Pixar’s Pete Docter To Host Special Panel At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event

A special presentation hosted by Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter will be featured at the D23: Ultimate Disney Fan Event, according to a post from the Disneyana Fan Club on Facebook.

What’s Happening:

  • The Disneyana Fan Club has announced a special presentation that will be taking place on the Archives Stage at this year’s D23: Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim.
  • The presentation, titled “Directing Disney” will be hosted by the director of films like Inside Out, Soul, Up, and Monsters, Inc., Pete Docter.
  • One of the first animators hired at the iconic animation studio, Docter also helped pen the story for Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and WALL•E and executive produced Toy Story 4. In June 2018, he was named Chief Creative Officer, Pixar Animation Studios.
  • The presentation will take place on the Walt Disney Archives stage at this year's event, in a new, expanded location that will host a variety of panels, creative discussions, and engaging presentations that will speak to many aspects of Disney history, spanning the entire legacy of The Walt Disney Company.
  • Along with “Directing Disney,” session topics will also include Walt’s famous trip to Latin America in the 1940s, the 1964 World’s Fair, and hosted conversations with members of the newest class of Disney Legends, and more.
  • Disney fans can experience an event just for them like no other August 9, 10, 11 in Anaheim, CA. All the worlds of Disney, including Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and more, will come together and provide the ultimate fans a weekend full of presentations, panels, experiences, performances, shopping, and more.
  • Each day at the Anaheim Convention Center, attendees will have the opportunity to attend specially curated shows, panels, presentations, and conversations with storytellers, creators, and talent from across The Walt Disney Company. These daytime presentations will feature distinctly Disney content that will entertain fans of all generations on five different stages, including the aforementioned Walt Disney Archives Stage.

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Tony Betti
Originally from California where he studied a dying artform (hand-drawn animation), Tony has spent most of his adult life in the theme parks of Orlando. When he’s not writing for LP, he’s usually watching and studying something animated or arguing about “the good ole’ days” at the parks.