Kristen Lester

Kristen Lester
Background information
Nationality	American
Occupation	Director, writer, story artist
Years active	2012-

Kristen Lester is an American director, story artist, and writer. She made her directorial debut in Purl.

Lester is currently working on a feature film at Pixar.

Feature Film Filmography

Pixar

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
2016	Finding Dory	Story Artist	Pixar
2020	Onward
	Soul	Head of Story
TBA	Untitled film	Director

Animated Shorts Filmography

Year	Film	Position	Subsidiary
2019	Purl	Director/Writer/Story Writer	Pixar
	Smash and Grab	Brian Larsen's Story Braintrust
	Kitbull	Rosanna Sullivan's Story Trust

Trivia

• Lester is the second woman to direct a Pixar short, after Domee Shi.
  • She is also the third woman to direct a Pixar project, after Shi and Brenda Chapman.
• Lester is the first Pixar director to not to work with John Lasseter as executive producer.

References

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In The Past Glenn McQueen • Daniel Gerson • John Kahrs • Joe Ranft • Justin Wright • Dan Lee • Lee Unkrich • John Lasseter • Rob Gibbs Brain Trust Directors Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird Directors Angus MacLane • Peter Sohn • Dan Scanlon • Ronnie del Carmen • Mark Andrews • Brenda Chapman • Steve Purcell • Brian Fee • Enrico Casarosa • Domee Shi Producers Jonas Rivera • Kori Rae • Katherine Sarafian Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter Associated Figures Bob Iger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • George Lucas • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors John Ratzenberger • Bob Peterson • Bonnie Hunt • Josh Cooley • Jerome Ranft • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Jeff Pidgeon Signature Musicians Randy Newman • Michael Giacchino • Thomas Newman • Mychael Danna • Jeff Danna • Chris Stapleton • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross