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Kori Rae is an American producer and animation manager for Pixar. She has worked on several critically acclaimed and commercially successful animated films, such as Monsters, Inc., The Incredibles, Up, Monsters University, and Onward. She is also the executive producer of the Cars Toons short film series.

Early life and career[]

Kori Rae was born on January 1, 1953, in Noe Valley, San Francisco, California. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in psychology. She joined Pixar in 1993 as a production coordinator for the short film Knick Knack. She then became an animation manager for A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, overseeing the production schedule and budget of the animation department. She was promoted to associate producer for Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles, working closely with directors Pete Docter and Brad Bird, respectively. She also served as the pre-production producer for Up, helping to develop the story and characters of the film.

In 2013, she made her debut as a producer for Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters, Inc., directed by Dan Scanlon. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. It also won the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and the Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. She reunited with Scanlon for Onward, a fantasy adventure film set in a suburban world populated by mythical creatures. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards in the same category.

Personal life[]

Rae is married to Darla K. Anderson, also a Pixar producer, who produced Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, and Coco. They live together in Noe Valley, San Francisco. They met in 1991 when Anderson, a San Francisco newcomer, joined a softball team that Rae managed. Anderson and Rae started dating in 2001, during the last year of Monsters, Inc.. Since then, they have decided not to work together on the same films. They first married on Presidents' Day 2004 while San Francisco was issuing same-sex marriage licenses, but those licenses were voided by the state Supreme Court. They married again in 2008 after that court declared same-sex marriage legal but before Proposition 8 took effect. They are one of the first openly gay couples in the animation industry.

Feature Film Filmography[]

Pixar[]

Year Film Position Subsidiary
1998 A Bug's Life Animation Manager Pixar
1999 Toy Story 2
2001 Monsters, Inc. Associate Producer
2004 The Incredibles
2009 Up Pre-Production Producer
2013 Monsters University Producer
2020 Onward Producer

Animated Shorts Filmography[]

Year Film Position Subsidiary
2005 Jack-Jack Attack Special Thanks Pixar
2008 Cars Toons Producer/Executive Producer

Gallery[]


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