domestic Gross
38%
$2.75B
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International Gross
62%
$4.45B
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Average per Movie
$600.0M
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Total Budget
$1.90B
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Profitability Gap
+$1.20B
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Avg ROI
4.6x
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Opening Weekends
$619.4M
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Highest Grossing
$1.07B
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Biography

Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American film director, editor and writer. He is best known for his work with the animation studio Pixar, which he joined in 1994 as an editor before being credited as a co-director on Toy Story 2 (1999). Following the film's success, Unkrich served a similar role for the films Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003) before making his solo directorial debut with Toy Story 3 (2010). The film and the second he directed, Coco (2017), won two Academy Awards: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. After 25 years at the company, Unkrich retired in January 2019 to spend more time with his family and pursue other interests. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Unkrich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Information

BirthdayAugust 8, 1967
Place of BirthCleveland, Ohio, USA
Known ForDirecting